Wichita State Athletics

2006 (Senior): Set a career best with a pole vault of 17-00 two times during the outdoor season, vaults that regionally qualified him for the Midwest Regionals...Placed 17th at the regionals with a 16-07 vault...Placed second at the outdoor Valley championships with a vault of 16-00...Placed second at the indoor championships, vaulting 16-06...Competed at the NCAA qualifier during the indoor season, placing seventh with a 15-07 vault. 

2005 (Junior): Named to the all-conference team...Placed third in the pole vault (15-06.25) at the MVC Indoor Championship...Tied for second in the pole vault at the Doug Raymond Invite (14-05.25)...Finished fifth in the pole vault (15-07) at the Stanford Invitational...Placed fourth at the Alex Francis Relays in the pole vault (15-00)...Tied for ninth in the pole vault (15-09) at the ISU Classic...Finished sixth in the pole vault at the KSU Open (15-07). 

K-State: Named to the Big 12 all-conference team...Placed seventh at the Indoor Championship in pole vault. 

Andale HS: Two-time state champion in the pole vault...Holds the school record in pole vault and 4x100m relay...Placed third at U.S. Junior Nationals in 2001 earning Verizon All-American honors...All-state three years in basketball and MVP of the Chisholm Trail League senior year...All-state two years in football...Lettered in basketball, football and track.

Personal: Born Feb. 9, 1983...Son of Mark and Becky Schmidt...Majoring in physical education.