Tyler Schmitt

Went 5-2 with a 4.80 ERA (43 ER/80.2 IP) in his first season at Illinois over 15 starts.
Posted 11 outings with three earned runs or fewer.
Led the Illini pitching staff with 58 strikeouts...also led the squad in innings pitched.
Had five starts with at least five strikeouts.
Made Illinois debut on Feb. 14 vs. Abilene Christian (3.1 IP, 1 ER).
Tossed first quality start of the season on Feb. 22 at Texas State (6.0 IP, 3 ER).
Allowed just one run, unearned, on three hits over seven innings on April 11 vs. Indiana, his second quality start of the campaign...fired what was then a season-high six strikeouts.
Picked up his third quality start on April 25 vs. Purdue...allowed four runs, three earned, over a season-high 7.1 innings.
Finished the year with back-to-back quality starts on May 15 at Ohio State (7.0 IP, 2 ER) and May 20 vs. Michigan (7.0 IP, 2 ER) in the Big Ten Tournament.
Amassed a season-high nine strikeouts on May 20 vs. Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, leading Illinois to the 6-5 win in extra innings.

All-WIAC First Team All-Conference selection.
Helped the Eagles to an NCAA DIII Super Regional appearance.
Went 5-3 with a 4.37 ERA (34 ER/70.0 IP) over 14 games/12 starts...amassed 93 strikeouts and limited opposing hitters to a .236 average.
Struck out a season-high 14 batters on April 13 vs. UW-Oshkosh while spinning a complete game in the process, allowing just one run on five hits.
Tallied double-digit strikeouts three times on the campaign, also doing so on May 3 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire and on May 9 vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Worked a total of five quality starts on the season.

WIAC Newcomer of the Year.
All-WIAC First Team All-Conference selection.
Helped the Eagles to a WIAC Tournament championship, an NCAA Division III Super Regional appearance and a trip to the NCAA Division III World Series.
Went 6-2 with a 3.78 ERA (27 ER/64.1 IP) in 14 games/10 starts...totaled 52 strikeouts and held opponents to a .207 average.
Fired a season-high eight strikeouts on May 6 vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Worked six quality starts on the season, including a stretch of three such performances in four games from April 23 - May 13.

Earned three letters in baseball and one in basketball and soccer.
All-state honorable mention in baseball as a junior.
Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-South Central District first team outfielder junior season and honorable mention pitcher senior year.
Big 8 All-Conference First Team in 2021 and At-Large in 2022.
Wisconsin State Journal All-Area Honorable Mention senior season.
Two-time All-City.
Team captain and MVP senior year.
Most Improved Player as a junior.
Single-season school record 71 pitching strikeouts senior season.
Hit .313 as a senior and .475 junior year.
Basketball team captain.
Soccer team co-MVP in 2021.
All-conference second team defender junior season.
Graduated with honors.
Member of National Honor Society.
WBCA Academic All-District and WBCA Scholarship Recipient.

Born on Aug. 10, 2004.
Son of Dawn and Jerry Schmitt.
Has on brother, Ryan, and one sister, Lauren.
Father played basesball at Wisconsin-Plateville for five years (1986-90).
Mother is an Illinois alumna (1991).
Chose Illinois because, "Growing up in Madison and watching Big 10 sports all my life, it had always been a dream of mine to be one of those athletes someday. When I got on campus it felt like a place where I could live out that dream. Meeting with the coaches only confirmed my belief that Illinois would be the right fit for me as a program, school, and experience."
Intends on majoring in finance.