Jerry Schemmel

Jerry Schemmel is a radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies, a position he has held for 13 seasons. He was the broadcast voice of the Denver Nuggets for 18 seasons, from 1992 to 2010, and worked radio and television. Prior to the Nuggets, he spent two seasons as a broadcaster for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Schemmel is the author of the book "Chosen To Live," which chronicles his survival of the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, IA, in 1989 and its subsequent effects on his life.

Schemmel twice rode a bicycle across the United States as a fundraiser for two Denver area charities. Then, in June of 2015, he successfully completed the Race Across America as part of a two-man cycling relay team, covering 3,000 miles in seven and a half days, to win the overall two-person relay division. A documentary about the effort, called Godspeed, was released in the fall of 2016. In September 2017, Schemmel set the age group record in the Race Across Colorado, a 468-mile bicycle ride from the Utah border to the Kansas border.

Schemmel earned a law degree in 1985 from Washburn University after receiving his undergraduate degree from the school in 1982. He also played baseball at Washburn and later was an assistant coach at the school for three years.

Schemmel grew up in Madison, SD, and now resides in Denver, CO. He has two adult children, Maggie and Ryan, and three grandchildren.