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2020 Baseball Roster

13 Ryan Schmitt

  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 205
  • Position RHP
  • Hometown Hartland, Wis.
  • High School Arrowhead

Biography

Career Highs

  • Innings pitched: 4.0, Iowa, Mar 30, 2018 
  • Strikeouts: 4, at Maryland, Apr 06, 2018 ; Bradley 4/16/19
  • Batters faced: 21, at Maryland, Apr 06, 2018 
  • Field chances: 1, 8 times
  • Assists: 1, 8 times
    Runners CS: 1, Indiana, May 05, 2019 ; vs Minnesota, May 24, 2018 

Junior - 2019

  • 4-3, 3.38 ERA, 29.1 IP, .222 BAA, 17 BB, 24 SO
  • Fourth on the team with a 3.38 ERA
  • Tied for fourth on the team with four wins
  • Fifth on the team with 23 appearances
  • 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, HBP, 1 BB, 6 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba

Sophomore - 2018

  • Appeared in 22 games with two starts
  • 2-3, 6.27 ERA, 33.0 IP, 35 H, 24 R, 22 K, 16 BB
  • Seventh in the Big Ten in appearances during conference games (12)
  • Third on the team with 22 appearances
  • Eight-game stretch without giving up an earned run 4/21/18-5/17/18
  • Career-high 4.0 innings pitched against Iowa 3/30/18
  • Career-high four strikeouts at Maryland 4/6/18

Freshman - 2017

  • 5-2, 5.87 ERA, 1 SV, 22 APP, 30.2 IP, 16 BB, 23 SO, .232 BAA
  • 4-1, 7.71 ERA, 10 APP, 16.1 IP, 13 BB, 13 SO, .283 BAA
  • Led the team in wins (5)
  • Led the team in wins during Big Ten games (4)
  • All 22 appearances were out of the bullpen
  • Pitched a 1-2-3 inning in college debut at Florida Atlantic 3/4/17
  • Ranked No. 20 freshman in the Big Ten during the preseason by Perfect Game

High School

  • Two-year letterwinner
  • Team captain as a senior
  • 12-0, 0.54 ERA, 64 IP, 30 H, 85 K, 12 B as a senior
  • Threw five shutouts and one no-hitter as a senior
  • 2016 all-state first team, all-conference first team and all-district
  • 2016 Wisconsin Senior Pitcher of the Year
  • 2016 Wisconsin State Pitcher of the Year
  • Perfect Game All-American Central Region Preseason first team
  • 8-0, 0.29 ERA, 48.2 IP, 75 SO, 13 BB as a junior
  • All-Wisconsin Little Ten second team

Personal

  • Born August 28, 1997
  • Parents are Brian and Jackie Schmitt
  • Majoring in recreation, sport and tourism (tourism management)
  • Why Illinois: "I visited Illinois in early July this past summer and I immediately fell in love with everything about it. From coaches to the campus, everything was perfect. I knew it was where I wanted to be."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2017Freshman

    RHP
    5'9" 195 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    RHP
    5'9" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    RHP
    5'9" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2020Senior

    RHP
    5'9" 205 lbs
    13