Air Force Academy

Adam Fitch

16

Class: Senior Hometown: Gillette, WY High School: Campbell County

Height / Weight: 5-0 / 190 Position: QB

2003 (Sophomore) - Played in six games as the backup quarterback ... rushed for 51 yards on 20 carries and hit nine of 14 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown ... rushed for a season-high 22 yards and recorded his season long run of 16 yards against Wofford ... replaced starting quarterback Chance Harridge in the Northwestern game and rallied the team to victory ... rushed for 14 yards and hit three of four passes for 51 yards ... led three scoring drives, including the game-winner with just over two minutes remaining ... missed the second half of spring drills with a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg ... had surgery to repair the damage and is expected out for four to six months starting April 1 ... listed as the No. 1 quarterback on the depth chart when the injury occurred.

2002 (Freshman) - Quarterback on the junior varsity team ... listed No. 2 at quarterback after 2003 spring drills ... in the Blue-Silver spring game, completed five of 10 passes for 67 yards ... drove the silver team on an eight-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that tied the game in the final minute ... completed a pass to Adam Strecker for a two-point conversion that tied the game with less than a minute remaining.

High School - Lettered three years in football and track and two in basketball ... all-state three years in football ... all-state high jumper three years ... all-state in basketball as a senior ... member of the National Honor Society ... high jumped 6-foot-10 in high school ... played in nine state championships in high school and won five ... high school football coach was John Scott.

Personal - Born on Sept. 26, 1982 ... member of cadet squadron 6 ... attended the USAFA Prep School and played football and baseball ... son of John and Galee Fitch ... has one brother, Tanner (23) ... hopes to go to pilot training ... completed Combat Survival Training, Soaring and Global Engagement this past summer ... long-term goals are to fly as long as he can and then coach high school football ... also recruited by Wyoming and Colorado State ... hobbies are rock climbing, skiing and playing golf ... favorite food is rigatoni ... favorite class is chemistry ... favorite book is The Client ... favorite movie is the Negotiator ... lists Italy as the place he would like to live ... famous person he would like to meet is Pete Rose ... advise to young people is "follow your dreams, someday they will come true" ... lists his father as having the greatest influence on his sports career.