Gulf Coast O-3 AF’s athlete of year

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - Maj. Ian Holt and Capt. Abby Hall were recently named 2017 Air Force Athletes of the Year. Hall, an acquisitions officer was the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Program Office at Eglin AFB, Fla., helped the All-Air Force women’s volleyball team win its first Armed Forces championship in five years in May 2017. She then helped the All-Armed Forces team place second in the World Military Games, the highest finish in 23 years. She normally plays outside hitter, but was asked to play middle hitter during the Armed Forces Tournament. She filled, and thrived at the position to help lead the Air Force to win five straight matches and the gold medal. Holt, a combat operations division space control branch chief for the 614th Air Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., is a cyclist and past member of the World Class Athlete Program. (Source: AFIMSC 05/19/18)