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Tim Calderwood

  • Title
    Assistant Director of Athletics - Athletic Communications
  • Email
    tcalderwood@ben.edu
  • Phone
    630-829-6137

Calderwood has been working at Benedictine University in different roles since 2009 and was elevated to Assistant Director of Athletics in 2019-20. The North Central College grad is a veteran broadcaster and sports media member and works at nearly home Benedictine event, helping promote the student-athletes and teams while managing the athletics website. Calderwood is an active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Calderwood serves as the broadcast voice of the Schaumburg Boomers in the summer and has broadcast for several professional baseball organizations while calling over 1,200 games. Calderwood has received recognition including the Frontier League Broadcaster of the Year in 2009 and 2013 and esteemed industry publication Ballpark Digest’s Honorable Mention for National Broadcaster of the Year in 2011 and 2013.

The Elgin native previously worked as the Sports Information Director and Broadcaster for Division III Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa from 2004-07. While in his role at Loras, Calderwood spent his summers working for a pair collegiate wood bat leagues serving as the Director of Communications/Broadcaster for the DuPage Dragons in the CICL in 2005 and the Director of Media Relations/Broadcaster for the Sanford Mainers in the NECBL in 2006.

Beginning in 2007, Calderwood took a job as the Director of Broadcasting/Media for the Traverse City Beach Bums of the Frontier League where he was on the air for 96 games in addition to handling the media relations duties. During his time with the Beach Bums, Calderwood led broadcasts to the number one rating in Northern Michigan, broadcasted the 2008 Frontier League All-Star Game in Traverse City and was named 2009 Frontier League Broadcaster of the Year. During the 2010 season he served as the Broadcaster for the Lake Erie Crushers in Avon, Ohio and broadcast for the Gary SouthShore RailCats in Indiana in 2011.

Calderwood resides in Warrenville with his wife and two daughters.