Kieran Schmitz

Position:
Lefthanded Pitcher
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 170
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Plymouth, Minn.
High School:
Wayzata
Prev School:
Heartland College
Bats/Throws:
R/L

CAREER NOTES

2022 (CHAMPLIN PARK LOGATORS) | SOPHOMORE SUMMER:
Summer: Started three games with the LoGators in the Minnesota Baseball Association, pitching to a 2.16 ERA across 8.1 innings…struck out nine…

2022 (HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Spent his sophomore season as a key reliever and spot starter on the Heartland staff, making 10 appearances with six starts…chartered a 4-0 record while pitching to a 3.30 ERA and a 4.97 FIP across 30.0 innings…struck out 31 and allowed just 21 hits, working to a 1.37 WHIP…held batters to a .191/.321/.336 slash line for a .657 OPS, striking out 23.1% of batters faced with a 14.9% walk rate…went at least 5.0 innings in two starts…three of his four relief appearances were scoreless…

Cleveland State (2/18): Covered 4.0 innings of two-run ball out of the bullpen on Opening Day, scattering three hits and walking none while striking out five… Jackson (3/6): Won his first start of the season, dealing 5.1 innings of one-run ball on four hits and a walk while tying his career best with eight strikeouts… Danville Area (3/21): Retired six of eight batters faced in 2.0 scoreless relief innings, walking two while striking out three… Parkland (3/27): Earned the win after firing 5.0 innings of three-hit baseball, allowing a lone earned run while walking two and striking out three… Illinois Central (4/3): Allowed three runs on a hit and two walks in a no-decision, retiring a pair… Black Hawk-Moline (4/11): Called on as an opener and earned the win by striking out two over 2.0 scoreless, scattering three hits and a walk… Vincennes (4/16): Opened again for Heartland, covering 2.0 innings of two-run ball on four hits and a walk… John Wood (4/24): Fired 5.0 hitless innings of scoreless baseball out of the bullpen to earn the win in long relief, striking out a career-high nine while scattering four walks… Lincoln Land (5/2): Allowed four runs on two hits and five free passes in a no-decision, tossing 3.0 innings… Lewis & Clark (5/14): Threw a scoreless inning of relief, working around a hit and a walk while striking out one…

2021 (CHAMPLIN PARK LOGATORS) | FRESHMAN SUMMER:
Summer: Made one appearance for Champlin Park in the Minnesota Baseball Association…

2021 (HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE) | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Began his collegiate career at Heartland, serving as the No. 3 starter as a true freshman while taking the ball nine times…went 5-1 while posting a 4.17 ERA and a 2.96 FIP across 36.2 innings of work with two complete games and one shutout…struck out 42 and held opponents to a .234/.337/.298 slash line for a .635 OPS…recorded a 25.3% strikeout rate while walking 12.0% of batters faced…maintained a 1.45 WHIP…opened his collegiate career with five straight wins…completed at least 5.0 innings in four starts…allowed two runs or less five times…

Black Hawk-Moline (3/17): Earned the win in his collegiate debut, firing 5.0 innings of one-run ball on a hit and four walks while striking out eight… John Wood (4/3): Earned the win after allowing three runs on five hits and three walks over 4.0 innings of work, striking out three… Lewis & Clark (4/3): Threw well to earn his third straight win, scattering five hits and two walks over 5.0 frames of two-run ball with seven strikeouts…recorded his first collegiate complete game in a run-rule finish… Vincennes (4/18): Picked up the complete game win after tossing 5.0 innings of two-hit baseball, allowing just one earned run while walking three and punching out a pair… Spoon River (4/25): Closed out his five start winning streak by going 4.2 innings of three-run ball, scattering five hits and walking three while matching his career-high with eight strikeouts… Danville Area (5/2): Took a no-decision after allowing four runs on seven hits and a walk over 3.2 innings of work, striking out three… McHenry County (5/8): Opened a staff day, covering 2.0 innings and allowing one run on three hits and a walk in a no-decision… Parkland (5/15): Struck out three over 2.0 scoreless innings, permitting a lone hit and walking none as the opener in a no-decision… NJCAA Region XXIV Tournament (5/19): Started the elimination game against Vincennes, taking a hard-luck loss after going a career-high 5.1 innings of three-run ball…scattered four hits and three walks while striking out eight batters to match his career best…

Prep: A 2020 graduate of Wayzata High School…ranked the No. 48 player and No. 3 lefthanded pitcher in the state of Minnesota by Perfect Game…played club ball with Northstar Baseball, working to a 2.52 ERA as a junior…competed at numerous Perfect Game tournaments and was named to the Select Championship in 2018…

Personal: The son of Todd Schmitz and Kaylene Billington…Business major…