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Jersey Number 31
Xander Schmitt
- Position:
- C/OF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Hometown:
- Wildwood, Mo.
- High School:
- Lafayette HS
Get to Know Xander ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- 3, and I started by going to watch my brother play baseball.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- I always take a 30 minute to an hour long nap.
- Electric, and leading a team.
- Hockey, I used to play and was very good.
- I played hockey for 13 years.
- My mom, she is the strongest person I know.
- Ronald Acuna Jr.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
FRESHMAN – 2025
- No. 20 impact freshman for 2025 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri
- Ranked the No. 1 catcher in the state of Missouri, and the No. 12 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report
- Named 6A all-state, all-conference and all-district in 2023
- Led Lafayette High School to a district championship in 2023
- Awarded the 2022 Prep Baseball Report Future Games Most Valuable Player
- Played two years of hockey in addition to baseball
PERSONAL
- Son of Todd and Laura Schmitt
- Has one older sister, Summer, and one older brother, Jack
- His older brother, Jack, played baseball at Division III Trinity University (Texas)
- Committed in October 2022
- Picked Kansas over Utah and Missouri State
- Chose Kansas because, “I chose Kansas because the atmosphere, the coaches and everything about Kansas felt like home right as I stepped on to campus. It was amazing. It felt like I was at home and was going to learn and get better every day here, so I committed and have no regrets.”
- Majoring in sports management
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