Jerry Schemmel

{{short description|American sportscaster}}

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|birth_place= Madison, South Dakota, U.S.

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Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster working as a play-by-play radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.{{cite web|title=Jerry Schemmel back on KOA Colorado Rockies radio broadcasts|date=April 8, 2022 |url=https://roxpile.com/2022/04/08/jerry-schemmel-koa-colorado-rockies/|website=roxpile.com|access-date=October 5, 2023|last=Yingling|first=Noah}}{{Cite web | url = https://www.vaildaily.com/news/find-out-why-former-nuggets-play-by-play-man-jerry-schimmel-wasnt-too-jealous-of-nuggets-announcers-during-the-nba-title-run/ | website = VailDaily.com | title = Colorado Rockies play-by-play man Jerry Schemmel wasn't too jealous of the Denver Nuggets announcer sitting in his old chair during the team's NBA title run | last = Sederquist | first = Ryan | date = June 20, 2023 | access-date = October 5, 2023 }}{{Cite web | url = https://theathletic.com/1085011/2019/07/19/30-years-later-rockies-broadcaster-jerry-schemmel-and-other-flight-232-crash-survivors-can-only-remember/ | website = The Athletic | title = 30 years later, Rockies broadcaster Jerry Schemmel and other Flight 232 crash survivors can only remember | date = July 19, 2019 | access-date = October 5, 2023 | last = Groke | first = Nick }} He previously called Denver Nuggets games on both Radio and TV for 18 seasons.

He is a survivor of the United Airlines Flight 232 disaster that occurred on July 19, 1989.

Schemmel is also an endurance cyclist, and holds several state of Colorado cycling records. In 2015, he and cycling partner Brad Cooper won the Two Person Division of the Race Across America. The pair finished 3,062 miles in little over seven days. A documentary about their effort, called Godspeed, was released in 2017.