The 5-foot-11 senior setter combined for 413 kills and 371 assists this past season, averaging more than four apiece per set and leading the Royals (28-4) to the Section 8-4A final. Schmidt posted a .510 kill percentage and a .362 hitting percentage at net, adding 167 digs, 145 service aces and 46 blocks on the year. Rated as the state’s No. 6 prospect in her class by PrepDig, she was named a PrepVolleyball All-Midwest Region selection as well as an AVCA Second Team All-American. Also the state’s 2024 Ms. Baden winner, she will graduate as the state single-season record-holder for service aces with 197.
Schmidt has maintained a weighted 4.05 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play volleyball at the University of St. Thomas this fall.
Schmidt is president of her school’s National Honor Society chapter and has coordinated multiple philanthropic initiatives in that role such as collecting books for children in Africa, a sock drive for CROSS Services and blanket drives for hospitalized kids. A founding member of the school’s chapter of Letters of Love, through which students write letters to children in the hospital, she has also served as a Link Leader during her junior and senior years. In addition, she has donated her time locally coaching youth volleyball players and as a peer tutor.
