Mike Sholiton returns for his 5th season with the Vikings in 2008. He comes to the team with a wealth of football experience and is no stranger to the NFL. Sholiton will serve as a Vikings Area Scout in the southern states to find college talent for the team.Sholiton is in his second stint in the NFL after working as an intern with the scouting, video and community relations departments of the St. Louis Rams from 1997-2000. He was a member of the 1999 Rams staff when the team won Super Bowl XXXIV over Tennessee. While working with the Rams scouting department, Sholiton maintained draft boards and collected scouting reports while evaluating and profiling draft eligible seniors for the 1999 Draft. While in St. Louis, Sholiton was on the same Rams staff as Vikings Vice President of Operations and Legal Counsel Kevin Warren and current Area Scout Kevin McCabe.Sholiton comes to the Vikings after four seasons with Fresno State where he served as Football Operations Coordinator for the Bulldogs. During his tenure with Fresno State the team climbed the national charts and posted one of the most successful stints in school history. The Bulldogs went 36-18 in his four seasons with the program and played in four straight bowl games, including wins over Georgia Tech and UCLA in the 2002 and 2003 Silicon Valley Football Classics respectively. While at Fresno State, Sholiton worked with current Vikings Bernard Berrian and Marcus McCauley.A native of Cleveland, Sholiton (3/13/78) was a fouryear letterwinner as a receiver and punt returner at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2000 and went on to earn a master’s in kinesiology from Fresno State in 2001. Sholiton and wife, Ashley, reside in Phoenix.