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2019 Softball Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Richard Arnold
Richard Arnold
Richard Arnold

4 Sam Schmidt

  • Class Senior
  • Position INF
  • Hometown Lombard, Ill.
  • High School Willowbrook

Biography

 2019: Second team All-MAC selection… One of only two players to start all 52 games for NIU, all at shortstop…Finished in the top-five on the team in 13 offensive categories including, leading the team with 21 walks…Hit a career-high six home runs, drove in a career-best 29 runs and tied her career highs in doubles (9) and triples (1)…Posted eight multi-hit games, including a season-best three hits at Central Michigan (4/20)…Tallied eight RBI contests, driving in a season-best three runs in five games…Named MAC Player of the Week (4/23) following her play against Loyola and Central Michigan…Completed her career with a .274 lifetime batting average with 116 hits, 75 RBIs and 63 runs scored…Academic All-MAC selection.

2018: One of three Huskies to suit up and start for 56 games … Started 30 games as a first basemen, 21 games at shortstop, four at third base, and one as the designated player … Garnered Second Team All-MAC accolades … Second on the team batting .348 in 164 at-bats … Recorded five home runs … Tallied a career-best 57 hits, including seven-straight multi-hit games … Drove-in five RBIs against Eastern Michigan (April 21) … Slugged .506 and had an on-base percentage of .403 … Stole five bases … Hit a career-high nine doubles which ranked second on the team … Collected MAC West Player of the Week honors for the performance against Eastern Michigan (April 20-21) batting .556 with two home runs and seven RBI.  

2017: Suited up for the Huskies in 48 games... Started 43 games including 34 starts in third base, 14 at shortstop, three at Designated hitter, and a single start at first base… Hit four homers and drove in 19 runs… Recorded a career high three hits in two games Lamar University (2-26) and Western Michigan (4-15) ... Batted .202 in 119 at-bats… Had four multi-hit games.

2016: Played in nine games, seven as a pinch hitter and three in the infield...Recorded seven at bats.

High School: Three-time all-area and all-conference honoree at Willowbrook High School...Owns school records for career home runs and career RBIs...Named to the Top 100 Players list by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2013 and 2014...Picked to play in the Chicago Bandits All-Star Game following her sophomore and junior years...Garnered first team all-state recognition in 2014 after setting WHS single-season records in batting average (.583), RBIs (51) and home runs (16), while helping lead the Warriors to a 21-11 record...Named the team's MVP, first team all-area and first team all-conference as a junior...Earned all-conference and all-area honors, in addition to being named WHS' Offensive Player of the Year in 2013...Hit .458 as a sophomore while launching nine home runs and knocking in 40 runs...Registered a .430 batting average and a 1.242 slugging percentage to earn all-conference and all-area honors in 2012...Tallied 23 extra-base hits and 43 RBIs in her first season with the Warriors...Collected the team's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year Awards as a freshman...Played club ball with the Glen Ellyn Phillies and Illinois Chill Gold.

Personal: Born July 14, 1997, in Elmhurst, Illinois...Daughter of Steve and Cathy Schmidt...Plans to major in marketing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2016Freshman

    INF
    4
  • 4

    2017Sophomore

    INF
    4
  • 4

    2018Junior

    INF
    4
  • 4

    2019Senior

    INF
    4