MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & SERVICES - BASEBALL
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & SERVICES - BASEBALL
Interviews
All interview requests for head coach Jose' Vazquez, any Alabama State assistant coaches, and players MUST be coordinated through the Athletic Strategic Communications Office.
Players are available for interviews, either in person or on the phone, or before or after practice, depending on their class and meeting schedules.
In order to have time to arrange for player interviews, please provide 48 hours notice to the Athletic Strategic Communications Office. Player interviews may be conducted at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex or in the Athletic Strategic Communications Office. The Alabama State training rooms, locker rooms, weight room, and meeting room areas are off-limits to the media. Your cooperation is appreciated.
For telephone interviews, the student-athlete will be provided with the number and will make the call at a mutually-agreed-upon time. Phone numbers of student-athletes will NOT be made available to the media. For interviews with head coach Jose' Vazquez and/or Alabama State assistant coaches, please contact Fred Sington in the Athletic Strategic Communications Office.
Practice Coverage
In general, Alabama State practices, usually held at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex, are open to the local media. However, practices may be closed or moved without notice. Please contact the Alabama State Athletic Strategic Communications Office if you plan on attending practice so that we may alert the coaching staff and confirm the day's practice schedule.
Still photographs and video may be shot at any time during practice by approved agencies. Media are asked to remain in the stands during practice, and are asked not to speak to players or coaches during the workout.
Website
Updated statistics, game recaps, game notes, player and coaches' bios, newspaper articles, as well as historical, broadcast and ticket information, can be found on the Alabama State Official Athletics Website at www.bamastatesports.com. Media are encouraged to check the website regularly for the latest Hornet athletics news.
Accessing Information
Members of the media can obtain the latest news, game releases, updated depth charts, rosters and season and single game statistics from Alabama State in several ways. All this information and more is regularly updated and posted in a PDF format on the official athletics website, www.bamastatesports.com. In addition, information can be sent via e-mail on a daily or weekly basis. Simply contact Fred Sington (334.229.2601) or via e-mail at fsington@alasu.edu to request to be added to the baseball e-mail distribution list.
GAME DAY COVERAGE
Credential Requests
All requests for media, radio, television, photography, and scouting for Alabama State baseball or any individual game should be made IN WRITING, on company letterhead or via e-mail (company name in address), to Fred Sington and can be emailed (fsington@alasu.edu). Requests should be made at least one week prior to the game. In general, individual game credentials will not be mailed but can be picked up in the Athletic Strategic Communications Office the week of the game.
Parking
Parking will be available free of charge..
Press Box Services
A press box is located on the second floor of the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex. Game notes, rosters, programs, and other information will be available in the press box before games. Post-game statistics will be delivered as soon as possible. Complete post-game box scores will be available immediately following the game.
Post-Game Interviews
The Alabama State locker room is closed following all Alabama State contests (home and away). Head coach Jose' Vazquez and requested players will be available outside the locker room or on the field following games.
For Alabama State home games, the SID of the visiting school will establish admittance policies to the visiting locker room.
Credential Regulations
All space for the working press, radio and television for Alabama State baseball games is allocated by the Alabama State Athletic Strategic Communications Office, which reserves the right to deny credentials to any outlet. Freelance and/or non-daily writers may be asked to produce copies of actual publications in which their work has appeared. Seating at press row at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex is limited and is allocated for working media ONLY.
Press credentials will be issued to working press only. Press credentials are non-transferable, and use by anyone other than members of the working press is unauthorized. Press credentials used in an unauthorized manner will be revoked immediately. News organizations allowing unauthorized individuals to use credentials will have their credentials revoked for the remainder of the year.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From the Montgomery Regional Airport
Start out going EAST on SELMA HWY/US-80 E/AL-21 N/AL-8 toward BREWER RD. Continue to follow US-80E. Merge onto I-65N toward MONTGOMERY/BIRMINGHAM. Merge onto I-85 N / MARTIN LUTHER KING JR EXPY via EXIT 171 toward ATLANTA. Take the COURT ST exit- EXIT 1. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto ARBA ST. Turn RIGHT onto S DECATUR ST. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto S UNION ST. Turn RIGHT onto N UNIVERSITY DR. Turn LEFT onto S JACKSON ST. End at 915 S Jackson St, Montgomery, AL.
From Birmingham
Take I-65 South toward MONTGOMERY. Merge onto I-85 N / MARTIN LUTHER KING JR EXPY via EXIT 171 toward ATLANTA. Take the COURT ST exit- EXIT 1. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto ARBA ST. Turn RIGHT onto S DECATUR ST. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto S UNION ST. Turn RIGHT onto N UNIVERSITY DR. Turn LEFT onto S JACKSON ST. End at 915 S Jackson St, Montgomery, AL.
From Atlanta
Take I-85 South toward MONTGOMERY (Crossing into ALABAMA). Take the UNION ST exit- EXIT 1- toward STATE CAPITOL / ALA STATE UNIV. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto S UNION ST. Turn RIGHT onto GROVE ST. Turn RIGHT onto S JACKSON ST. End at 915 S Jackson St, Montgomery, AL.
From Mobile
Take I-165 North toward MONTGOMERY. Merge onto I-85 N / MARTIN LUTHER KING JR EXPY via EXIT 171 toward ATLANTA. Take the COURT ST exit- EXIT 1. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto ARBA ST. Turn RIGHT onto S DECATUR ST. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto S UNION ST. Turn RIGHT onto N UNIVERSITY DR. Turn LEFT onto S JACKSON ST. End at 915 S Jackson S,t Montgomery, AL.
