2015 GLVC Football Kickoff Website
INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has released the schedule along with a fan-friendly website for the fourth-annual GLVC Football Kickoff event, which will take place on the campus of McKendree University on Friday, July 31. The website, which can be found at
GLVCsports.com/GLVCkickoff15, combines several social and traditional media platforms to allow both the conference’s media and fan base to interact with the nine GLVC football head coaches and 18 student-athletes that that will be at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT.
Each school’s head coach and two student-athletes will rotate through a number of 10-minute stations designed to promote GLVC football on various platforms, including a live press conference on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), engaging “4 Downs” interviews that will be uploaded to the GLVC’s official YouTube page, an Instagram photo shoot, and a Facebook “Chalk Talk” photo session. Back this year is the all-inclusive Kickoff Tumblr Social Lounge, which will use the popular platform to not only interact with our participants, but also document all social media content produced throughout the event.
The conference will also be using Twitter to promote the 2015 season on its official Twitter account:
@GLVCsports. The GLVC will once again be using the hashtag #GLVCkickoff and encourages its schools and fans to do the same. In addition, the league will release the 2015 GLVC Preseason Poll on Twitter over the course of the first hour of the event. Back for a third season will be “Twenty on Twitter,” which concludes the online event with all nine coaches and 18 players tweeting live on both their personal and school’s official athletics Twitter accounts from 1-1:20 p.m. CT. Over those final 20 minutes, the conference participants will be encouraged to share their thoughts on the event, tweet photos from the day, or answer any final questions from fans using the hashtag #GLVCkickoff on select accounts, including
@UIndyAthletics,
@GoBlueTigers,
@McKBearcats,
@minersports,
@QUHawks,
@SJC_Athletics,
@sbubearcats,
@TrumanAthletics, and
@WJCCardinals.
During the rest of the event, each coach and student-athlete will take part in several interview sessions. When they reach the live video stream station, the team representatives will spend 10 minutes previewing the upcoming season while coverage of the press conference will be streamed live on the GLVCSN for all fans to watch free of charge.
Teams will also produce content for the GLVC’s official
Facebook and
YouTube pages. Making a popular return from last year is the GLVC Instagram station, where coaches and players will pose for multiple pictures that will be instantly uploaded to the GLVC Football Kickoff website as well as GLVC Kickoff Instagram account:
@GLVCkickoff. Fans can immediately post those pictures to Facebook and Twitter accounts and share them with all of their friends.
Media members attending GLVC Football Kickoff will also be involved in the station rotation, as each GLVC football team will spend at least 10 minutes with reporters from print, radio and television outlets throughout the conference footprint. Additional one-on-one time will also be made available during the event as needed.
A photo gallery featuring the day’s activities, as well as group pictures of the head coaches and student-athletes in attendance, will also be available on GLVCsports.com following the event.
The players and coaches scheduled to attend the 2015 GLVC Football Kickoff are Indianapolis head coach
Bob Bartolomeo, senior quarterback
Connor Barthel and senior defensive lineman
Lee Campbell; Lincoln University head coach
Mike Jones, senior quarterback
Owen Jordan and senior linebacker
Treston Pulley; McKendree head coach
Mike Babcock, senior wide receiver
Cameron James and junior linebacker
A.J. Wentland; Missouri S&T head coach
Tyler Fenwick, sophomore quarterback
Lamar Wilkes and junior linebacker
Rob Cidlik; Quincy head coach
Tom Pajic, senior fullback
Greg Eilerman and junior defensive end
Tanner Day; Saint Joseph’s head coach
Daniel Day, senior running back
Braxton Shelton, and senior defensive back
Jamyl Scott; Southwest Baptist University head coach
Robert Clardy, senior wide receiver
Nathan Mourik and senior defensive tackle
Josh Caver; Truman State head coach
Gregg Nesbitt, senior offensive lineman
Brad Hardin and senior defensive end
Devin Gillespie, and William Jewell head coach
Shawn Weigel, senior offensive lineman
Brandon Klewer, and junior defensive lineman
Aaron Neier. Also in attendance will be GLVC Commissioner
Jim Naumovich and GLVC Supervisor of Football Officials
Mike McCann.
Media members interested in attending the 2015 GLVC Football Kickoff can still apply for credentials by contacting GLVC Associate Commissioner Jeff Smith at
jeff@glvc-sports.org. Credentialed media will soon receive a confirmation along with a complete event schedule that includes the Print/Radio/TV stations and times.
The schedule featuring all the day’s social media stations can be found below:
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2015 GLVC FOOTBALL KICKOFF LIVE COVERAGE |
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TIME (CT) |
Live Video |
YouTube |
Instagram |
Facebook |
Tumblr. |
Twitter |
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11:30 AM |
SBU |
TSU |
S&T |
WJC |
LU |
Poll #9 |
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11:40 AM |
LU |
UINDY |
QU |
S&T |
WJC |
Poll #8 |
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11:50 AM |
WJC |
SBU |
MCK |
QU |
S&T |
Poll #7 |
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12:00 PM |
S&T |
LU |
SJC |
MCK |
QU |
Poll #6 |
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12:10 PM |
QU |
WJC |
TSU |
SJC |
MCK |
Poll #5 |
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12:20 PM |
MCK |
S&T |
UINDY |
TSU |
SJC |
Poll #4 |
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12:30 PM |
SJC |
QU |
SBU |
UINDY |
TSU |
Poll #3 |
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12:40 PM |
TSU |
MCK |
LU |
SBU |
UINDY |
Poll #2 |
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12:50 PM |
UINDY |
SJC |
WJC |
LU |
SBU |
Poll #1 |
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1:00 PM |
GLVC |
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- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
All Teams |
KEY: UINDY-Indianapolis, LU-Lincoln, MCK-McKendree, S&T-Missouri S&T, QU-Quincy, SJC-Saint Joseph's, SBU-Southwest Baptist, TSU-Truman State, WJC-William Jewell, GLVC-Commissioner Jim Naumovich/Supervisor of Football Officials Mike McCann.