Jumbo Shrimp move to Triple A
Mar 04, 2021 12:30 PM
Scott Kornberg - Play-by-Play Broadcaster
Jumbo Shrimp move to Triple A

Scott Kornberg joined the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in November 2018 as a broadcaster and the club's media relations/PR manager. He was named the Jumbo Shrimp's lead broadcaster in February 2020. Kornberg works as the primary contact between the media and front office and helps manage the club's presence and coverage on a variety of platforms.

A native of Belle Mead, N.J., Kornberg was the broadcaster and manager of media relations for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (High-A, Chicago Cubs) from December 2015 through the 2018 season. In 2017, he was named the Carolina League's co-Broadcaster of the Year. Kornberg also worked as the football and men's basketball radio broadcaster with the Western Illinois University Leathernecks from 2014-18. His prior experience additionally includes stints with the Winston-Salem Dash (High-A, Chicago White Sox), Quad Cities River Bandits (Low-A, Houston Astros), Colgate University (N.Y.) and High Point-Thomasville HiToms (Coastal Plain League).

Kornberg graduated in 2013 from the University of Maryland. During his time in College Park, he served as the co-director of the school's student radio station, WMUC Sports. In addition to helping run its day-to-day operations and managing the station's news and web content, Kornberg hosted a pair of talk shows and broadcast Terps men's and women's basketball, football, baseball, men's soccer and softball. While at Maryland, he enjoyed being a campus tour guide with Maryland Images and also worked as a television reporter for Capital News Service, where he covered the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.