Craig Nordquist, a 2011 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, will be representing the Minnesota Twins organization when the MLB Network airs a new trivia-based game show this week called “Baseball IQ.”
Each Major League Baseball team has a representative competing in the bracket-style tournament, which began in late January. Nordquist, who works in the Twins’ guest services department, earned the right to appear on the show by beating out his fellow Twins employees by compiling the highest score on a written test provided by the MLB Network. He was flown out east to tape the show at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Nordquist’s first episode is set to air at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, when he faces off against Cleveland Indians season-ticket account executive Jeff Stocker. The winning player of each episode will win $5,000 for the organization’s charity they represent. The championship episode will award $25,000 for the winner’s charity and $15,000 to the runner-up’s charity. Nordquist’s charity of choice is the Twins Community Fund, which has a mission of enriching local and regional communities by providing resources for the healthy development of children and families through an association with baseball, softball, and the Minnesota Twins.
Nordquist is originally from Plymouth, Minn. He competed for four years on the Gustavus men’s swimming and diving team and graduated with a degree in Communication Studies.
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