Rodriguez of the Yankees hit a home run for his 3,000th hit on June 19, 2015. He was also the plate umpire for Alex Rodriguez's first MLB baseball hit at Fenway Park on July 9, 1994. Personal life In the off-season, Hickox, a sworn police officer who received a 2004 degree in Criminal Justice from Seminole Community College, lives and works in Florida as a part time detective with the Daytona Beach Shores Police Department. He is also a licensed real estate agent. Hickox, who is also a licensed pilot, volunteers for Angel Flight during the off-season, and has been volunteering since 2009. After a flight in October 2018, Hickox told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that he tries "to do at least one [mission] every off-season." Minor league umpiring career Gulf Coast League (1983) Florida State League (1983–85, 2004) Southern League (1986–87) Dominican Winter League (1988) International League (1988–1997) Puerto Rican Winter League (1989) Pacific Coast League (1998) New York–Penn League (2002) South Atlantic League (2003) See also List of Major League Baseball umpires References External links Major league profile The Baseball Cube Retrosheet 1962 births Living people Major League Baseball umpires People from DeLand, Florida St. Johns River State Vikings baseball players Seminole State College of Florida alumni