Adrian College

Entering the Season: Postseason awards candidate...three-year starter...anchors the Bulldogs defense...ranks third all-time at Adrian in ground balls and is the career record holder for caused turnovers...coming off a career year last year...

2016 (Junior Year):

• Tabbed to second-straight first-team All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association citation
• 68 ground balls are the fourth-most in school history and placed him eighth in the MIAA 
• Ranked 11th in the league with an Adrian-best 22 caused turnovers
• Posted career highs with seven goals, six assists and 13 total points, plus ground balls

2015 (Sophomore Year):

• Earned a spot on the All-MIAA First Team as a long-stick midfielder
• Ranked second in the MIAA with 32 caused turnovers and seventh with 60 ground balls
• Appeared in all 16 games
• Despite playing primarily in the defensive zone, still scored five goals and had four assists for nine total points--all career highs
• Won 64 face-offs for ninth in the league

2014 (Freshman Year):

• Named second-team All-MIAA
• Ranked sixth in the MIAA and 97th nationally in caused turnovers per game (1.71).
• Fourth on the team with 46 ground balls
• Led the team with 10 penalties for 9-1/2 minutes
• Played in 17 matches and made 16 starts
• Had a season-high seven ground balls at Olivet on Apr. 15
• Recorded four ground balls and caused three turnovers against Albion in the MIAA Tournament final on May 3
• Led the squad with 27 caused turnovers on the season

Personal: Majoring in business...born in Maple Grove, Minn., on July 14, 1994...son of Dave and Brenda Schmitt...prepped at Champlin Park High School, graduating in 2013...earned four varsity lacrosse letters and one varsity hockey letter for the Rebels...won a sectional championship in lacrosse in 2013 and placed third in the state tournament...named all-conference as a junior and senior...named all-region and all-state as a senior...member of the school’s Honor Roll...member of the Business Professionals of America...Favorites: sports teams--NHL's Minnesota Wild, NFL's Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League; athletes--Ryan Suter and Zach Parise; TV shows--Tosh.0 and Workaholics; movies--The Dark Knight, Varsity Blues and Anchorman; musicians--Kid Cudi, Alice in Chains and Lynryd Skynyrd...