Ceremonial first pitch

DENVER -- Cadet 1st Class Joe Fixemer throws out the ceremonial first pitch of the Colorado Rockies' last home game of the season here Sept. 25. Pictured from left to right are Cadets 3rd Class Scott Van De Water and Jill Dehnert, Cadets 2nd Class Tiffany Williams and Jessica Muterspaugh, and Cadet 1st Class Becky Lewis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Wright)

Cadet throws out first pitch

Published Sept. 29, 2003

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- An academy cadet threw out the first pitch to start the Colorado Rockies-Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game at Coors Field in Denver on Sept. 25. It was the Rockies’ last home game of the season.

Cadet 1st Class Joe Fixemer tossed out the first pitch to start the third of a three-game series between the Rockies and Diamondbacks. Fixemer and five other cadets -- another senior, two juniors and two sophomores -- were selected to attend the game, based on their academic and military performance at the academy.

As director of training for Cadet Group 3, Fixemer is responsible for overseeing training activities for 1,000 cadets in nine cadet squadrons. Academically, Fixemer has a 3.73 grade point average, majors in environmental engineering and carries an 18-semester hour academic load as a senior.

Ceremonial first pitch

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