MEDIA INFORMATION
Phone (706) 542-1621 Fax
(706) 542-9339
LORAN SMITH SR. ASSOCIATE AD Claude Felton ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Leland Barrow, Steve Colquitt, Tim Hix, Christopher Lakos, Mike Mobley ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Tray Littlefield, Karra Logan COORDINATOR Kim Vachon INTERNS Austin Hannon Jackie Kinney GRADUATE ASSISTANT Ashleigh Shay STUDENT ASSISTANTS McKenzie Armes, SK Bowen, Natalie Bunch, Catherine Harris, Natalie Kanter, Andrew Keith, Molly King, Kevin Mobley, McKenzie Rhutan, Jacob Stansell, Jean Louise Webb, Garrett Oberkfell STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER Steffenie Burns
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
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PHOTOGRAPHERS & VIDEOGRAPHERS Only accredited photographers and videographers working on assignment will be issued credentials to access the designated baseline camera locations. Use of flash is prohibited at all times and all strobe units must be approved by the UGA Sports Communications office. No one is allowed to shoot photos or video at floor level from behind the bench location of either team.
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE Georgia’s tentative fall practice schedule features workouts beginning at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 2:45 p.m. on Fridays. Interviews will be conducted beginning at 30 minutes prior to the beginning of practice. That schedule may change in January. The Lady Bulldogs generally hold sessions in their practice facility gym. Georgia will be off on Mondays and Wednesdays with no interviews scheduled on that day. Media are encouraged to arrange for feature-type interviews during pre- or post-practice sessions instead of after games. The preferred day for interviews is Tuesdays throughout the season. PRACTICE & GAME VIDEO Interviews with Joni Taylor, as well as practice and/or game video footage, can be found on the Sports Communications ftp site. Weekly interviews previewing upcoming games will be placed on the site by approximately 5:30 p.m. each Tuesday. In addition, video featuring game highlights and post-game interviews with both head coaches will be offered for most non-televised home contests. That information will generally be available by 5:30 p.m. for weekend games and by 10:30 p.m. for weeknight contests. Contact Tray Littlefield or Kim Vachon of the UGA Sports Communications office at 706-542-1621 for instructions on how to access the ftp site. Media needing to obtain additional highlights of the Lady Bulldogs may do so by contacting either Littlefield or Vachon.
GAME DAY MEDIA SERVICES Stegeman Coliseum’s press facilities are outlined on the graphic below. The press room is located through Portal 3. A pre-game SEC TOURNEY CREDENTIALS Credentials to the 2017 Southeastern Conference Tour- meal is served approximately 90 minutes prior to tip-off in nament, Feb. 28-March 4 in Nashville, Tennessee, can be the multi-purpose room across the hall from the press room. requested through www.secsportsmedia.com. All credential The press room is equipped with wireless high-speed internet requests will approved/denied by the SEC via this process. availability, hard-wired ethernet access and telephone lines available on a first-come first-served basis. A room with similar internet and phone lines is available for photographers adjacent to the press room. Press seating is located above Portal 2 in STEGEMAN COLISEUM PRESS FACILITIES section K of the lower bowl. Radio broadcast Media positions are at the scorer’s table, while TV anSeatin g nouncer locations are at center court opposite m o o the scorer’s table. R ew Complete quarter box scores, first- and P vi r r e e t s second-half play-by-plays, first- and second-half n s I R shot charts and post-game notes and quotes will o o m be provided to all working media.
TV
Ryan Leonard, Dale Zanine, Steven Colquitt, Wes Blakenship, Ashley Connell, Keith Currie, Donovan Eason, Dan Evans, Phillip Faulkner, Joel Gibson, Steve Guyer, Travis Hatfield, Becky Hay, John Kelley, David Marck, Erin McCall, Perry McIntyre, Amanda C. Melton, Parker Moore, Elizabeth Olivier, Meredith Page, Evan Stichler, Ashley Strickland, Sean Taylor, Scott Trubey, Julianne Upchurch, Kelly Wegel, Dylan Wilson, Evey Wilson, NCAA Photos, WNBA Photos, UGA Public Affairs, USA Basketball.
WORKING CREDENTIALS Credentials for members of the media to all regular-season home games can be obtained through the Sports Communications Office. Beat writers and photographers will be issued a single pass for the entire season. Requests, in writing, for single-game credentials should be made through Tray Littlefield.
Scorer’s & Radio
UGA SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS
COVERING THE LADY BULLDOGS Media covering Lady Bulldog Basketball in need of assistance beyond this brochure – interviews, credentials, photography, etc. – should contact: Tray Littlefield, Assistant SID UGA Sports Communications email: trayl@sports.uga.edu MAIL ADDRESS P.O. Box 1472 Tray Littlefield Athens, Ga. 30603 OFFICE PHONE: (706) 542-9342 CELL PHONE: (205) 504-4566 PRESS ROW PHONE: (706) 542-8052 FAX PHONE: (706) 542-9339
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Interviews will be conducted in the theatre-style conference room adjacent to Portal 2. Media will be surveyed with 3:00 remaining in the game to determine which players will be available. Requests for opposing coaches or players can be made at that time as well; however, those will then be coordinated by the team’s SID. After a cooling off period, Georgia head coach Joni Taylor will return to the Coliseum floor to conduct her post-game radio show. During this time, players will be available. After completing her radio commitments, Taylor will return to the interview area.