On The Radio Ep. 11
JACK CORRIGAN
Jack Corrigan celebrates his 33rd season broadcasting Major League Baseball and his 16th campaign with the Rockies Radio Network. Corrigan came to Colorado after 17 years in the Cleveland Indians television booth.
In addition to his work in baseball, Corrigan was involved with play-by-play and color commentary for the Cleveland Cavaliers telecasts in the NBA for seven seasons and spent more than 15 years as the voice for college football and basketball games for the Atlantic Coast Conference, Ivy League, Mid-American Conference and Patriot League, among others.
In the summer of 2005, Jack published his first novel, Warning Track, a book about an aging baseball player dealing with the lure and repercussions of illegal supplement use. His second novel is titled Night of Destiny: 24 December 1944. It is a fictionalized account of his late father's involvement in World War II. Hit and Run, a sequel to Warning Track, is awaiting publication.
A native Clevelander, Jack is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and Cornell University, where he played football for four seasons while earning a B.A. in history. He received a master's degree in communications from Kent State University. He is involved with his own video company that has produced more than 100 projects for sports entities and other commercial and non-profit organizations.
Jack, a prostate cancer survivor, is active with the Prostate Cancer Foundation and other local groups in increasing awareness and raising funds for research. Jack is on the Board of Directors for Boys Hope/Girls Hope, a privately funded, non-profit, organization that helps at-risk children. He and Lisa are also active with Seeds of Hope, a scholarship program that benefits inner city schools. Jack serves as a volunteer assistant football coach at Regis Jesuit High School in Denver after filling a similar position at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland for more than 20 years.
JERRY SCHEMMEL
Jerry Schemmel will begin his ninth season as one of the radio voices of the Colorado Rockies.
Schemmel's voice has been heard in the Denver market prominently over the past two decades. He served as the radio play-by-play voice of the Denver Nuggets for 18 seasons, as well the radio voice of Colorado State football and basketball during the 2009-2010 season. His sportscasting career spans nearly 30 years and includes radio and television play-by-play of several professional and major college sports. He also spent one year as deputy commissioner and legal counsel for the Continental Basketball Association.
Schemmel is a survivor of the crash of United Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989. The crash killed 112 of the 296 on board. He is the author of the book, Chosen To Live, which chronicles the crash of flight 232 and its subsequent effects on his life. The book has been featured in such publications as Reader's Digest, Hoop Magazine, Sports Spectrum and Guideposts. In 2009, he published a second book, The Extravagant Gift. Schemmel has been a guest on several national television programs, including "Regis & Kathy Lee", "48 Hours," "CBS This Morning," "Turning Point," "Biography Channel," "National Geographic TV," "The Today Show," "The Hour of Power," "Good Morning America" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." His story has also been aired as an extended feature on ESPN and ESPN Sportscenter.
In June of 2015, Schemmel completed the Race Across America bicycle race, as part of a two person relay team. He and partner Brad Cooper won the overall Two Person Relay Division, covering 3,000 miles in just over seven days. The effort was a fundraiser for the construction of an orphanage in Haiti. In 2016, he was part of four person relay that set a record for the Colorado Crossing, a 468 mile race that covers the state of Colorado from west to east. Last summer, Schemmel set the 50 plus age group record in the same race as a solo rider, finishing in 33 hours and five minutes. The effort was also a fundraiser for a veterans charity, Paws For Purple Hearts.
Schemmel spent 2009 as the head baseball coach at Metro State College of Denver, after being a volunteer assistant at the school for two years. He also served as the radio voice of the Billings Mustangs, a Minor League affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, and as a TV play-by-play announcer for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
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, S.D., and now resides in Littleton, Colo., with his wife Diane, daughter Maggie and son Ryan.
