@CSUvolleyball | #PointRams 181 MEDIA POLICIES COLORADO STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF 311 McGraw Athletic Center, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0120 Office: 970/491-5067 | Fax: 970/491-1348 www.CSURams.com Kyle Neaves Mike Brohard Associate A.D./Communications Assistant Director Contact: Contact: Football 2nd Football, Swim & Dive, Tennis Cell Phone: Cell Phone: 228/424-6921 970/290-0650 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Jeff Schmidt John Martin Communications Coordinator Assistant Director Contact: Contact: Volleyball, Softball, Women's Golf Men's Basketball, Men's Golf Cell Phone: Cell Phone: 970/305-7382 540/476-1259 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Austin Hannon COLORADO STATE VOLLEYBALL Communications Coordinator MEDIA COVERAGE GUIDELINES Contact: We appreciate your coverage of Colorado State Athletics, Women's Basketball, Soccer, T&F/XC and look forward to working with you to accommodate you Cell Phone: and your organization within the framework of the following 404/861-8787 media policy. The policies are jointly established by Head Email: Coach Tom Hilbert and the Athletics Communications office. [email protected] Please take a few minutes to read through and familiarize yourself with these guidelines. Violations of these policies could result in revoked credentials or limitations on access. Maddie Warren Please feel free to contact Jeff Schmidt at (970) 305-7382 or Communications Intern via email at [email protected], at any time with any Contact: questions. Soccer Email: Interview access to players and coaches throughout the [email protected] calendar year is as follows: GENERAL POLICIES Sydney Paul • All interviews with any member of the volleyball program, Communications Intern including Head Coach Tom Hilbert, the coaching staff Contact: and student-athletes must be coordinated through Jeff Women's Golf Schmidt in the athletics communications office. Email: • Members of the media are strictly prohibited from [email protected] approaching any coach, staff member or student-athlete by any means – including text messages, email, phone Quinn Bauer calls (cell, office or home) or social media, such as Communications Intern Facebook and Twitter – without first approaching the Contact: athletics communications office. Tennis • Regarding unique subject matter, such as human-interest Email: angles, members of the media are welcome to approach [email protected] the athletics communications office at least 24 hours in advance with requests to interview any member of the program. 2019-20 STUDENT ASSISTANTS INTERVIEW GUIDELINES Hannah Mimmack • Interviews, either in person or via telephone, with Case Rieber members of Colorado State’s volleyball coaching staff Lexi Molinari and student-athletes must be coordinated through Ray Mundine communications coordinator Jeff Schmidt. Caleb Opstein • Media are asked not to request an individual’s personal contact information, including email and cell number, but rather to contact Jeff Schmidt. • Student-athletes and coaches are available for interviews at the conclusion of daily practice sessions. Student- 182 2019 COLORADO STATE VOLLEYBALL MEDIA POLICIES athlete interviews will not conflict with classes, meetings, Coach Tom Hilbert and the selected student-athletes medical treatment or practice times. will be brought to the Coors Auditorium, located in • Interviews are not permitted in the locker room or training the McGraw Athletic Center, and will be available for room. Interviews will not be granted on match days until questions. following the contest. • No student-athlete or coach can appear on a live • Telephone interviews should be requested at least 24 postgame television or radio interview without permission hours in advance and coordinated through Jeff Schmidt. obtained prior to the match from Jeff Schmidt. All interviews will be processed on an availability basis involving the requested interviewee. GAMEDAY SERVICES • In-game services include live online statistics and box MEDIA CREDENTIALS scores following each set. Notes, transcribed quotes and • Single-match credentials must be requested through statistics will be available following the conclusion of the Jeff Schmidt in writing at least three days in advance of match. a match. Approved requests will be mailed or can be • The media room, which is located just West of the court at picked up in the athletics communications office or at the the bottom of the ramp connecting Moby Arena and the match. On days of matches, credentials can be obtained McGraw Athletic Center, will be open at least two hours just outside the West side of the Moby Arena court. Media prior to the start of a match, and will provide updated members are asked to enter through the McGraw Athletic notes on both teams, statistics and other information. Center doors (just East of the Moby Arena parking lot) • Moby Arena offers complimentary wireless Internet and follow the ramp on the right down to the court. At the access. Check the media room for access information. bottom of the ramp, a table will be set up with credentials. ROAD MATCHES PARKING • We appreciate your coverage, and if you would like to • Media parking is available at Moby Arena. Please contact cover the Rams in person during a road match, please the CSU athletics communications office to request a notify Jeff Schmidt at least seven days in advance to Moby Arena parking pass. provide ample time to request a credential from the • Access to the parking lot will require an “A” permit from opposing team. 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays during the academic • If you would like to talk to Head Coach Tom Hilbert after year. A limited number of single-day passes are available the conclusion of a road match via telephone, please through the athletic communications office. Annual notify Jeff Schmidt prior to the start of the match. After the permits can be purchased through the Office of Parking match, a member of the athletics communications staff Management website. will call you so you can talk with Coach Hilbert. Student- athletes will try to be made available, as well, if requested. PRACTICE GUIDELINES • All Colorado State volleyball practices are open to the REPORTING OF INJURIES media and public, unless otherwise noted. • At all times throughout the year, Head Coach Tom Hilbert • During the season, practice will generally run from 12:30-3 will serve as the sole source for injury information. All p.m. during the week, except on match and travel days. questions related to injuries should be directed to Hilbert, Please note, practice times are subject to change on and not to any other member of the program, including short or no notice. At times, practice will end early, so athletic trainers, doctors, the injured student-athlete or her please plan to arrive early. Practice will usually take place teammates. in Moby Arena, but contact Jeff Schmidt for the most updated schedule. CSURAMS.COM • All interviews must take place after the conclusion of • The official website of Colorado State athletics practice. If this is an issue, contact Jeff Schmidt, and the is www.CSURams.com, featuring the latest news, athletics communications staff will try and accommodate information, statistics and rosters for all of the Rams’ 16 your schedule. athletic programs. • Media should remain on the sidelines, standing a safe distance from the boundary to prevent collisions. VOLLEYBALL EMAIL LIST Members of the general public attending practice are • To receive email updates on the Rams, email Jeff Schmidt asked to sit in Moby Arena upper seating. at [email protected] with a message stating that you would like to be added to the distribution list. WEEKLY RELEASES • Weekly news releases are available 48 hours prior to the first match of each week on the school’s official website, CSURams.com. News releases also will be emailed to media outlets upon request. MOBY ARENA DIRECTIONS • From the South (Denver): Take Interstate 25 North into Fort Collins. Exit I-25 (exit 268) and head West on Prospect Road. Turn right onto Shields. Moby Arena will be ahead and to your right. Enter the parking lot at the corner of Shields and Elizabeth streets. GAMEDAY • From the North (Cheyenne): Take Interstate 25 South into • Near the end of each home match, the athletics Fort Collins. Exit I-25 (exit 268) and head west on Prospect communications staff will ask those on hand representing Road. Turn right onto Shields. Moby Arena will be ahead the media whom they wish to speak with. Approximately and to your right. Enter the parking lot from the corner of 10 minutes after the conclusion of each match, Head Shields and Elizabeth streets. @CSUvolleyball | #PointRams 183 MEDIA OUTLETS NEWSPAPERS The Coloradoan 1300 Riverside Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: (970) 224-7750 Fax: (970) 224-7899 E-Mail: [email protected] Denver Post 101 W. 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