Sept. 7, 2010

FAIRFAX, Va. - Fans of the Green and Gold will have a new way to stay connected with the Patriots all year long, as the George Mason athletic department is pleased to announce its new GoMason Blog. Along with the blog, Mason fans can follow their favorite teams with the debut of the first group of 2010-11 virtual guides.

On the blog, which Mason's office of athletic communications will maintain and update, fans will get a chance to read more and broader content about Patriot athletics. Launched late last week, the blog will allow for interesting information, insight and anecdotes while getting a behind-the-scenes look at what's going on at Mason. During the year, the blog will feature special guest entries from coaches, student-athletes and other guest writers. Fans will be able to comment on their favorite entries and share them across a wide variety of social media platforms on the exclusive official blog of George Mason Athletics.

To read more from the GoMason blog, please visit it at http://gomasonblog.wordpress.com.

For the second year in a row, George Mason Athletics will be producing virtual guides for each of the Patriots' sports. These interactive guides include photos and videos along with links to athlete and coach bios and historical information. The guides can be viewed on mobile devices as well as through traditional web browsers, which allow fans to download the entire brochure as a PDF file or copy individual pages as images, along with full sharing capabilities on all major social media technologies.

The Patriots have launched guides for men's and women's soccer as well as women's volleyball. Videos will continue to be added throughout the season along with the debut of new sport guides, so fans should be sure to follow along with the latest updates at http://gomason.cstv.com/school-bio/virtual-guides.html.