Honors and Awards
•Honorable Mention All-Summit (2013)
•Two-time Academic All-Summit (2013, 2014)
•Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14, 2014-15)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2014-15)
As a Junior (2014)
Academic All-Summit…Started all 33 matches in her junior season, averaging 2.06 kills, 1.14 blocks and 0.22 service aces per game…Had nine performances with double-figure kills…Opened the season with nine blocks and five kills vs. Central Michigan (Aug. 29)…Named to the Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 1.23 blocks and 1.31 kills per set over three matches vs. Saint Louis, Air Force and Canisius (Sept. 12-13)…Added another nine blocks with six kills vs. UT Pan American (Sept. 20)…Had a season-high 16 kills at South Dakota State (Oct. 19)…Also had three aces at SDSU, matching that total again at North Dakota State (Oct. 24) and vs. NJIT (Nov. 21)...At Oral Roberts (Nov. 4), hit .643 with 11 kills…Had an error-free attacking night vs. UMass Lowell (Nov. 21), totaling six kills on .667 hitting…Finished with a double-double on 15 kills and a career-best 10 blocks at Grand Canyon (Nov. 22)…Earned a spot on the GCU Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 1.73 blocks, 2.53 kills 0.40 aces and 0.87 digs per set for the weekend…Named to the Summit League’s Academic Honor Roll, Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and Distinguished Scholars List.
As a Sophomore (2013)
Honorable mention All-Summit...Academic All-Summit...Appeared in every set (100) and started every match (29)…Averaged 2.02 kills per set and 1.16 blocks per set…Led the Summit League with 1.16 blocks per set and ranked fifth in hitting percentage (.295)…Blocking average ranked among the top 100 nationally among Division I players...Recorded a career-high nine blocks against Tulsa (Sept. 21)…Also had a career best of 14 kills in a match vs. Fort Wayne (Nov. 3)...Named to the Summit League's Fall Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Freshman (2012)
Appeared in 99 sets over 28 matches, starting 27...Averaged 1.48 kills and 0.86 blocks per set...Ranked 13th in the Summit League with a .256 hitting percentage...Also ranked in the top 15 for total blocks (13th - 85), block assists (12th - 74) and solo blocks (15th - 11)...Had two double-figure kill performances with 10 vs. Drake (Sept. 21) and 11 at UMKC (Sept. 25)...Posted a season-high eight blocks in back-to-back matches vs. Fort Wayne (Oct. 5) and Oakland (Oct. 6)...Hit a season-best .562 (9-for-16) with no errors at IUPUI (Sept. 29)...Named to the Summit League's Fall Academic Honor Roll.
Elmwood-Murdock High School
Lettered four years for Coach Peter Vavak at Elmwood-Murdock High School…Three-time Class C-2 all-state selection, including first-team recognition from the Lincoln Journal Star, which also named her honorary captain of the 2011 Class C-2 team…Earned three first-team all-conference awards and was an honorable mention pick as a freshman…Played in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game...Also lettered four years in basketball and track & field…As a center for the basketball team, helped the Knights to back-to-back conference championships and was a second-team all-state selection…Elmwood-Murdock finished fourth at the Class C-2 state tournament in 2010…In track & field, competed in the discus, 4x800 relay and high jump…Qualified for the state meet in the high jump in 2012…Played club volleyball for Nebraska Premier.
Personal
Born Aug. 4, 1993 in Lincoln, Neb., to Leigh and Julie Schmale…Has one brother, Tyler…Father played football at Midland and brother played football at Nebraska Wesleyan…Member of the UNO Chancellor's List and Dean's List...Majoring in elementary education.
