Honors and Awards
•Two-time All-Summit (2nd team - 2014, 2015)
•Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2013-14)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14, 2014-15)
As a Junior (2015)
Second-team All-Summit…Started all 51 games he played in…Batted .316 with a team-best 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 42 runs scored, 23 RBI and 22 walks…Went 12-for-16 in stolen base attempts…Had a team-high 22 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances…Went 3-for-6 with a run scored vs. Kentucky (Feb. 27)…Finished 3-for-4 and scored three times vs. North Dakota (March 7)…Drove in three runs, scored once and was 2-for-5 at the plate at Oral Roberts (March 29)…At Nebraska (April 1), went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a homer…The next week, had a 3-for-4 day with a pair of doubles vs. Kansas State (April 8)…Tallied three runs scored and another driven in while going 3-for-5 at Fort Wayne (April 11)…Capped a series at Western Illinois (May 10) with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate, scoring once and adding three RBI...Carried a team-leading 23-game reaching base streak and also had a team-best 10-game hitting streak during the 2015 season…Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Sophomore (2014)
Second-team All-Summit...Batted .302 with 43 runs scored, 23 RBI, seven doubles, a triple and a home run...Drew a Summit League-leading 30 walks and ranked second in the conference for runs scored...Had 14 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games...Also had a team-long 25-game reaching base streak...Led the Mavericks with a career 5-for-6 day at the plate vs. Chicago State (Feb. 28)...Had career highs of five hits, three runs scored and three RBI against the Cougars...Selected Summit League Player of the Week on March 3...Went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI vs. Dartmouth (March 18)...Swiped a career-best two stolen bases vs. North Dakota State (April 26)...Finished 2-for-3 with a run and three RBI vs. Fort Wayne (May 9)...Tallied three hits in back-to-back games, first going 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI vs. Fort Wayne (May 10)...Followed up with a 3-for-3 effort and scored three times vs. Stephen F. Austin (May 13)...Went a combined 4-for-7 with two runs scored and another driven in in UNO's doubleheader sweep at Western Illinois (May 16), helping the Mavericks to a second straight Summit League title...Named to the Summit League's Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholars List and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Freshman (2013)
Had an impactful freshman campaign, batting .311 with 10 doubles, a triple, 28 runs scored and 21 runs driven in…Started all but one of his 45 games played…Totaled five multi-RBI games and 14 multi-hit games…Had the fifth-best on-base percentage on the team at .385…Made his collegiate debut against UTSA (March 1), going 2-for-3 with a double…Went 4-for-7 in a series at Northern Colorado (March 21- 22), driving in a run…Had his best series of the year at Western Illinois (April 12-14), going 6-for-11 with four RBI…Finished the season strong, going 8-for-14 in a series against South Dakota State, driving in four runs, hitting two doubles and scoring three times to help the Mavericks to the Summit League regular-season championship…Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Lincoln High School
Played three years for Coach Brandon Hunt for the Post 15 East Legion program...Split time as an outfielder and pitcher, who won the 2011 Legion state championship and made a Central Plains Regional appearance...Named to the regional all-tournament team (2011) and was the South Dakota Legion Player of the Year...Helped his team to Legion state runner-up finishes in his senior and sophomore seasons...In his sophomore season, named first-team all-state as an outfielder...Also lettered four years in football as a quarterback and one year in basketball for the Patriots...In football, honored as a high school All-American and a first-team all-state selection as a senior...During his senior season, earned a variety of awards, including South Dakota's Gatorade Player of the Year, the South Dakota Wendy's High School Heisman Trophy and South Dakota's first Mr. Football...Part of Lincoln's state championship football team as a freshman...Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal
Born Nov. 3, 1993 to John and Heidi Schultz in Sioux Falls, S.D....Has one sister, Maddie...Father played football at Augustana...Mother played volleyball at South Dakota State...Hobbies include friends and family, music, Spanish and other sports...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Majoring in foreign language and literature.
