UNF Athletics Media Relations Overnight/Mailing Address: 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road South, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2672 Media Relations Office: (904) 620-4025 Media Relations FAX: (904) 620-2821 Press Box Phone: (904) 620-1557 Tom Strother Shawn LaFata Eric Scott Kristian Martin Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Staff Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] O: (904) 620-4026 O: (904) 620-4027 O: (904) 620-4029 O: (904) 620-4025 C: (904) 229-5957 C: (904) 718-3208 C: (904) 885-2171 C: (904) 728-4620 Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, M Soccer, W Soccer, Men’s Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Cross Country, M&W Tennis Golf Swimming/Diving, Track & Field
The 2007 University of North Florida Baseball Media Guide is UNF Media Outlets designed to aid members of the media covering Osprey baseball, NOTE: This is not meant to be a complete ELECTRONIC MEDIA- RADIO as well as serve as a recruiting brochure to better prepare stu- list of all UNF information outlets. We have WFXJ-AM 930 (FOX) dent-athletes in their decision-making process. As for the media, listed those who, on a regular basis, carry 8386 Baymeadows Road, Suite 107 we appreciate your coverage, and if there is anything we can do UNF sports news. Jacksonville, FL 32256 to assist, please contact the UNF Athletics Media Relations office. Phone: (904) 636-0507 NEWSPAPERS Fax: (904) 448-3043 UNF Athletics Media Relations Office Florida Times-Union The UNF Athletics Media Relations Office is located on the P.O. Box 1949 WIOJ-AM 1010 (UNF Network Home) Jacksonville, FL 32231 10055 Beach Blvd. second floor of UNF Arena in Room 2004. Entering the arena Phone: (904) 359-4246 -or- 359-4567 Jacksonville, FL 32246 through the front entrance, the office can be accessed by the Fax: (904) 359-4147 Phone: (904) 641-1010 main stairway or through the arena elevator, which is located on www.jacksonville.com Fax: (904) 641-1022 the far left wall of the arena's main lobby. The Spinnaker WZNZ-AM 1460 (ESPN) 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road South, 14-2627 11700 Central Parkway Credential Requests Jacksonville, FL 32224 Jacksonville, FL 32211 Phone: (904) 620-2727 Phone: (904) 470-4615 The UNF Media Relations Fax: (904) 620-3924 Fax: (904) 296-1683 Office will issue credentials to www.espinnaker.com WORKING press only. All pass- es will be left at the Will Call The Beaches Leader ELECTRONIC MEDIA- TV table in front of Harmon P.O. Box 50129 WAWS Channel 30 (FOX) & Stadium. Jacksonville Beach, FL 32231 WTEV Channel 47 (CBS) Phone: (904) 241-8454 1700 Central Parkway Visiting Radio Fax: (904) 249-1501 Jacksonville, FL 32224 www.beachesleader.com Phone: (904) 996-0526 All visiting radio crews Fax: (904) 642-5665 MUST request credentials WIRE SERVICES through their school's sports Associated Press - Jacksonville WJXT Channel 4 (Independent) information director. The visit- Phone: (904) 356-2829 4 Broadcast Place ing radio line number varies Fax: (904) 356-4463 Jacksonville, FL 32231 from game to game. If a crew Phone: (904) 393-9840 is in need of more than one Associated Press - Miami Fax: (904) 393-9822 Phone: (305) 594-5825 phone line, please make Fax: (305) 594-9265 WTLV Channel 12 (NBC) & arrangements through the UNF WJXX Channel 25 (ABC) Media Relations Office well in SportsTicker 1070 E. Adams Street advance so necessary arrange- Phone: (210) 309-1200 Jacksonville, FL 32202 ments can be made. Fax: (800) 336-0383 Phone: (904) 633-8806 Fax: (904) 633-8899 Photographers Only photographers shooting for accredited media outlets or for UNF Athletics Media Relations will be allowed to shoot home events from field level. Photographers are allowed to shoot from behind the fence on each side of the dugout and from the bleach- ers, provided that fans views are not obstructed. Photographers wishing to shoot from atop dugouts or other locations should con- sult UNF Assistant Director of Media Relations Eric Scott for access and permission.
www.UNFOspreys.com 20 Post-Game Interviews Following a 10-minute "cooling off" peri- od, a post-game press conference featuring UNF's coaches and players will take place out- side the team's dugout. The UNF Media Relations staff will poll the media prior to the end of the game to determine the players who will be at the press conference. The visiting coach and players will be made available out- side the visiting team's dugout. Pregame interviews are NOT allowed.
Interviews Most practices are open to the media and public. There may be instances, however, when all or part of a practice session is Fax and E-mail Service UNF Single-Game Tickets Media outlets may request to be included closed. Please contact the Media Relations Available at Harmon Stadium on gameday only Office in advance if you plan on attending a on the broadcast e-mail list to receive daily General Public ...... $5 news regarding UNF baseball. To be added to practice session so an escort can be made Faculty/Staff (with ID) ...... $4 available. Daily practices typically run from 1 the daily e-mail list, simply visit the UNF web- Seniors & Youth (13-17) ...... $3 site at www.unfospreys.com and sign up p.m. to 4 p.m. at Harmon Stadium, but prac- 12-and-under ...... Free tice times are subject to change. Head coach through the automated registration system Dusty Rhodes is best reached from 8 a.m. to located at the bottom left of the home page. 11 a.m. at his office in Harmon Stadium. the lot is gained by turning beside UNF Arena Rhodes can also be reached by phone at on the south end access road (past the Gameday Notes (904) 620-1556. drainage area). Additional parking is available The UNF Media Relations Office will pro- in multiple lots surrounding the athletics com- duce a release, or "game notes" with perti- Parking plex. A pass is required for all media wishing nent information pertaining to the Ospreys' Ample parking for the media is located to park on campus. Please contact UNF next opponent as well as a thorough outline directly behind the first base line at Harmon Athletics Media Relations to secure a gameday of the UNF team at least two days prior to the Stadium, adjacent to UNF Arena. Access to parking pass. playing of each game.
UNF Athletics Staff Directory ADMINISTRATION (AC 904) GOLF Nancy Tankersley Executive Secretary 620-2833 [email protected] Scott Schroeder Head Coach 620-4653 [email protected] Janice Strickland Department Secretary 620-2833 [email protected] Shaun Maher Assistant Coach 620-4653 Dr. Richard Gropper Director of Athletics 620-2833 [email protected] GROUNDS CREW Kathy Klein Associate AD (Internal) 620-2833 [email protected] Jorge Rubio-Boitel Superintendent 620-2340 [email protected] Rick Granger Assistant AD (External) 620-1506 [email protected] MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Dr. Mary Borg Faculty Athletics Rep. 620-1095 [email protected] Rick Granger Assistant AD (External) 620-1506 [email protected] ACADEMIC SUPPORT Elliot Darkatsh Marketing Director 620-1068 [email protected] Wes Maas Academic Support Coord. 620-2485 [email protected] Trevor Stanton Asst. Director, Development 620-1526 [email protected] ATHLETIC TRAINING SOCCER (Men) Jim Scholler Head Athletic Trainer 620-2855 [email protected] Ray Bunch Head Coach 620-2948 [email protected] Mark Power Assistant Athletic Trainer 620-1501 [email protected] Kevin Flanagan Assistant Coach 620-2948 BASEBALL SOCCER (Women) Dusty Rhodes Head Coach 620-1556 [email protected] TBA Head Coach 620-1072 Bob Shepherd Assistant Coach 620-2556 [email protected] Carmen Watley Assistant Coach 620-1072 [email protected] BASKETBALL (Men) SOFTBALL Matt Kilcullen Head Coach 620-2494 [email protected] Sonya Wilmoth Head Coach 620-2947 [email protected] Mike Summey Assistant Coach 620-2495 [email protected] Chuck Feaster Assistant Coach 620-2947 BASKETBALL (Women) STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Mary Tappmeyer Head Coach 620-4667 [email protected] Joe Collins Head Coach 620-2853 [email protected] Nancy Miller Assistant Coach 620-2659 [email protected] SWIMMING & DIVING BUSINESS OFFICE Beth Harrell Head Coach 620-1420 [email protected] Michael Boele Business Manager 620-1537 [email protected] Andre Salles-Cunha Assistant Coach 620-1421 [email protected] Donna Carlson Business Office Assistant 620-2835 [email protected] Courtney Shealy Hart Assistant Coach 620-1421 [email protected] COMPLIANCE TENNIS Michelle Bronner Director of Compliance 620-2819 [email protected] Igal Buberman Interim Head Coach 620-2558 [email protected] Maurice Graham Compliance Coordinator 620-1325 [email protected] Rodrigo Puebla Assistant Coach 620-2558 [email protected] CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK VOLLEYBALL Mark VanAlstyne Head Coach 620-2559 [email protected] TBA Head Coach 620-2897 Julie Stackhouse Assistant Coach 620-1559 [email protected] Adis Imamovic Assistant Coach 620-1870 [email protected]
www.UNFOspreys.com 21 2007 Road www.UNFOSPREYS.com Headquarters For unparalleled coverage of all 17 intercolle- giate sports at the University of North Florida, point at Coastal Carolina Tournament (Feb. 9-11) your web browser to www.UNFOspreys.com. Comfort Suites Each week, news releases, game notes and Conway, S.C. statistics are updated. Media and fans can view Phone: (843) 448-4884 player and coach bios, schedules, results and the most comprehensive records and history pertaining at Tulane (May 16-18) to Osprey athletics anywhere. Hampton Inn Elmwood, La. Featured content on the site includes: Phone: (504) 733-5646 Live audio webcasts of select events, including basketball, baseball and softball at Florida State (Feb. 27) “Live Stats” for basketball, baseball, volley- No overnight stay ball, soccer and softball at South Florida (March 20) Archived news and information No overnight stay Interactive fan polls Archived episodes of UNF’s TV magazine at Florida State (March 27) show, UNF Sports Jam No overnight stay Contact information for the UNF Athletics Department staff at Lipscomb (March 30-31) Comfort Inn & Suites Nashville, Tenn. Phone: (615) 221-5001 Getting To The UNF Campus at Ga. Southern (April 10) No overnight stay From I-95, take exit 344 EAST onto J. Turner at Kennesaw St. (April 14-15) LaQuinta Inn Butler Blvd. (JTB). Marietta, Ga. Phone: (770) 426-0045 Go approximately 5 miles to the Kernan at FAU/Miami (April 17-18) Road exit (exit to the Doubletree Suites right). Turn left Martha, Fla. (NORTH) and go Phone: (561) 997-9500 approximately 1 mile. The entrance to the UNF at Florida (May 8) campus is on the left. No overnight stay
Once on campus (on at Campbell (May 11-12) Jameson Inn Alumni Drive), proceed Dunn, N.C. past the University Phone: (910) 891-5758 Center (on your left) to the first traffic light, at Ohio State (May 15-16) which is the Alumni and Travel plans not finalized University Drive inter- at publication date section. Turn right on University Drive. UNF Arena and the athletics complex is located approximately 1/2 mile on the right.
www.UNFOspreys.com 22 UNF Athletics On The Air The University of North Florida Athletics pro- gram will be well represented on the television air- waves in 2007, with at least seven events being broadcast live and another six episodes of UNF’s monthly athletics magazine 2007 — UNF UNF TV Schedule Sports Jam UNF Baseball WIOJ-AM 1010 is the official — also March 16 vs. Stetson, 7 p.m. — CL flagship station of the University of April 10 at Ga. Southerm, 7 p.m. — CSS being North Florida Athletics Department. aired. UNF Sports Jam 2007 Broadcast Scedule The Shows air in November, December, Feb. 23 Towson 7 p.m. UNF base- January, February, March, April and May March 9 Ohio State 7 p.m. on Channel 4 (WJXT) in Jacksonville and March 10 Connecticut 1 p.m. ball team on Sun Sports across the state of Florida. March 13 Indiana 7 p.m. will be tel- March 14 Indiana 7 p.m. evised CL - Comcast of Jacksonville (Ch. 14,99) March 16 Stetson 7 p.m. CSS - Comcast Sports Southeast March 17 Stetson 1 p.m. three times March 18 Stetson 1 p.m. this spring March 24 ETSU (DH) 1 p.m. — beginning with its March 16 game against March 25 ETSU 1 p.m. Stetson at Harmon Stadium. The Ospreys’ game at March 27 at Florida State 6 p.m. April 7 Belmont 1 p.m. Georgia Southern will be carried live regionally on April 21 Mercer (DH) 1 p.m. CSS-TV on April 10. Another game — which had May 4 Jacksonville 6:30 p.m. yet to be determined at press time — will also be May 5 Jacksonville 6:30 p.m. May 6 Jacksonville 1 p.m. added to the schedule in the coming months. May 8 at Florida 6:30 p.m. UNF Sports Jam runs on WJXT Channel 4 in May 17 Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. Jacksonville and across Florida on Sun Sports.
The UNF Broadcast Team John Laurence has been the "Voice with organizations such as Project SOS in UNF, he was the sports editor of the student of the Ospreys" since the inception of bas- video production and TV show develop- newspaper, The Spinnaker, and also worked ketball at UNF in 1992. He has been a ment. as the public address announcer for men's play-by-play announcer for more than 20 Laurence’s primary focus is with basketball and baseball. years, was the former sports director for Empowerment Media, a company he found- He has 15 years of radio broadcast WTLV-TV in Jacksonville and currently is the ed in 2002 to produce television shows with experience, including a six-year stint as the president of both morals and values for young people. His "Voice of the Ospreys" Laurence Television popular show ULTIMATE CHOICE, a series baseball team. In addi- Group, Inc., and he created along with his wife Susan, is cur- tion, he handled spot play- Empowerment Media, Inc. rently syndicated to over 150 cities in the by-play duties for the UNF Through Laurence United States. men's and women's bas- Television Group, Laurence graduated from the University ketball games on the radio Laurence has produced of Illinois with a degree in broadcast jour- and hosted a 30-minute television shows for UNF nalism. He has been married to Susan for coaches show: for the past eight years. 19 years. They have two sons, Matt and "The Osprey Report." The monthly "UNF Wes. Ridaught hosts a num- SportsJam" features a personality-focused Mike Ridaught is a Jacksonville ber of sports talk shows and currently han- look at North Florida athletics and airs local- native who now resides in Keystone dles high school play-by-play duties (foot- ly in Jacksonville on WJXT-TV and statewide Heights, Fla., He is single and has two sons, ball, basketball and baseball) on ESPN Radio on Sun Sports Network. He also produces Parker, 4, and Zachary, 10. in Gainesville and Ocala. Ridaught launched television shows for Comcast Sports South Ridaught is a 1996 graduate of the a new high school website this fall in North (Jaguars Spot-Light) and works extensively University of North Florida. As a student at Central Florida: www.theprepzone.com.
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