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Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster in Denver, Colorado working as a play by play radio announcer for Major League Baseball's 
In June 2015, Schemmel competed in the Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle race from
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1959 births Living people American radio sports announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Colorado Rockies announcers Denver Nuggets announcers Green Bay Packers announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Minnesota Timberwolves announcers Minor League Baseball broadcasters Sportspeople from Sioux Falls, South Dakota Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents Washburn Ichabods baseball players {{US-radio-bio-stub
Colorado Rockies
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and for KFKA Radio in Greeley, CO, as the radio voice of the University of Northern Colorado Bears. He is the creator and host of "Amazing Americans," a weekly national radio show. Schemmel served as play-by-play announcer for the NBA
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's Denver Nuggets
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, calling their games from 1992 to 2010.
Schemmel is also a survivor of the crash-landing of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989. After escaping the plane, he returned to the wreckage to rescue an 11-month-old baby. His book, ''Chosen to Live'' describes the experience.
In June 2015, Schemmel competed in the Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle race from Oceanside, California
Oceanside is a city on the South Coast (California), South Coast of California, located in San Diego County, California, San Diego County. The city had a population of 167,086 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is a popular ...
, to Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
, as part of a two-person relay team. He and Brad Cooper won the two-person relay division, finishing in 7 days, 14 hours. In 2021, he attempted RAAM as a solo racer but was forced to withdraw from the race when he encountered 120 degree temps in the Mojave Desert and suffered from Heat Stroke. In 2017, Schemmel set the solo age group record in the "Colorado Crossing," a bike race across Colorado, spanning 468 miles. He finished in 33 hours, 3 minutes, just 54 minutes from the all-time speed record for the event, set in 1992. Schemmel has also completed nine triathlons and three marathons.
Schemmel is a 1982 graduate of Washburn University; he earned a J.D. degree from the same school in 1985. He played baseball at Washburn and coached there for three years. He spent a year with the Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...
, serving as both Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner.
He is the younger brother of Jeff Schemmel, a former college track and field All-American, long-time college athletic administrator and former athletic director at San Diego State. They are natives of Madison, SD.
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Jerry Schemmel's Official Web Site
1959 births Living people American radio sports announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Colorado Rockies announcers Denver Nuggets announcers Green Bay Packers announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Minnesota Timberwolves announcers Minor League Baseball broadcasters Sportspeople from Sioux Falls, South Dakota Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents Washburn Ichabods baseball players {{US-radio-bio-stub