John Twork Position: Graduate Assistant (Baseball)

John Twork is in his second year as an Illinois State Athletics Communications graduate assistant. Twork is the primary media contact for Illinois State baseball, and he serves as the play-by-play voice of ISU baseball on the WJBC Country Financial Redbird Radio Network. He is also the secondary media contact for Redbird football.

A Bloomington, Ill., native, Twork graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Eastern Illinois University in 2010. As an Eastern Illinois student, Twork worked for four years as a sports broadcaster at WEIU 88.9-FM, and he spent three of those years as the station's sports director. Twork served as the play-by-play voice of EIU women's basketball and baseball, and he worked as the EIU football sideline reporter. He has also interned at WJBC 1230-AM/93.7-FM in Bloomington.

In 2010, Twork was recognized as the winner of the prestigious Jim Nantz Award, presented by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America to the top collegiate sports broadcaster in the United States. He has also won numerous statewide broadcasting awards.

Twork is currently pursuing a master's degree in communication at Illinois State.