2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 1
Cael Schmitt
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Dubuque, Iowa
- High School:
- Wahlert Catholic HS / Coe
Bio
2024-25: NABC Honors Court ... Appeared in 15 games after missing the first half of the season recovering from knee surgery ... Scored 66 points for a 4.4 points per game average with 16.5 minutes per game ... Pulled down 12 rebounds (0.8 per game), 14 assists (0.9 per game) and 11 steals (0.7 per game) ... Scored a season-high 12 points vs. Bradley (2/2/25) with four made baskets ... Recorded a season-high three steals in the NIT opening round at SMU (3/19/25) ... Shot 35.5% from the field (22-62), 35.9% from three-point range and 72.7% from the free throw line (8-11).
2023-24 (COE): Played in and started 28 games as a senior … Helped the Kohawks to a 22-6 record an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Averaged 17.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and three assists on 43.7% shooting … American Rivers Conference (ARC) Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-ARC … NABC Second Team All-District … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American of the Year, Academic All-American and All-District selection … D3Hoops.com Second Team All-Region … Finalist for the Jostens Trophy, awarded to the top basketball player in Division III … ARC Player of the Week (1/22/24) … Nine games with 20+ points scored, including a season-high 32 points against eventual NCAA Division III champion Trine University in the NCAA Tournament … Finished his Coe career with 1,518 points, second-most in program history ... Finished his Kohawk career averaging 16 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals … Graduated from Coe with a degree in computer science and business administration.
2022-23 (COE): Played in and started 29 games as a junior … Helped Coe to a 16-13 record, an ARC Tournament championship and first round appearance in the NCAA Tournament … Averaged a career-high 17.8 points with 3.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game on 40.7% shooting … Shot a career-high 40.1% from three-point range (67-167) … 12 games with 20+ points scored, including a season-high 26 points against Simpson … ARC Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-ARC … Finalist for the Jostens Trophy … CSC Academic All-American and All-District.
2021-22 (COE): Played in and started 27 games as a sophomore … Part of the Kohawks’ 20-7 campaign, averaging 12.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, four assists and 1.8 steals on 40.9% shooting … Shot 38.4% from three-point range (40-104) … Scored a career-high 34 points in Coe’s regular season finale at Nebraska Wesleyan … Dished out a career-high nine assists vs. Millikin … First Team All-ARC … ARC Player of the Week (2/21/22).
2020-21 (COE): Played in and started 11 games in the COVID-19 shortened season as a freshman with a 6-5 record … Averaged 15.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals on 47.4% shooting from the floor … Shot 35.9% from three-point range (14-39) … Recorded two games with 20+ points, including a season-high 25 points vs. Luther … Scored 11 points in his first collegiate outing, an exhibition against UNI … D3Hoops.com West Region Rookie of the Year … First Team All-ARC.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was an All-State guard at Dubuque Wahlert Catholic High School under head coach Tom English.
PERSONAL: Native of Dubuque, Iowa … Son of Tom and Donna Schmitt … Cousin, Kirsten Schmitt is an outside hitter on the Iowa State volleyball team.
2023-24 (COE): Played in and started 28 games as a senior … Helped the Kohawks to a 22-6 record an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Averaged 17.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and three assists on 43.7% shooting … American Rivers Conference (ARC) Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-ARC … NABC Second Team All-District … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American of the Year, Academic All-American and All-District selection … D3Hoops.com Second Team All-Region … Finalist for the Jostens Trophy, awarded to the top basketball player in Division III … ARC Player of the Week (1/22/24) … Nine games with 20+ points scored, including a season-high 32 points against eventual NCAA Division III champion Trine University in the NCAA Tournament … Finished his Coe career with 1,518 points, second-most in program history ... Finished his Kohawk career averaging 16 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals … Graduated from Coe with a degree in computer science and business administration.
2022-23 (COE): Played in and started 29 games as a junior … Helped Coe to a 16-13 record, an ARC Tournament championship and first round appearance in the NCAA Tournament … Averaged a career-high 17.8 points with 3.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game on 40.7% shooting … Shot a career-high 40.1% from three-point range (67-167) … 12 games with 20+ points scored, including a season-high 26 points against Simpson … ARC Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-ARC … Finalist for the Jostens Trophy … CSC Academic All-American and All-District.
2021-22 (COE): Played in and started 27 games as a sophomore … Part of the Kohawks’ 20-7 campaign, averaging 12.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, four assists and 1.8 steals on 40.9% shooting … Shot 38.4% from three-point range (40-104) … Scored a career-high 34 points in Coe’s regular season finale at Nebraska Wesleyan … Dished out a career-high nine assists vs. Millikin … First Team All-ARC … ARC Player of the Week (2/21/22).
2020-21 (COE): Played in and started 11 games in the COVID-19 shortened season as a freshman with a 6-5 record … Averaged 15.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.9 steals on 47.4% shooting from the floor … Shot 35.9% from three-point range (14-39) … Recorded two games with 20+ points, including a season-high 25 points vs. Luther … Scored 11 points in his first collegiate outing, an exhibition against UNI … D3Hoops.com West Region Rookie of the Year … First Team All-ARC.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was an All-State guard at Dubuque Wahlert Catholic High School under head coach Tom English.
PERSONAL: Native of Dubuque, Iowa … Son of Tom and Donna Schmitt … Cousin, Kirsten Schmitt is an outside hitter on the Iowa State volleyball team.
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