Will Charlton

Provide play-by-play for NCAA volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. To do so, I of course must research each team adequately to have the proper announcing knowledge. Additionally, I keep up with live statistics to create in-game talking points.

Write game recaps and feature stories for Illinois football and basketball. Contribute to The Champaign Room’s twitter feed during games. Have gotten the opportunity to travel to certain road events to cover Illinois football and basketball.

Report, write and produce multimedia stories centered on Illinois Fighting Illini varsity sports. Anchor the weekly live "Illini Sports Night" broadcast. One specific show I anchored was an Emmy Crystal Pillar award-winning women's basketball pregame show that aired on Big Ten Plus Network in the Fall 2022 semester.

Operate cameras, control scorebox, and work graphics for live Big Ten Plus Network broadcasts.

Covered 72 Wausau Woodchucks baseball games as play-by-play announcer, including 37 television broadcasts and 35 radio streams. Managed team’s social media accounts while on the road. Wrote nightly game recaps and sent as press releases to local media outlets.

Where I got my start in broadcasting. Announced high school football and basketball as play-by-play, color commentator and sideline reporter. Was also introduced to anchoring as each year we put together a “Gameday” broadcast which previewed the first football game.