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2 This media guide was prepared to assist the news media in covering Grand Valley State during the 2007 football season. GENERAL SERVICES Your hosts at Lubbers Stadium and for all Grand Valley State athletic events are Tim Nott, sports information director, and Adrienne Yoches, assistant sports information director. Depth charts, rosters, souvenir programs and pregame notes will be available prior to each game, with a complete statistical package provided approximately 20 minutes following the contest. Information on scoring drives, records broken and updates on scores from around the nation will be distributed throughout the game. PRESS BOX Grand Valley State’s working facilities are located on the west side of Lubbers Stadium at the top of the stands. The Grand Valley State press box is a working facility and cheering will not be tolerated. WORKING CREDENTIALS All requests for press credentials should be directed to the Grand Valley State sports information department in advance of the game to be covered. Press credentials will either be mailed or be held for pick-up on game day at the Will Call ticket window located at the GVSU Football Center. No one will be admitted to the press box who isn’t in an official working capacity per compliance with the Football Writer’s Association of America. In an effort to make things easier for members of the media covering Grand Valley State football, or Laker football fans desiring more information on the team, the sports information department has prepared the 2007 football media guide. If there is something you need which you cannot find, please let us know. You might also find what you need by checking out Grand Valley State football on the world wide web at www.gvsulakers.com. If you would like to request photographs, feature stories, interviews, or additional information, please contact the Grand Valley State sports information department at (616) 331-3275. Tim Nott Office Phone: (616) 331-3275 Email: nottt@gvsu.edu Adrienne Yoches Office Phone: (616) 331-3249 Email: yochesa@gvsu.edu PHOTOGRAPHERS Photography credentials are issued to media and department photographers only. Photographers must remain outside the restraining line enclosing the playing field. STADIUM PARKING Media parking is located in the lot next to the GVSU Football Center or in the Irwin lot to the east of Lubbers Stadium. Parking passes should be requested with media passes and presented to parking attendants. Tim Nott, 40, enters his 11th year as the sports information director at Grand Valley State University. Nott was named SID on July 14, 1997. Nott is responsible for a wide range of duties, including production of athletic publications, media relations, home event management, statistical record keeping, web site administration and promotion of GVSU student-athletes for conference and national honors. Nott and his staff have been honored by the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) for several of their publications. The 2006 football media guide was voted third-best in the nation, while the 2003 football media guide was voted fourth-best in the nation. Prior to his appointment at Grand Valley State, Nott spent three years as an assistant SID at Michigan Tech where his football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball publications won national awards. Nott spent one year with the University of Florida sports information department, working with the Gator football team and the men’s swimming and diving team. His 1994 men’s swimming and diving media guide was honored as the best in the nation by the CoSIDA. A native of Holt, Mich., Nott earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism, with a minor in sports studies, from Central Michigan University in 1992. While at CMU, he worked as a student assistant under Fred Stabley, Jr. for three years. Nott is entering his sixth year on the Harlon Hill selection committee. Nott and his beautiful, understanding wife, Christy, have two daughters, Alyssa (12) and Emily (9), and a son Kyle (7). 2007 Laker Football Media Guide Media Information RADIO Requests for radio broadcast permission at Lubbers Stadium must be made through the sports information department. Grand Valley State provides a courtesy phone line for visiting radio stations free of charge. The courtesy line number is (616) 331-3717. Stations wishing to install an additional line may do so upon receiving broadcast permission, by calling the Grand Valley State sports information department at (616) 331- 3275. PHONES/FAXING Grand Valley State has five telephone lines available for use in the press box. The Grand Valley State sports information department will compile an opponent fax or email prior to the conclusion of the game. All faxing will take place from the GVSU sports information office. STATISTICS The Statcrew Football in-game statistics program is used to provide a playby-play report, halftime summary and final game statistics. FOOD SERVICE The Grand Valley State sports information department will provide a meal to all working members in the press box. Soft drinks will be available throughout the game. Adrienne Yoches is entering her fifth year as assistant sports information director. Prior to being named assistant SID, Yoches served as a student assistant in the Grand Valley State sports information office for four years. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in journalism from GVSU in 2003. Yoches is also responsible for a wide range of duties, including production of athletic publications, media relations, home event management, statistical record keeping, web site administration and promotion of GVSU student-athletes for conference and national honors. Yoches, 26, who is the former Adrienne Lubeck, was married in May of 2006 to GVSU defensive line coach Matt Yoches. Providing further assistance in the Grand Valley State sports information department will be graduate assistant Dave Tomke and student assistants Tara Byxbe, Bethany Capra, and J.J. Sjogren.
Media Information PRACTICES All practices, as a general rule, are open to the media. However, no interviews may be conducted during a practice. Interviews with players or coaches must be arranged in advance, and may be held before or after practice. PLAYER INTERVIEWS All requests for player interviews should be made through the Grand Valley State sports information department at least 48 hours in advance. Game day interviews are not permitted prior to the game. Post-game interviews will take place in the Odie Weight Room after the team has been dismissed from its postgame meeting. In general, Coach Martin and players will be available approximately 10 minutes after the game. INTERVIEWS WITH HEAD COACH CHUCK MARTIN All requests for interviews with Chuck Martin should be made through the Grand Valley State sports information department at (616) 313-3275. Grand Valley Sports Network Media can obtain information through the Grand Valley Sports Network on the internet. GVSN will have press conferences, player interviews and coaches interviews thoughout the week for the entire season. John Matlak WMAX FM 96.1 WTKG-AM 1230 77 Monroe Ctr. NW, Suite 1000 Phone: (616) 459-1919 FAX: (616) 732-3330 Bret Bakita WBBL Sports Radio 60 Monroe Center Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 456-1340 FAX: (616) 451-3299 Greg Johnson Grand Rapids Press 155 Michigan NW Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Phone: (616) 222-5477 FAX: (616) 222-5224 Alan Babbitt Holland Sentinel 54 W. 8th Street Holland, MI 49423 Phone: (616) 546-4271 FAX: (616) 393-6710 LAKER FOOTBALL ON THE RADIO Every Grand Valley State football game, both home and away, will be carried live on WMAX-FM 96.1. Dick Nelson, “The Voice of Laker Football,” will call the play-by-play, with Steve Lloyd-Jones adding color. The Laker pregame show will air 30 minutes prior to kickoff. The Chuck Martin Show can be heard every Thursday during the season at 6:00 p.m. on WTKG-AM 1230. In addition, the GVSU Sports Report airs every Monday on WGVU-TV and is replayed on Comcast Local. PRIMARY GVSU FOOTBALL MEDIA OUTLETS Nate Thompson Grand Haven Tribune 101 N. Third Street Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: (616) 842-6400 FAX: (616) 842-9584 Tom Kendra Muskegon Chronicle 981 3rd Street Muskegon, MI 49443 Phone: (231) 725-6365 FAX: (231) 722-2552 Regional Outlets Phone Number Fax Number Associated Press 1-800-642-4125 313-259-4966 Ann Arbor News 734-994-6812 734-994-6879 Detroit News 1-800-678-6400 (2260) 313-222-6019 Detroit Free Press 1-800-678-6728 (6660) 313-222-5983 Bay City Times 1-800-219-9919 989-893-0649 Big Rapids Pioneer 231-796-4831 231-895-2486 Jackson Citizen Patriot 517-768-4967 517-787-9710 Kalamazoo Gazette 269-345-3511 269-388-8447 Dick Nelson (L) and Steve Lloyd-Jones (R) The Lanthorn GVSU Student Paper 100 Commons Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: (616) 331-2460 FAX: (616) 331-2486 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 National Champions ON THE COVER Preseason All-Americans: Bottom row (L-R): Brandon Barnes (OT), Anthony Adams (LB), and Joe Wohlscheid (OG). Top row (L-R): Brandon Carr (CB) and Matt Beaty (LB). BACK INSIDE COVER Photo credits: Jim Biever/Green Bay Packers; Jennifer Hinkle/Baltimore Ravens; Drew Hallowell/Philadelphia Eagles; Paul Abell/Tampa Bay Bucs; Mike Fabus/Pittsburgh Steelers. CREDITS The 2007 GVSU football media guide was written, edited and designed by Tim Nott, sports information director, and Doug Witte. Design layout and typesetting with QuarkXPress 6.5 by Tim Nott and Doug Witte. Cover design by Doug Witte. Thanks to Don Thomas for his contributions to the History of Laker Football section. Additional assistance by J.J. Sjogren and Bethany Capra, student assistants. Photography by Adam Bird, Dan Irving, Jeneatte Seckinger and Doug Witte. Printed by Grandville Printing of Grandville, Mich. The 2007 Grand Valley State Media Guide can be purchased for $10. Tom Clyde WZZM-TV 13 P.O. Box Z Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Phone: (616) 559-1432 FAX: (616) 784-8367 GRAND VALLEY STATE MAILING ADDRESS: Sports Information Department 174 Fieldhouse Allendale, MI 49401 www.gvsulakers.com Jack Doles WOOD-TV 8 120 College Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 235-4317 FAX: (616) 456-5755 Brent Ashcroft WXMI FOX 17 3117 Plaza Drive NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525 Phone: (616) 447-5127 FAX: (616) 364-6018 Regional Outlets Phone Number Fax Number Lansing State Journal 517-377-1068 517-377-1298 Midland Daily News 989-839-4238 989-835-6991 Macomb Daily 810-469-4510 810-469-3892 Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun 989-772-2400 989-773-0382 Port Huron Times Herald 810-989-6266 810-989-6294 Saginaw News 1-800-875-7777 989-752-3115 South Haven Tribune 616-637-1104 616-637-8415 Traverse City Record-Eagle 231-946-2000 231-946-8632 3
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Page 21 and 22: Player Profiles Sam Allen #58 OL
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