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Jersey Number 38
Casey Schmidt
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Arvada, Colo.
- High School:
- Ralston Valley HS
Bio
2008 (Redshirted): Schmidt missed the 2008 season with an injury following offseason surgery.
2007 (Freshman): Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball after going 6-1 with a 3.12 ERA ... Appeared in 16 games, making seven starts ... Struck out 27 batters in 43.1 innings on the mound ... Held opponents to a .238 average (15-for-63) with runners on base ... Was the winning pitcher in the MVC Tournament championship game against Wichita State (5/26) after pitching two hitless innings of relief ... Team won in both of his starts against in-state rival Nebraska ... Pitched 5.1 scoreless innings against the Huskers in Lincoln on April 17 in a no-decision, an eventual 2-1 CU win ... Picked up the victory against Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium on May 15 in the rubber match, allowing only two runs in five innings of a 9-2 Bluejay win... Was the winning hurler in CU’s 21-11 win over Albany (6/2) in the NCAA Regionals ... Defeated Kansas State (4/11) with five innings of scoreless work as the starter in a 3-1 win, striking out a career-high five Wildcats ... Also picked up wins over Northern Iowa (4/1) and North Dakota State (5/9) ... Pitched career-high six innings in the victory over NDSU ... Held No. 25 Missouri scoreless in an inning of work in the Jays’ 4-3 win ... Was perfect on 11 fielding chances with seven assists.
High School: Played baseball at Ralston Valley High School for head coach Shane Freehling, brother of Rick Freehling, who played on Creighton’s 1991 College World Series team ... Was selected team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Earned first-team academic all-state his junior and senior years ... Was selected first-team all-conference his senior season after leading the Mustangs to the regional championship and a third-place finish at state ... Returned from major chest surgery to lead Ralston Valley to the state semifinals his junior season after sitting out as a sophomore ... Is second in school history in wins, strikeouts and ERA.
2007 (Freshman): Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball after going 6-1 with a 3.12 ERA ... Appeared in 16 games, making seven starts ... Struck out 27 batters in 43.1 innings on the mound ... Held opponents to a .238 average (15-for-63) with runners on base ... Was the winning pitcher in the MVC Tournament championship game against Wichita State (5/26) after pitching two hitless innings of relief ... Team won in both of his starts against in-state rival Nebraska ... Pitched 5.1 scoreless innings against the Huskers in Lincoln on April 17 in a no-decision, an eventual 2-1 CU win ... Picked up the victory against Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium on May 15 in the rubber match, allowing only two runs in five innings of a 9-2 Bluejay win... Was the winning hurler in CU’s 21-11 win over Albany (6/2) in the NCAA Regionals ... Defeated Kansas State (4/11) with five innings of scoreless work as the starter in a 3-1 win, striking out a career-high five Wildcats ... Also picked up wins over Northern Iowa (4/1) and North Dakota State (5/9) ... Pitched career-high six innings in the victory over NDSU ... Held No. 25 Missouri scoreless in an inning of work in the Jays’ 4-3 win ... Was perfect on 11 fielding chances with seven assists.
High School: Played baseball at Ralston Valley High School for head coach Shane Freehling, brother of Rick Freehling, who played on Creighton’s 1991 College World Series team ... Was selected team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Earned first-team academic all-state his junior and senior years ... Was selected first-team all-conference his senior season after leading the Mustangs to the regional championship and a third-place finish at state ... Returned from major chest surgery to lead Ralston Valley to the state semifinals his junior season after sitting out as a sophomore ... Is second in school history in wins, strikeouts and ERA.
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