@CSUvolleyball | #PointRams 161 MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT/MEDIA GUIDELINES 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 Paul Kirk, Asst. A.D./Communications WELCOME! The Colorado State athletic media relations Contact for: ................................... Football office genuinely appreciates your coverage of CSU volleyball, and looks forward to each and every time it Cell phone: ..................... 970/988-3482 can welcome you to Fort Collins. Members of the office, Email: ............. [email protected] including volleyball contact Jeff Schmidt, director Paul Kirk, assistant directors Zach Balside and John Martin, as well as the team of student-assistants, are available Paul Kirk to assist with your coverage. The office is happy to help you however it can. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies relevant to your coverage of Zach Balside, Asst. Director the volleyball program, as outlined on this page and Contact for: ...................................... Football, the next. ................. Tennis and Swimming & Diving Please feel free to contact Jeff Schmidt via phone or Cell phone: ...................... 970/310-3906 email with questions regarding the media policy. Email: ..... [email protected] GENERAL POLICIES Zach Balside • All interviews with any member of the volleyball program, including Head Coach Tom Hilbert, the coaching staff and student-athletes must be John Martin, Asst. Director coordinated through Jeff Schmidt in the athletic Contact for: ................. Men’s Basketball communications office. ............................................... and Men’s Golf • Members of the media are strictly prohibited from approaching any coach, staff member or student- Cell phone: ....................... 540/476-1259 athlete by any means – including text messages, Email: ... [email protected] email, phone calls (cell, office or home) or social media, such as Facebook and Twitter – without first John Martin approaching the athletic communications office. • Regarding unique subject matter, such as human- interest angles, members of the media are welcome Jeff Schmidt, Coordinator to approach the media relations office at least 24 Contact for: ...... Volleyball, Softball and hours in advance with requests to interview any ..................................................Women's Golf member of the program. Cell phone: ...................... 970/305-7382 INTERVIEW GUIDELINES Email: ...... [email protected] • Interviews, either in person or via telephone, with members of Colorado State’s volleyball coaching Jeff Schmidt staff and student-athletes must be coordinated through assistant director of media relations Jeff Schmidt. Rob Slaman, Coordinator • Media are asked not to request an individual’s Contact for: .......... Women’s Basketball, personal contact information, including email and .. Soccer and Track & Field/Cross Country cell number, but rather to contact Jeff Schmidt. • Student-athletes and coaches are available for Cell phone: ...................... 970/632-0738 interviews at the conclusion of daily practice Email: .. [email protected] sessions. Student-athlete interviews will not conflict with classes, meetings, medical treatment or Rob Slaman practice times. • Interviews are not permitted in the locker room or training room. Interviews will not be granted on match days until following the contest. • Telephone interviews should be requested at least 24 hours in advance and coordinated through Jeff Schmidt. All interviews will be processed on an availability basis involving the requested interviewee. MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Single-match credentials must be requested through Jeff Schmidt in writing at least three days in advance of a match. Approved requests will be mailed or can be picked up in the media relations office or at the match. On days of matches, credentials can 162 2016 COLORADO STATE VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDELINES be obtained just outside the west side of the Moby quotes and statistics will be available following the Arena court. Media members are asked to enter conclusion of the match. through the McGraw Athletic Center doors (just east • The media room, which is located just west of the of the Moby Arena parking lot) and follow the ramp court at the bottom of the ramp connecting Moby on the right down to the court. At the bottom of the Arena and the McGraw Athletic Center, will be open ramp, a table will be set up with credentials. at least two hours prior to the start of a match, and will provide updated notes on both teams, statistics PARKING and other information. • Media parking is available at Moby Arena. Please • Moby Arena offers complimentary wireless contact the CSU media relations office to request a Internet access. Check the media room for access Moby Arena parking pass. information. • Access to the parking lot will require an “A” permit from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays during the ROAD MATCHES academic year. A limited number of single-day • We appreciate your coverage, and if you would passes are available through the media relations like to cover the Rams in person during a road office. Annual permits can be purchased through match, please notify Jeff Schmidt at least seven the Office of Parking Management website: www. days in advance to provide ample time to request a colostate.edu/depts/parking. credential from the opposing team. • If you would like to talk to Head Coach Tom Hilbert PRACTICE GUIDELINES after the conclusion of a road match via telephone, • All Colorado State volleyball practices are open to please notify Jeff Schmidt prior to the start of the the media and public, unless otherwise noted. match. After the match, a member of the media • During the season, practice will generally run from relations staff will call you so you can talk with 12:30-3 p.m. during the week, except on match and Coach Hilbert. Student-athletes will try to be made travel days. Please note, practice times are subject available, as well, if requested. to change on short or no notice. At times, practice will end early, so please plan to arrive early. Practice REPORTING OF INJURIES will usually take place in Moby Arena, but contact • At all times throughout the year, Head Coach Zach Balside for the most updated schedule. Tom Hilbert will serve as the sole source for injury • All interviews must take place after the conclusion of information. All questions related to injuries should practice. If this is an issue, contact Jeff Schmidt, and be directed to Hilbert, and not to any other member the media relations staff will try and accommodate of the program, including athletic trainers, doctors, your schedule. the injured student-athlete or her teammates. • Media should remain on the sidelines, standing a safe distance from the boundary to prevent CSURAMS.COM collisions. Members of the general public attending • The official website of Colorado State athletics is practice are asked to sit in Moby Arena upper www.CSURams.com, featuring the latest news, seating. information, statistics and rosters for all of the Rams’ 16 athletic programs. GAMEDAY • Near the end of each home match, the media VOLLEYBALL EMAIL LIST relations staff will ask those on hand representing • To receive email updates on the Rams, email the media whom they wish to speak with. assistant director of media relations Jeff Schmidt at Approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion [email protected] with a message stating of each match, Head Coach Tom Hilbert and the that you would like to be added to the distribution selected student-athletes will be brought to the list. Coors Auditorium, located in the McGraw Athletic Center, and will be available for questions. WEEKLY RELEASES • No student-athlete or coach can appear on a live • Weekly news releases are available 48 hours prior to postgame television or radio interview without the first match of each week on the school’s official permission obtained prior to the match from Jeff website, CSURams.com. News releases also will be Schmidt. emailed to media outlets upon request. GAMEDAY SERVICES MOBY ARENA DIRECTIONS • In-game services include live online statistics and • From the south (Denver): Take Interstate 25 north box scores following each set. Notes, transcribed 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. • From the north (Cheyenne): Take Interstate 25 south 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. 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