Blue Dragon Sports Information
The 2005 HCC Fall Year Book
MEDIA INFORMATION AND POLICIES
The Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragon Sports Information Office is at your service to assist you with coverage of HCC athletics.
Sports Information Director Steve Carpenter and his staff will be happy to serve you in coverage of all 12 Blue Dragon intercollegiate athletic teams during the 2010-11 season.
The HCC Sports Information Office is located in the Humiston Center on the second level of the Hutchinson Sports Arena. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Sports Information office phone number is 620-665-3593. If you need to reach SID Steve Carpenter after hours, call his cell phone at 620-921-1242.
BLUE DRAGON VENUE LOCATIONS
Football, Track - Gowans Stadium is located just west of the Sports Arena on East 11th Avenue, just east of the intersection of 11th and Plum.
Basketball, volleyball - The Hutchinson Sports Arena is located in the 700 block of East 11th Avenue, just east of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and Gowans Stadium.
Baseball - Hobart-Detter Field is located on the south end of Carey Park, which sits on the southern-most end of Main Street.
Softball - The Fun Valley Softball Complex is located two miles west of Hutchinson on 4th Avenue.
Soccer - The USD 308 Sports Complex is located on 23rd and Cleveland.
CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Season or per-game media credentials for print media, radio, television and magazine are required to cover all 12 Blue Dragon intercollegiate athletic teams.
Requests can be made by calling the HCC Sports Information Office or faxing on company letterhead a request signed by the sports editor/director to 620-665-3394.
Per-game credentials must be made no later than two days prior to the event to be covered.
MEDIA WILL CALL
If possible, credentials will be mailed out, but in case media members must pick them up at the site, please read the following procedures:
Gowans Stadium - Media Will Call will be located at the west ticket window of the new Gowans Stadium. The west ticket window will have direct access to the press box elevator.
Sports Arena - Media Will Call will be located at the pass gate at the south door of the west entrance to the Sports Arena. Do not go to either ticket window to obtain credentials.
MEDIA PARKING
Gowans Stadium - There will be very limited parking for media members on the west side of Gowans Stadium. As of this time, there is nothing guaranteed in the way of media parking at Gowans Stadium so get there early.
Sports Arena - Parking is free on the east and west sides of the Sports Arena for basketball. Media members are encouraged to park in the west lot for the easiest access to the will call window.
MEDIA FACILITIES
Gowans Stadium - Media members will have access to both phone lines and internet connections in the press box.
A long-distance access code may be needed and will be provided by the Sports Information Department if necessary.
Visiting radio stations must contact the Sports Information Department to inquire about courtesy lines to be used for broadcasts. The courtesy line is in place for the primary visiting radio station to use. If other radio stations want to broadcast, they will have to make other arraignments to do so with consent of the HCC Sports Information Department.
Sports Arena - There are upper and lower press areas at the Sports Arena. For volleyball, a temporary press table is set up for each single match. No on-court press tables are set up for tournaments. The courtesy line is in place for the primary visiting radio station to use. If other radio stations want to broadcast, they will have to make other arraignments to do so with consent of the HCC Sports Information Department.
Hobart-Detter Field - Hobart-Detter Field has a full press box located atop the main grandstand. There are no hot phone lines in the press box. If you wish to install a phone line, it will be at your cost and you must alert the HCC Sports Information Department of your intentions to do so.
Fun Valley - Each field at Fun Valley is equipped with a small box for scoreboard, public address and statistic crews. Usually there is room for one media member normally.
No phones are available.
INTERVIEW POLICY
Requests for interviews by all media must be made through the HCC Sports Information Office and then must be OKed through the head coach.
This policy goes for weekly and postgame interviews for all Blue Dragon student athletes throughout the season. Media members who do not follow this policy will be subject to revocation of credentials for the entire season.