Meet the team.
Gameball Sports Inc. is a small independent design studio making mobile apps and merchandise. We're design-obsessed sports fans creating and selling products that celebrate the game we love — the kind of stuff we want for ourselves as fans.
These are the founders, Chris Hendrixson (left) and Jeffrey Wyckoff (right) in December 2024. We had just finished an all-out sprint to get the brand's first drop out the door, our Winter Collection. We were exhausted but invigorated. We're sitting on blue seats from Riverfront Stadium that we bought years ago. They've changed hands a few times and were out of our possession for a few years. Now they sit on Jeffrey's front porch.
It started in 2012.
This was us (Jeffrey on the left, Chris on the right) back in 2012 when we first started working together. We had just released our first iPhone app, Cincy Lineup. Later that year, we released the first version of Gameball.
We had a small and loyal following who loved our apps and bought our merch — we did a couple of limited run t-shirts to help fund the apps. We stopped working on the project a few years later and went on to work other jobs and start families. But we never lost sight of our original vision to make fun, family-friendly, meticulously-designed products that celebrate the game we love — the kind of stuff we want for ourselves as lifelong sports fans.
Today, we are reviving that mission and building out the design studio we always dreamed of. We couldn't be more excited for what's ahead. Thank you for supporting us!
The Team
Chris Hendrixson
I'm the designer behind the apparel and apps. I've designed software and other things for almost 20 years. I worked as a print graphic designer before getting into tech in 2012 and have worked as a product designer, brand designer, creative director, and entrepreneur since then. I live in Boulder, CO with my wife and son and I'm a diehard Cincinnati Reds fan. The photo is from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany and, yes, it was sublime.
Jeffrey Wyckoff
I've been scheming with Chris for the past 15 years, exploring ideas, building brands, and crafting technology products that customers love. As a technical product manager, I'm currently focused on building out the technology platform that powers our flagship app, Gameball. I live in Cincinnati with my family. I once played a little league football game at Riverfront Stadium.
