IPFW
Sports Information Department
Sports
Information Director-Rudy Yovich
Primary
Contact for: Men's Basketball, Men's Volleyball, Men's Soccer,
Women's Soccer, Baseball.
Assistant
Sports Information Director-Christine Francies
Primary
Contact for: Women's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Tennis,
Women's Tennis, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Softball.
Sports
Information Graduate Assistant-Jacyln Puntillo
Primary
Contact for Women's & Men's Cross Country, Women's
Track & Field.
The
Office of Sports Information at IPFW is responsible for
the day-to-day publicity efforts of 16 Division I sports.
The primary function of the IPFW Sports Information Office
is to service
and accommodate the media in its coverage of the entire Mastodons’
Athletic department. Requests for interviews and photos of student-athletes,
coaches, or administration must be made 24 hours in advance through
the sports information office.
The Sports Information Office, located in the Hilliard Gates
Sports Center, handles a myriad of press services, including,
but not
limited to, the issuing of credentials, the publication of
media guides, game programs, and press notes, as well
as maintaining statistics
and up keeping the website.
Members of the Sports Information Office will assist you with
any day-of-game need, including player and coach information,
in-game statistics and post-game notes and quotes.
Journalists and media covering IPFW Athletics benefit from
working in a professional and comfortable environment.
Members of the Sports Information staff are on call virtually
every day of the year, 'round the clock, in an effort to enhance
the coverage of IPFW Athletics.
NCAA Guidelines and the Media
Media members should be aware of several NCAA rules that apply
to student-athletes. If there is ever a question if any media-related
activity or event including an IPFW student-athlete could be
a possible NCAA violation, contact Sports Information Director
Rudy Yovich for an interpretation.
Areas of concern include:
Coaches and University officials cannot make comments on prospective
student-athletes until they sign a National Letter of Intent.
A coach cannot comment on a prospective student-athlete who
verbally commits to an institution.
The Sports Information Department cannot disclose any health
issue relating to a student-athlete due to the HEALTH INSURANCE
PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (HIPAA).
All inquiries must be made to Head Athletic Trainer Dan Fox.
Coaches and athletic staff are not permitted to write guest
columns for publications.
Do not ask student-athletes to list or endorse products.
Commercial photographers cannot provide student-athletes
with photographs
or slides. The sports information office offers a similar
service for student-athletes to purchase photographs.
Student-athletes may not be used in advertisements or endorsements
of products, including media-related publications or on radio.
Student-athletes are not permitted to conduct interviews
for 1-900 services.
During the playing season, a student-athlete may appear on
local radio or television programming or engage in writing
projects.
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