VIRGINIA TECH | 2017-18 WBB Team Guide

78 THE UNIVERSITY | STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT | PLAYERS & STAFF | HISTORY & RECORDS 2017-18 BASKETBALL VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICS STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PRESS AND PHOTO CREDENTIALS Email Carter Brown at cart315@vt.edu to request credentials for the season or on a game- by-game basis. The NCAA has established a control policy to keep the court free from congestion. Only photographers on assignment and members of the television media are given photo credentials. Freelance or amateur photographers will not be issued credentials. Accredited photographers may work along the playing floor at both ends behind the restriction line established by the NCAA. Permission to install strobe lighting must be made, in writing, to Carter Brown, women’s basketball media contact, at least 10 days in advance of the game. Photographers should follow the same credentialing system as listed above. Credentials will be mailed with advance notice, otherwise credentials may be picked up prior to the game from administrative assistant Donna Smith in the Strategic Communications Office. Credentials not mailed or picked up will be held at the Will Call Window located at the front entrance to Cassell Coliseum. Media parking is limited. Parking is available in the lot across from Cassell Coliseum. The entrance to this lot is on Beamer Way. Requests for parking credentials should be made by contacting April Goode. Media information and game notes are available by email and will be posted on hokiesports.com. GAME SERVICES The Virginia Tech Strategic Communications Office will be at your service throughout the game. All media will be provided game notes, rosters, press guides and other pertinent information. Statistics will be available at halftime and at the conclusion of the game. Information provided includes play-by-play and individual and team statistics in standard NCAA box score format and a shot chart. Members of the media work in a modern press room, located on the second floor of Cassell Coliseum, down the hall and to the left from the court entrance. This press roomhouses both the working press area and the post-game interview room. Only credentialed members of the media will be allowed in this work room. There is complimentary wireless internet available in the press room and on press row. Please contact a member of the athletics communications staff for log-on information. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS The Virginia Tech locker room is closed to the media. In accordance with ACC by-laws, requested players will be made available to the media following a 10-minute cooling off period. Coach Kenny Brooks and Virginia Tech student-athletes will hold postgame press conferences in the interview room. Media access to visiting coach and players will be determined by the visiting media relations contact. CONTACTING COACH BROOKS The only way to reach Coach Kenny Brooks is by contacting Carter Brown at (804) 551-0457 or cart315@vt.edu . TECH ATHLETICS WEBSITE Notes, releases, statistics and other pertinent information are available on Tech’s official website, hokiesports.com . The website will also have live stats during each home game. There is a media section of hokiesports.comwith photographs, logos, StatCrew rosters and other pertinent information available to workingmembers of themedia. Contact April Goode for more information and log-on information. PETE MORIS Associate A.D., Strategic Communications morisvt@vt.edu 540.231.9965 Education: Loras College (’93) Hometown: Mt. Hope, Wis. APRIL GOODE Director, Engagement & Analytics a.goode@vt.edu 540.231.8823 Education: High Point (’03); Marshall (MA ’05) Hometown: Meadow Bridge, W. Va. JIMMY ROBERTSON Director of Content Creation jrob@vt.edu 540.231.4134 Education: Roanoke College, (’94) Hometown: Christiansburg, Va. BILL DYER Associate Director, Strategic Communications wdyer@vt.edu 540.231.8852 Education: James Madison (’84) Hometown: Danville, Va. KELSEY APPLETON Associate Director, Strategic/Social Communications kelsey89@vt.edu 540.231.2228 Education: Virginia Tech (’13) Hometown: College Station, Texas JOHN SOURS Associate Director, Graphic and Web Design jsours@vt.edu 540.231.6329 Education: South Florida (’79) Hometown: Roanoke, Va. DAVE KNACHEL Senior Director, Photography and Design dknachel@vt.edu 540.231.1838 Education: Virginia Tech Hometown: Christiansburg, Va. MARC MULLEN Associate Director, Strategic Communications marcm@vt.edu 540.231.1894 Education: Bloomsburg (’98) Duquesne (MA ’01) Hometown: North Catasauqua, Pa. DAMIAN SALAS Senior Director and Webmaster, hokiesports.com dsalas@vt.edu 540.231.8816 Education: Virginia Tech Hometown: Poquoson, Va. PETER LONG Associate Director, Strategic Communications lpeter@vt.edu 540.231.6726 Education: St. John’s (’14) Nevada (‘16) Hometown: Point Pleasant, N.J. DONNA SMITH Administrative Assistant sidsec@vt.edu 540.231.6726 Education: Christiansburg High School (’91) Hometown: Floyd, Va. BEN SMITH Assistant Director, Graphic and Web Design bfsmith@vt.edu 540.231.6756 Education: Radford (’06) Hometown: Christiansburg, Va. PHONE & FAX (540) 231-6726 - Phone (540) 231-6984 - Fax MAILING ADDRESS Virginia Tech Athletics Communications 460 Jamerson Athletic Center (0502) Blacksburg, VA 24061