2013 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

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2013 NORTH DAKOTA BASEBALL
MEDIA INFORMATION
The 2013 University of North Dakota baseball media guide
has been produced by the UND athletics media relations
office to provide information for the media in covering
the team this season. We appreciate your interest and will
do everything possible to meet your needs. Please take a
few minutes to read through the information on this page
and to familiarize yourself with this publication. Thank you
again for your interest and coverage and enjoy the season!
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
Media credentials will be issued only to working media,
sports information/media relations personnel, league officials
or staff members of competing institutions with a
legitimate need for access to the press box. Requests for
media credentials, season or single-game, for the 2013
season must be made in advance with the UND media relations
office. It is asked that you submit credential requests
at least one week prior to the game you will be covering.
DAILY MEDIA SERVICES
For the most up-to-date UND baseball news and statistics,
visit www.UNDSports.com - the official site of UND Athletics.
Weekly releases will be available on the website prior
to each series. Updated statistics will be available on-line
at the conclusion of each contest.
PRESS SEATING
Members of the media will be seated in the Kraft Field
press box if seating is available or in a designated area in
the bleachers. Cheering in the press box will not be tolerated
and violators will be removed.
The 2013 Great West Base-
ball Championship will be
held in Newark, N.J. this
season. The five-day event
will feature all eight league
baseball teams in
a double-elimination
format.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE The dates for the
fourth-year event
Ed Grom, Commissioner
are May 22-26.
P.O. Box 9344
Naperville, IL 60567
The conference,
Phone: (630) 428-4492
which began as
Fax: (630) 548-0705
E-Mail: grom@gwconference.org
a football-only
league, took a
Mike Sharpe, Assistant Commissioner giant leap in the
Phone: (816) 210-4305
collegiate athletic
world E-mail: sharpe@gwconference.org
when
Jacque Cottrell, Dir. of Media Relations
Phone: (713) 305-8614
E-mail: cottrell@gwconference.org
Cliff Martin, Media Relations Assistant
Phone: (214) 770-6463
E-Mail: martin@gwconference.org
the conference
expanded to
include several
additional sports
and new members.
The governance
of the Great
West Conference remains primarily with the member institutions.
Each member is represented on the President’s
Council by its respective CEO. The general operations and
management of the league will be conducted by the Directors
of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrators (Joint
Council). Scheduling of contests, assignment of officials
and certain media relations functions remain with member
institutions.
PRESS BOX OPERATIONS
Rosters, game notes, statistics and media guides will be
available at the press box prior to and during all home
games. Box scores will be distributed following each
game.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Photography credentials are issued to media and institutional
photographers only. Photographers must remain in
the designated areas in foul territory, if within the fencing.
TELEPHONE LINES
Those members of the media or visiting radio should call
Mitchell Wigness at 701-777-4210 or e-mail him (mitchell.
wigness@athletics.und.edu) at least three days prior to a
game to make arrangements.
INTERVIEWS
The UND athletic media relations office is eager to assist
the media with student-athlete and coach interview requests.
In order to help in this endeavor, it is asked that all
media requests be made in advance through Mitch Wigness,
the baseball media relations director.
Players will return phone calls once requested through the
media relations office. As per UND Athletics policy, phone
numbers of student-athletes will not be disclosed to members
of the media.
Student-athletes and coaches are also available for interviews
before and after practice and all practices are open to
the media. However, it is asked that media members wishing
to attend practice contact Mitch Wigness in advance.
Post-game interviews will be conducted on the field.
2013G
Great West PreseasonPollPoll
Reigning Great West Conference champion Utah Valley
was selected as the favorite in the 2013 GWC Preseason
Coaches Poll. The Wolverines have captured each of the
last three league titles. North Dakota was slotted sixth in
the poll.
Utah Valley is gunning to improve on its 76-4 all-time mark
in GWC play and was the pick to win the league by seven
of the eight league coaches. The second through sixth
teams in the poll were separated by just 15 points. Runnerup
Houston Baptist grabbed 46 points and the other firstplace
vote while NJIT was right behind with 45 points.
Texas Pan-American was fourth (40) with Northern Colorado
(34) and North Dakota (31) in fifth and sixth, respectively.
NYIT (16) and Chicago State (13) rounded out the poll.
NJIT will serve as the host for the conference’s 2013 postseason
tournament, May 21-25, at Bears and Eagles Riverfront
Stadium in Newark, N.J.
UND is in its final season in the Great West Conference
before joining the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in
2013-14.
2013 Great West Conference Preseason Poll
1. Utah Valley (7) 63 pts.
2. Houston Baptist (1) 46 pts.
3. NJIT 45 pts.
4. Texas-Pan American 40 pts.
5. Northern Colorado 34 pts.
6. North Dakota 31 pts.
7. NYIT 16 pts.
8. Chicago State 13 pts.
NEWS OUTLETS
Grand Forks Herald
P.O. Box 6008
Grand Forks, N.D. 58206
Phone: (701) 780-1127
Fax: (701) 795-4603
gfsports@gfherald.com
The Fargo Forum
P.O. Box 2020
Fargo, N.D. 58107
Phone: (701) 241-5546
Fax: (701) 241-5487
sports@forumcomm.com
Bismarck Tribune
P.O. Box 1498
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
Phone: (701) 223-2500
Fax: (701) 223-2063
Dakota Student
Box 8177
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D. 58202
Phone: (701) 777-2677
Fax: 777-3137
Clear Channel Radio
505 University Ave.
Grand Forks, N.D. 58201
Phone: (701) 746-1417
Fax: (701) 746-1410
cctimh@hotmail.com
KNOX Radio (1310 AM)
P.O. Box 13638
Grand Forks, N.D. 58208-3638
Phone: (701) 775-4611
Fax: (701) 772-0540
KFGO-AM (790)
1020 25th St. South
Fargo, N.D. 58103
Phone: (701) 237-5346
WDAZ-TV (ABC)
P.O. Box 12639
Grand Forks, N.D. 58208-2639
Phone: (701) 775-2511
Fax: (701) 746-4507
WDAY-TV (ABC)
301 8th Street South
Fargo, N.D. 58103
Phone: (701) 237-6500
Fax: (701) 241-5358
KVLY-TV (NBC)
1350 21st Ave.
Fargo, N.D. 58103
Phone: (701) 237-5211
Fax: (701) 237-5396
KXJB-TV (CBS)
1350 21st Ave.
Fargo, N.D. 58103
Phone: (701) 282-0444
Fax: (701) 282-2680
KVRR-TV (FOX)
P.O. Box 9115
Fargo, N.D. 58106
Phone: (701) 277-1515
Fax: (701) 277-9656
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