CIAA Announces Schedule for Football Media Day, July 25

HAMPTON, Virginia  –  The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's (CIAA®) annual Football Media Day on Thursday, July 25, serves as the official kick off to the 2013-2014 season.  Media attending will begin the day for the first time with interviews of 16 key returning student-athletes.  Following a short intermission, media will hear from the 12 member institutions' football coaches.  Football Media Day will be held in the Donald J. Reaves Student Activities Center on the Winston-Salem State University campus.

The schedule is as follows:

• 9:30 a.m. – Media arrive to set up
• 10 a.m. – Welcome from CIAA Commissioner Jacqie Carpenter
• 10:15 a.m. - Key returning student-athlete interviews
• 11 a.m. – Intermission
• 11:15 a.m. – Welcome from Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem and Gerald Hunter, vice chancellor of administration and finance at Winston-Salem State University
• 11:30 a.m. – CIAA predicted order of finish and preseason all-conference team
• 11:40 a.m. – Coach interviews
• 1 p.m. – Conclusion with invocation by Steve Aycock, president of CIAA Football Coaches Association and head football coach at Johnson C. Smith University, followed by lunch and one-on-one interviews
• 2 p.m. - Adjourn

"CIAA's Football Media Day is an outstanding opportunity for members of the media to have exclusive access to our student-athletes and coaches as we start the season.  I look forward to the continued hard work and support of the local and national media and the great exposure they provide us throughout the year." said Jacqie Carpenter, commissioner - CIAA.

The student-athletes will be interviewed in alphabetical institutional order, beginning with Bowie State University and concluding with Winston-Salem University. The line-up of players will include:

Bowie State University:
Jared Johnston – senior quarterback
Delante White – senior defensive back

Chowan University:
TJ Batchelor – senior defensive end
Robert Holland – senior wide receiver
Fayetteville State University:
Michael Johnson – junior free safety
Blade Shoop – senior offensive lineman
Johnson C. Smith University:
Jimmy Dye – senior tight end
Justin Smith – senior defensive end

Saint Augustine's University:
Kharea Roseboro – junior free safety

Shaw University:
Darnell Evans – senior defensive back

Virginia State University:
Andre Rawls – junior free safety
Jaivon Smallwood – sophomore wide receiver

Virginia Union University:
Devin Wallace – senior defensive back
Matias Parker – senior wide receiver

Winston-Salem State University:
Carlos Fields, Jr. – senior linebacker
Nathaniel Hartung – senior offensive lineman

Interested in attending the CIAA's 2013 Football Media Day? Click here to complete the online credential request form. Deadline is Tuesday, July 23 at 5 p.m.

COURTESY theCIAA.com