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2017-18 Visiting Team Guide On behalf of Eastern Kentucky University, CONTACT INFORMATION (Area Code: 859) welcome to Richmond. The Colonel Community – coaches, staff and student-athletes – is dedicat- Director of Athletics ................Stephen Lochmueller ed to providing your team a fi rst-class experience [email protected] ....................... 622-2120 during your visit. Sr. Associate Athletics Director ......... James Downer If our staff can be of assistance, please don’t [email protected] ....622-2358 (c-405-416-3727) hesitate to ask. Associate Athletics Director ...............Mark Howard [email protected] ............ 622-8422 (c-893-5350) Stephen Lochmueller Assistant AD Communications ...........Kevin Britton Director of Athletics [email protected] ................................... 622-2006 Business Manager ................................Leslie Dunlap [email protected] ................................... 622-2121 Ticket Manager ...................................... Grant Stepp [email protected] ...................................... 622-2122 QUICK FACTS Director of Marketing/SWA .................. Rachel Park President: ................................Dr. Michael Benson [email protected] ..................................... 622-2039 Location: ............................. Richmond, KY 40475 Director of Sports Medicine ......................Jake Ryan Enrollment: ..................................................16,959 [email protected]................. 622-8174 (c-630-4768) Founded: .........................................................1906 Cheerleading Coach ...............................Beth Bruner Colors: ....................Maroon (PMS 209) and White [email protected] ..........................c-606-271-0542 Conference: ......................................... Ohio Valley Dance Team Coach .............................Bettina Rogers Athletics Web Site: ..............www.EKUSports.com [email protected] ..........................606-682-3241 University Web Site: ...................... www.EKU.edu Campus Police .............................................. 622-2821 Fax Numbers University Mission Statement Director of Athletics .......................................622-8012 As a school of opportunity, Eastern Ken- Athletic Public Relations ............................... 622-5180 tucky University fosters personal growth and Sports Medicine ............................................. 622-8857 prepares students to contribute to the success and vitality of their communities, the Commonwealth, and the world. Eastern Kentucky University is committed to access, equal opportunity, dignity, respect, and inclusion for all people, as integral to a learning environment in which intellectual creativity and For a complete listing of the athletics diversity thrives. department staff, including coaches, please visit: www.EKUSports.com Athletics Mission Statement A proud member of the community and region, EKU Athletics is committed to fostering the academic, athletic, and personal success of student-athletes through graduation, thus helping ensure their success in life. FACILITIES VISITING PRESIDENT/AD Alumni Coliseum ..............m/w basketball, volleyball EKU Athletics welcomes visiting Presidents Arlington Country Club ............................... m/w golf and Directors of Athletics to attend events. Parking Tom Higgins Courts/Adams Center (indoor) .....m/w tennis passes and game credentials will be distributed in a Turkey Hughes Field at Earle Combs Stadium .....baseball timely manner before the contest. Gertrude Hood Field .......................................softball Please call or email Tricia Brooks (tricia. EKU Soccer Field .............................................soccer [email protected] or 859-622-2120) for more infor- Roy Kidd Stadium.......................................... football mation. Samuels Complex .....................m/w track & fi eld, xc MEDIA RELATIONS LOCKER ROOMS Credential requests should be made in an A locker room will be provided for every appropriate time frame before the event. Visiting visiting team. Please call or email the appropriate media relations directors should call or email the coaching staff for details and location. Please note, EKUSports Communications offi ce with special EKU does not provide towels to visiting teams. Ice requests and broadcast questions. A space for the will be provided for each locker room. visiting media relations director will be available at all events. PRACTICE TIMES Arrangements for practice times should be TICKET OFFICE made with the designated coaching staff. EKU can Please contact the EKU Ticket Offi ce and help with information for off-campus practice facili- ticket manager Grant Stepp to inquire about ticket al- ties should that be desired. lotments for a particular event. EKU sells tickets for football, and men’s and women’s basketball, baseball GAMEDAY INFORMATION and softball. Eastern Kentucky University will wear white uniforms for most home events, except football which BUS/VAN PARKING wears maroon and select baseball and softball games. A member of the athletics department staff Please confi rm uniform selections with appropriate will be available to direct your mode of transporta- coaching staff. tion when you arrive at the event. An athletics department staff member or representative from the EKU coaching staff will be STREET CLOSURE on-site to direct you to the lockerroom and the com- From two hours and 15 minutes (2:15) before petition site. the start of home football games, and 30 minutes after the conclusion of home football games, Roy TIMELINE and Sue Kidd Way will be closed to vehicle traffi c A timeline detailing the pre-game schedule from Van Hoose Drive to the Eastern Bypass. For will be posted in your locker room. Thursday games, the street will close one hour prior to kickoff. Visiting team busses must arrive before VISITING SPIRIT GROUPS before the street closes, two hours and 15 minutes EKU Athletics welcomes visiting spirit groups before the game time. to accompany their team. Please call or email Rachel Park, Director of Marketing, if any of your spirit THE ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITIES groups plan to attend the game. The Sports Medicine rooms open two hours prior to the event. A certifi ed athletic trainer will be present TAILGATING AT EKU at all athletics contests. Please contact the EKU Sports Visiting athletics departments are provided Medicine staff if your team will not travel with an athletic space for pre-game festivities. If you want to conduct trainer. a pre-game event, please call or email Grant Stepp. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS (area code: 859) dial 9 to get off campus EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Emergency: .......................................................... 911 Alumni Coliseum Training Room ...............622-8174 From Cincinnati, Ohio Moberly Athletic Training Room: ...............622-2140 Take I-75 South to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue South FOOD AND OTHER SERVICES on I-75 Richmond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Richmond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and POST-GAME MEALS cross over the interstate heading East on the Eastern Bypass Dunkin Donuts .....................................859-353-8642 for one mile and you will see the main EKU campus on the Gillum’s Sports Lounge .......................859-623-2335 left. Golden Corral .......................................859-661-4456 Jackson’s .............................................. 859-623-2090 From Louisville, Kentucky Papa John’s........................................... 859-624-2828 Take I-64 East to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 Raising Cane’s ..................................... 859-353-8886 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue South on I-75 Rich- Zaxby’s ................................................859-624-9722 mond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Rich- mond and depart interstate at exit #87 AREA HOTELS (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and cross over the inter- state heading East on the Eastern Bypass for one mile and Comfort Suites ..................................... 859-624-0770 you will see the main EKU campus on the left. approx. 5 minutes from campus Hampton Inn ........................................ 859-626-1002 From Huntington, West Virginia approx. 5 minutes from campus Take I-64 West for 104 miles to exit #96 (Fort Boonesbor- Best Western Lexington South .............859-263-5241 ough S. P.) and remain on State Highway 627 until inter- full service .......approx. 20 minutes from campus secting I-75 at exit #95 (will save 20 minutes road time). Holiday Inn Express .............................859-624-4055 Travel approximately 7 miles to Richmond and depart approx. 5 minutes from campus interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and TownePlace Suites ............................... 859-353-4860 cross over the interstate heading East on the Eastern Bypass approx. 5 minutes from campus for one mile and you will see the main EKU campus on the left. AREA ATTRACTIONS From Lexington, Kentucky Richmond Centre ............... shoprichmondcentre.com Take I-75 South and travel approximately 22 miles to Rich- Battlefi eld Golf Course ........................ 859-624-8005 mond and depart interstate at exit #87 The Bull Golf Course ...........................859-623-4653 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a left and cross over the inter- Fort Boonesborough State Park ..........