Covering the Lady Bears MSU Athletics Communications Staff Rick Kindhart
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Assistant Director-Web and New Media Phone: (417) 836-4867 E-Mail: tbohn@missouristate.edu Sport Coverage: Soccer, Softball
Kevin Kane Phone: (417) 836-4138 E-Mail: kevinkane@missouristate.edu Sport Coverage: Men’s and Women’s Golf
Ashlee Russell
Graduate Assistant Phone: (417) 836-5402 E-Mail: russell002@live.missouristate.edu Sport Coverage: Field Hockey, Track & Field, Golf (secondary)
Adam Samson
Graduate Assistant Phone: (417) 836-5402 E-Mail: samson1988@live.missouristate.edu Sport Coverage: Cross Country, Swimming & Diving, Soccer (secondary) Missouri State Athletics Communications also receives assistance from a student staff consisting of interns Kevin Agee and Eric Waltrip. Missouri State Athletics Communications 901 South National Avenue Springfield, MO 65897 Main Phone: (417) 836-5402 Fax: (417) 836-4868
2011-12 Women’s Basketball Guide
Game day parking for members of the media is available on the south side (east bound lane) of Harrison Street to the north of JQH Arena and Hammons Student Center. *All parking needs should be coordinated with Athletics Communications at least 24 hours in advance. Parking is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis on game days.
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Credentials are available to personnel from accredited media outlets by writing Missouir State U niversity Athletics Communications, 901 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65987, via e-mail, or by telephone. All requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance, and credentials will be available 90 minutes before game time at the media entrance on the north side of JQH Arena. The media room is located immediately inside the north entrance, and media seating is courtside on the north side of the playing floor, with overflow seating located in the northwest corner of the lower level. All media seating is reserved on an individual game basis.
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he 2011-12 Missouri State Women’s Basketball Guide is intended to serve as a primary source of information for media members, sports information directors and fans who follow the Missouri State Lady Bears. Material in this publication is based on information available as of Oct. 21, 2011. The office of Missouri State Athletics Communications is located on the lower level of Hammons Student Center (Room 138), at the corner of Monroe Street and John Q. Hammons Parkway. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Assistant Director (women’s basketball SID) Ben Adamson can be reached at (417) 836-4584, or via e-mail at benadamson@missouristate.edu.
Services for home Missouri State women’s basketball games include game notes, a game program, a halftime box and a complete NCAA boxscore with play-by-play after each contest. Game notes are generally distributed via e-mail no later than two days prior to each game, schedule permitting. To be added to the e-mail distribution list, contact women’s basketball SID Ben Adamson. Refreshments are available before each game in the media room on the lower level of JQH Arena.
Telephones/Wireless Access
Phones are available on a first-come, first-served basis in the media room under the north concourse of the arena. Wireless internet access is available in JQH Arena through the University’s guest network and can be obtained from the Athletics Communications office. A limited number of ethernet lines are also available. The JQH Arena press row phone number is (417) 836-8145.
Photographers
Photographers wishing to shoot game action at JQH Arena should make arrangements with Athletics Communications at least 24 hours in advance. Space is assigned at each end of the court behind the baseline and to the right of each basket.
Postgame Interviews
Postgame media conferences with head coach Nyla Milleson and select Missouri State players will be held in the Marty Eddelmon Interview Room immediately adjacent to the media room on the arena level of the corridor under the north grandstand. Visiting team personnel will be afforded the opportunity to meet with the media first following a 10-minute cooling off period immediately after the conclusion of each contest.
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