U.S. Air Force announces top athletes of year

The Air Force recently announced a winter Olympian and a nationally ranked Jiu-Jitsu champion as the 2021 Female and Male Athletes of the Year – Airman 1st Class Kelly Curtis and Staff Sgt. Justin Southichack, respectively.

Female Athlete of the Year

"I'm humbled to be selected as the Air Force Female Athlete of the Year," said Curtis, a knowledge management technician with the 31st Communications Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy. "I joined a list of amazing women and am honored to be in such good company."

A1C Kelly Curtis — Airman 1st Class Kelly Curtis, 31st Communications Squadron knowledge management technician at Aviano Air Base, Italy, poses in her Team USA gear during a photo shoot. Kelly is the 2021 Air Force Female Athlete of the Year, the top-ranked Air Force and military skeleton athlete in the world and top military Olympian hopeful for the 2022 Winter Games. (Courtesy Photo)

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