Main Office Phone Number: (716) 375-2695
Office Fax Number: (716) 375-2383

Mailing Address:
St. Bonaventure Sports Information Office
P.O. Box G/Route 417
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778

Located in Suite 108 of the Reilly Center, the St. Bonaventure Sports Information office is responsible for providing timely and accurate information regarding St. Bonaventure Athletics to a large contingent of media and fans. The department's staff publicizes all 13 varsity sports at St. Bonaventure as well as the hundreds of student-athletes and staff who make up the Athletics Department.

If you need additional information, please contact our office and we will be happy to help. We appreciate your interest in St. Bonaventure Athletics and look forward to working with you.

Patrick Pierson - Sports Information Director Responsibilities: Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Women's Soccer, Men's Tennis, and Baseball Phone: (716) 375-2575 Email: ppierson@sbu.edu

Jason Farhadi - Assistant Sports Information Director Responsibilities: Women's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Women's Lacrosse, Softball, Cross Country, Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Phone: (716) 375-4019 Email: jfarhadi@sbu.edu

GoBonnies.com
St. Bonaventure's official athletics web site is filled with up-to-the minute statistics, scores and game stories as well as team rosters, schedules, player and coach profiles and breaking Bona information for all 13 sports. The new and improved GoBonnies.com went through a complete transformation this season with a site redesign and the addition of many new features. St. Bonaventure University's home page can be located at www.sbu.edu.

Live Webcasts
All of St. Bonaventure men's and women's basketball home games as well as selected road contests will be streamed live on GoBonnies.com. This feature is the first of any kind at St. Bonaventure and is available through the CBS College Sports Network's All-Access package. Beginning in the fall of 2008, select road games for men's and women's soccer, baseball, softball and lacrosse will also be available online. The live radio broadcast of every men's and women's basketball game as well as the weekly Mark Schmidt Coach's Show are also available through GoBonnies.com for free of charge.

Bonnies Basketball Radio Network The St. Bonaventure Basketball Radio Network brings the excitement of Bonnies games to the entire Western New York region and into Pennsylvania and Canada. WHDL (1450 AM) and WPIG (95.7 FM) of Olean will be the flagship stations of Bona basketball, originating the broadcast of every game live. WXRL (1300 AM) will broadcast the Bonnies in the Buffalo area, while WHTK (1280 AM) will bring Bona basketball to the Rochester region. Gary Nease, the news and sports director at WPIG/WHDL, will serve as the "Voice of the Bonnies" and deliver the play-by-play for the 12th season. He will again be joined by color analyst Dr. John Watson. Coverage begins 15 minutes prior to tip-off with the Mark Schmidt Show and concludes with the post game show, which features an interview with coach Schmidt. A select amount of St. Bonaventure baseball games are also broadcast on WPIG during the spring season.

Television Coverage
CBS College Sports Network is the official television partner of the Atlantic 10 Conference. CBS airs an extensive schedule of Atlantic 10 sports both nationally and regionally throughout the college sports season. The A-10 also maintains partnerships with ESPN and ABC, giving the conference national exposure.

Mark Schmidt Radio Show
Head men's basketball coach Mark Schmidt's weekly radio show will be broadcast throughout the basketball season. The show will be hosted by Gary Nease and will feature promotional giveaways along with player and assistant coach appearances. Stay tuned to GoBonnies.com for a complete list of next season's show dates. All broadcasts of the Mark Schmidt Show can be heard on WPIG (95.7 FM) and GoBonnies.com.

Non-Game Day Interviews
Interviews for all sports are arranged by the Sports Information office. We will do our best to coordinate an interview time that is convenient to the student-athlete, coach and media. The best time to interview student-athletes and/or a coach is either before or after practice. Please contact Patrick Pierson or Matt Pappano to schedule all interviews.

Credentials
A media credential issued by the Sports Information office is required in order to gain access to the Reilly Center on game days. To request a credential, please contact Patrick Pierson or Matt Pappano. Credential requests must be made in advance for each game. If time permits, the passes will be mailed. If not, the passes will be left at the Will Call, which is located in the main lobby of the Reilly Center near the bookstore and ticket office.

Media Seating - Basketball
Media work space at the Reilly Center press row is very limited and will be allotted on a priority and first-come, first-serve basis. Space for writers, television and radio broadcasts and scouts is located in the press row section in the first row of the center set of stands on the east side of the arena. All seating is assigned.

Media Work Room - Basketball
The media work room is located on the same level as Bob Lanier Court in the corridor behind the press table (Room 17). Phone lines and high-speed internet access is available in the media room. The entire Reilly Center is equipped with wireless internet. For access, please contact the Sports Information office for a username and password.

Post-Game Press Conference/Interviews - Basketball
The visiting coach and Coach Schmidt will both hold post-game question and answer sessions in the media workroom (Room 17) after the NCAA-mandated 10 minute "cooling off" period. Coach Schmidt will follow the visiting coach. St. Bonaventure players will be available for interviews in the video room area of their locker room. Please make post-game player interview requests to St. Bonaventure SID's Patrick Pierson and Matt Pappano.

Gametracker
Live stats for every home baseball, basketball, softball, and soccer contest will be available on GoBonnies.com during their respective seasons. Selected road contests may also be available. Check out each sport's schedule for a listing of gametracker events. The gametracker/live stats feature is free of charge on GoBonnies.com.

Media Guides
Media guides for St. Bonaventure Athletics are produced for selected sports. Media guides will be made available for no charge to media members, while the general public can purchase their media guide of choice by contacting the Sports Information office.

Photography
Craig Melvin serves as the official photographer for St. Bonaventure Athletics. Melvin shoots for all 13 of the Bonnies' varsity sports, while providing all photographical content for GoBonnies.com. Other photography requests require special permission from the Sports Information office. Select photographs will be made available for purchase in the GoBonnies.com Pictopia feature.

Directions

FROM: Buffalo/Buffalo Airport
Take Route 33 west to NY State Thruway (towards Erie). Go five miles westbound and exit at the West Seneca-East Aurora Exit to Route 400. Take 400 south to Route 16. Follow 16 to I-86 (formerly Route 17) west. Take exit 24 (St. Bonaventure) and follow Route 417 east two miles to campus.

FROM: The South
Follow Route 219 north to I-86 (formerly Route 17) East. Take exit 24 (St. Bonaventure) and follow Route 417 east two miles to campus.

FROM: The East
Take I-86 (formerly Route 17) west to exit 25 (Olean/Buffalo Street). Turn left at end of exit ramp on to Buffalo Street. Follow Buffalo Street to first traffic light, then turn right on to Constitution Boulevard. Take Constitution Boulevard until it ends and campus is straight ahead.

FROM: The West
Take I-90 to I-86 (formerly Route 17) east to exit 24 (St. Bonaventure). Follow Route 417 east two miles to campus.

Quick Facts

Location: St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
Founded: 1858
Enrollment: 2,000
Nickname: Bonnies
Conference: Atlantic 10
Colors: Brown (PMS 477) and White
President: Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F.
Director of Athletics: Steve Watson
Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Denny Wilkins

Media Coverage of the Bonnies
Links to local, regional and national newspapers, TV and radio outlets that provide coverage of St. Bonaventure Athletics.

Local Newspapers

Electronic

Atlantic 10 Major Newspapers

Atlantic 10 Student Newspapers

National Media