2008... Saw action in 54 games, starting 52 times and playing primarily at second base ... Set his career-high for hits after going 3-for-3 with a career-high three runs scored vs. Youngstown State (3/12) ... Collected a career-high three RBI on 3-for-4 hitting with two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Richmond (4/5) ... Batted his first career double at Dayton (3/24) and triple at UMass (3/30) ... Had 17 multiple hit games and two multiple RBI games ... Carried a 12-game hitting streak Apr. 14-May 4, including a 3-for-5 day vs. Cincinnati (4/29) with two runs scored ... Finished the season with a .283 average and ranked first on the team in fielding double plays (31), second in walks (27), at bats (212) and sac flies (3) and third in runs scored (35). 2007... Started 49 of the 53 games played primarily at third base ... Had his first hit in a pinch-hitting role at Winthrop (2/18) ... Followed that with his first career start at Western Kentucky (2/23) where he recorded his first walk and run scored ... Notched a career-high two runs and two hits against Oakland (2/28) and had his first career RBI ... Set a career high for walks with three against Temple (4/20) ... Twelve of his 16 RBI came during conference play ... Ranked third on the team with 77 assists and fourth in walks with 20. High School... Three-year letterman for head coach Willy Corbett at McNicholas High School ... Named to the First Team All-GCL and All-City teams each of his three seasons ... Was the Greater Catholic League North Division Player of the Year in 2006 ... First Team All-Ohio selection in 2005 and Honorable Mention All-Ohio in 2006 ... Helped the Rockets to a 55-28 overall record over his three years, including two sectional and one district championship ... Also lettered on the football and basketball teams ... Tabbed No. 51 in Ohio's class of 2006 by the Buckeye Scout. Personal... A business management major ... Born Aug. 17, 1987 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Brother of assistant coach Zach Schmidt who played baseball at Miami (Ohio) ... Brother Nick was a two-sport athlete in baseball and football at Hanover College ... Parents are Barry and Gretchen Schmidt and both are graduates of Xavier ... Nicknamed "Schmidty".
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