Air Force Academy

Joe Schieffer

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Class: Senior Hometown: Indianola, IA High School: Indianola

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 185 Position: HB Major: Management

2002 (Junior) - Played in 13 games as a backup halfback ... rushed for 61 yards on 12 carries and scored a touchdown ... caught two passes for 72 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown catch at Army ... rushed for a career-high 42 yards on four carries and scored a touchdown vs. Northwestern ... listed No. 1 at slot back after spring drills.

2001 (Sophomore) - Played in seven games and had four carries for 19 yards ... caught one pass for three yards (Tennessee Tech) ... season-long run of nine yards came against Brigham Young ... made five tackles, four unassisted, while on special teams ... caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Zach Myhra in the Blue/Silver spring game ... also scored a two-point conversion in the game as the Silver team beat the Blue, 16-2 ... rushed for 22 yards on 10 carries.

2000 (Freshman) - Falcon back on the junior varsity team.

High School - Lettered two years in football and track ... first-team all-conference and all-county as a junior and senior ... team offensive MVP as a junior ... team MVP as a senior ... second-team all-state as a senior ... Iowa scholar-athlete of the year as a senior ... member of the National Honor Society ... four-year academic letterwinner ... academic all-conference all four years ... student body president ... National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame award winner ... delegate to the American Legion for Iowa boy's state ... editor-in-chief of the high school newspaper ... high school football coach was Dave Summy.

Personal - Born Jan. 12, 1982 ... member of cadet squadron 8 ... son of Terry Schieffer and Eileen Weischedel ... siblings are Ann (28), Katie (25), Patrick (25), Nick (23) and Sean (19) ... hopes to go to pilot training after graduation ... future goal is to be a fighter pilot ... is the human relations education officer in his squadron this year ... took an astronautical engineering class this past summer ... also recruited by Iowa State and Kansas ... hobbies are collecting football cards and playing video games ... person in history he would like to meet is Red Grange ... his greatest moment in sports was scoring a TD against Army while his brother, Nick, was serving in the Army in Kuwait.