Bio
As a Senior (2014): Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 2014 MLB Draft … finished second on the team and 18th in the ACC in batting average (.309) … had a team-best 20 extra-base hits including a team-leading 18 doubles, which tied him for fifth in the conference … stole 16 bases, which tied for eighth in the league … ranked second on the team in slugging (.420) and on-base percentage (.413) … posted 18 multi-hit games … earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament team at shortstop ... had a double in the season opener at Florida (2/14) ... totaled two doubles in game three at UF (2/16), also added a RBI, a run and a stolen base ... had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases in three games against Bryant (2/22-23) ... posted career highs in hits (4), doubles (3), RBI (3), and tied his career high in stolen bases (2) at JMU (2/25) ... drove in two runs and stole a base in game one of a DH against UMass (3/1) ... had a hit and a RBI in the series finale against UMass (3/2) ... had three hits including the Terps’ first triple of the year against Delaware (3/11) and added a run scored and a stolen base ... went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against Delaware (3/18) ... went 3-for-8 in the first two games against NC State (3/21-22) including a three-RBI double in game one against the Wolfpack ... went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in game one against Clemson (3/28) ... went 2-for-3 in game two at Wake Forest (4/5) ... had one hit and two runs scored in game three at Wake Forest (4/6) ... went 2-for-3 in game one in Blacksburg against Virginia Tech (4/11) ... had three hits including a double and three RBI against Navy (4/16) ... went 2-for-2 with three runs scored in game one against Georgia Tech (4/18) ... had two hits including a double and a RBI at West Virginia (4/22) ... had a hit and scored twice against George Mason (4/23) ... had two hits and a run scored against James Madison (4/29) ... went 4-for-7 (.571) with two RBI and a run scored in the final two games against Notre Dame (5/3-4) ... had two doubles, a RBI and a run scored against Towson (5/7) ... went 2-for-4 with a double and three runs scored in the series opener at Pitt (5/9) ... hit .333 (4-for-12) in four games in the ACC Tournament with five runs scored and a RBI ... hit his first home run of the season against Georgia Tech (5/25) in the final ... drove in three runs and had two hits in a 10-1 win over South Carolina (6/1) … had two hits including a double and a RBI in the final game of the Charlottesville Super Regional (6/9).
As a Junior (2013): Made 55 appearances and 54 starts at shortstop ... recorded a .277 batting average and scored 38 runs and drove in 30 … had nine doubles, two home runs and two triples … ranked second on the team in hits (54) and runs scored (38) … had 14 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games, which ranked third and second on the team, respectively ... posted a 10-game hitting streak during the season, the second-longest streak on the team ... had a .981 fielding pct. committing only five errors on 262 chances ... went 3-for-8 with two runs scored in three games at LSU (2/15-17) … went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and hit his first home run as a Terp at James Madison (2/27) ... drove in five runs and scored four in a four-game series against Princeton (3/1-3) ... went 5-for-11 against FSU including a three-hit performance in game two (3/16) along with scoring three runs ... scored twice and finished with three hits against James Madison (3/19) ... added two hits including a home run and scored twice in game three at NC State (3/31) … went 2-for-4 with two runs, a RBI and a stolen base against Rider (4/3) … scored twice and drove in one run in a win at George Mason (4/10) ... tied a career high with three hits and two RBI in a series-finale win over Miami (4/14) ... had the game-tying two-RBI double at VCU (4/16) and scored the winning run ... added a two-RBI double in the second game at Duke (4/27) … finished with a hit and two RBI against Towson (4/30) ... hit .500 (6-for-12) with two runs scored in three games at Clemson (5/4-6) … had two hits, a run and a RBI in the season finale against Boston College (5/18).
At Eden Prairie: Helped the Eagles to the 2010 Minnesota state title as an all-state and all-conference honoree...won the 2011 American Legion World Series with Eden Prairie after finishing runner up in 2010...voted the 2011 George W. Rulon Player of the Year.
Personal: Son of David and Deborah Schmit...favorite sports heros are Chase Utley and Donny Schmit...favorite non-sports hero is Michael Jackson...chose Maryland over Auburn, Dallas Baptist and Old Dominion.