6 | nebraska women's basketball | 2012-13 media services & information Jeff griesch Nebraska l 1996 • Media Relations Director of Operations Women's Basketball Contact (14th Year) Jeff Griesch has served as the director of media relations operations at Nebraska since August of 2004. Griesch, who was hired as an assistant sports information director at Nebraska in 1998, works as the primary media contact for Nebraska women's basketball and serves as the content manager for Huskers.com. Griesch also serves as the senior editor for all of NU's media guides. Griesch also works directly with the women's golf program, while supervising contacts for gymnastics, tennis, cross country, bowling, rifle and swimming and diving. Griesch also hires and supervises the Media Relations Office student assistants. Griesch will enter his 14th season as a radio color commentator for Nebraska Office, along with Administrative Assistant Vicki Capazo, Design Coordinator Annie women's basketball and his 11th season as the host of the Nebraska Women's Wood and Photographer Scott Bruhn. Students Kevan Carr, Makayla Hipke, Gage Peake, Basketball Television Show with Coach Connie Yori in 2012-13. Claire Porter, Connor Stange, Haley Whisennand and Chase Wurdeman will assist with Griesch spent six years as an assistant director and two years as a graduate intern women's basketball this season. in the Media Relations Office, after starting his career as a student in October of 1995. In 2007-08, Griesch's Nebraska's women's basketball media guide was voted the Big Ten Conference Media Relations third-best guide in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America Assistant Director of Communications Dan Mihalik coordinates women's basketball (CoSIDA). His women's golf guide also finished third in the national contest, the information and statistics for the Big Ten Conference in Park Ridge, Ill. Mihalik highest rankings in history for both of those publications. compiles weekly statistical information for the conference, along with coordinating Big Griesch's 1997-98 wrestling guide was voted "Best in the Nation" by Amateur Ten Conference Player-of-the-Week honors and helping promote the accomplishments Wrestling News and finished second in the CoSIDA publications contest. The Nebraska of Big Ten teams, players and coaches. Mihalik is also responsible for directing media women's soccer guide finished in the top 10 four straight seasons, including a third- services at the 2013 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament at the Sears Centre place finish in 2000. His 2003-04 women's basketball guide was voted "Best in the Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., March 7-10. District" and 11th in the nation, after finishing 12th and winning "Best in the District" For information on the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament or Big Ten women's honors in 2001-02. From 2000 through 2010, Nebraska's publications earned more basketball, please call (847) 696-1010 or e-mail [email protected]. than 180 national publication awards from CoSIDA. Griesch earned a bachelor's of journalism degree in news-editorial from Nebraska Huskers.com in 1996. He was the first two-time recipient of the CoSIDA/Wylie Smith Postgraduate For the most up-to-the-minute coverage of Nebraska women's basketball, visit Scholarship and was a Regents Scholar as an undergraduate and graduate student. Huskers.com, the official site of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department. Griesch and his wife, Emily, are originally from Wayne, Neb., and have a 10-year-old In addition to updated results, statistics and game stories, you can find photos, daughter, Hollan, an eight-year-old son, Jackson, and a four-year old son, Brennan. player and coach biographies, schedule and roster information and weekly releases on the Husker women's basketball program. Award-Winning Publications Huskers.com includes similar information on all of Nebraska's 23 varsity sports, The Nebraska Media Relations Office is one of the best programs in the nation at along with gener