ETBU
WOMEN’S
MEDIA INFORMATION
SOCCER
DAVID WEAVER
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR Phone: 903-923-2129 E-Mail: dweaver@etbu.edu
WEBSITE
The East Texas Baptist University athletics website, located at www.etbu.edu, offers comprehensive coverage of every ETBU athletics program. Included on each individual team page are updated schedules, statistics, rosters, coaching information, information for potential recruits, and the most up-to-date news regarding ETBU athletics. Also included are links to the American Southwest Conference standings, statistics and latest news, as well as links to in-game coverage via audio, video, live stats, Facebook and Twitter.
CREDENTIALS All requests for working press credentials to ETBU athletic events can be made by phone at 903-923-2129 or by e-mail (preferred) to dweaver@etbu.edu no later than 48 hours before a game. Media in attendance will receive a pregame roster/program as well as postgame statistics. Postgame box scores should be available no later than 10 minutes after the game.
INTERVIEWS All coach and player interviews for ETBU Women’s Soccer are directed through the Sports Information Director. Coaches and players may be interviewed on the field after a 10-minute cooling-off period unless otherwise approved by the Sports Information Director. All other interviews outside of game day must be conducted as scheduled through the Sports Information Office.
PRESS ROW
David Weaver is in his 12th year as Sports Information Director at East Texas Baptist University. The 1995 graduate of Northwestern State University is responsible for public and media relations for the ETBU Athletic Department, covering 10 NCAA-sponsored sports. As S.I.D. Weaver is the official statistician for every sport at ETBU and also designs and writes media guides for all sports on campus. He also controls the content on the university’s athletics web site, at www.etbu.edu, and manages the sports information blog on the site. Weaver also facilitates the ETBU Athletics pages on Facebook and Twitter, which have become invaluable sources of media in relation to being about to get news out on the web quickly to fans of the Tigers. Tiger athletics interviews and video clips can now also be found on the university’s official YouTube site. Before joining the staff at ETBU in June of 2000, Weaver was sports editor of the Marshall News Messenger in his hometown of Marshall, Texas. He covered East Texas sports -- including ETBU -- for five years from 1996-2000 and earned three Associated Press Managing Editor Awards for his writing. Prior to his work at the News Messenger, Weaver was managing editor at The Hardin County News in Lumberton, Texas, a weekly publication of The Beaumont Enterprise. He accepted the position of ETBU’s S.I.D. and began working at the university on June 1, 2000, just a few months before the start of the Tigers’ first football season in 50 years. Over the past 10 years he has also worked in the broadcast booth with radio work for the Tiger football, basketball and softball teams at ETBU. Away from his duties at ETBU, David enjoys spending time with his family and coaching youth baseball. He also enjoys reading and writing in his spare time. David and his wife, Jeannie, live in Hallsville, Texas with their children: son Coby, and daughters Melody, Abby and Lily.
SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF
Working press are invited to cover any game at Cornish Field but working space at the scorer’s table is extremely limited, so reservations will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. All working media who have reserved a space 48 hours before a game will be given priority at press row.
BROADCASTS All game broadcast requests must be made at least one week prior to the game in question. We cannot guarantee space or telephone line availability unless prior arrangements and request is made at least seven days before the game.
WIRELESS INTERNET COVERAGE MIKE MIDKIFF
ETBU’s on-campus wireless internet, TigerNet, is available free of charge to media in attendance at Cornish Field.
JASON COWART
JASON SOLES
ETBU GRAPHIC DESIGN/
SPORTS INFORMATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
ASSISTANT
KYLE BREWER
CODY FINCH
ASSISTANT
ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR OF
SOCIAL NETWORKING News, upcoming events and in-game updates are available on ETBU Athletics’ accounts on Facebook and Twitter. Follow ETBU Athletics on Facebook for up-to-date headlines, news about upcoming events and in-game score updates, and follow ETBU_Tigers on Twitter for in-game updates and athletics news as well.
CONTACT INFORMATION To request game credentials, as for general questions regarding ETBU Athletics news, contact: David Weaver, Sports Information Director ........903-923-2129 E-mail: dweaver@etbu.edu 903-407-8320 (cell phone) 903-934-8115 (fax) ETBU Public Relations Office .................................... 903-923-2130
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