Completed Event: Baseball at #25 Cincinnati on March 28, 2026 , Win , 8, to, 2
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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
- Did not appear in a game
- 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
Baseball Highlights vs. Utah
Thursday, April 02
Baseball Media Availability
Wednesday, April 01
Baseball Highlights vs. Missouri
Tuesday, March 31
Baseball Highlights vs. Cincinnati
Sunday, March 29
