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2024-25 Men's Basketball

23 Tyler Schmidt

  • Pos G
  • Ht 6-4
  • Wt 200
  • Yr Fifth Year
  • Hometown Valparaiso, Ind.
  • High School Victory Christian Academy
  • Prev School Olivet Nazarene

Biography

2024-25: Averaged 10.1 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per contest… Shot 85.5 percent at the free-throw line… Scored in double figures on 16 occasions… Scored a team-high 17 points in his Division-I debut in the Nov. 4 season opener vs. Liberty. He grabbed five rebounds and was 7-of-8 shooting, becoming the first Valpo player to shoot .875 or better from the field with at least eight attempts since December 2020 (Nick Robinson) and the first to do so vs. a D1 opponent since December 2019 (Donovan Clay)... Scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting on Nov. 8 vs. Concordia Ann Arbor... Became the first player in the nation this season to go perfect from the floor with at least four attempts and perfect from the free-throw line with at least nine attempts while totaling 19 points and posting a plus-minus of +42 on Nov. 24 vs. Eastern Illinois... Shared the team lead with 17 points on Nov. 27 vs. Northern Illinois... Drained his first seven shots of the night and scored a season-best 20 points on Dec. 5 vs. Drake... Turned in his second straight game with 20+ points and one-upped his season best with 21 on Dec. 14 vs. Central Michigan... Battled through a blow to the face and dental injury that limited him to 28 minutes on Dec. 20 at Western Michigan, tallying nine points on 4-of-7 shooting... Had nine points and a season-high eight rebounds on Dec. 29 at Bradley... Had his eighth double-figure scoring output of the season with 14 on Jan. 1 at Missouri State... Posted a season-high 23 points in the Jan. 8 win vs. Indiana State... Surpassed 2,500 career points (NCAA & NAIA) with 17 on Jan. 18 vs. UIC... Had a season-high five steals on Jan. 25 at Evansville... Had his highest scoring output in a seven-game span with 16 on 6-of-8 shooting on Feb. 12 vs. Belmont... Had 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists on Feb. 22 at Southern Illinois.

Olivet Nazarene (2020-24): Spent four seasons at Olivet Nazarene, where he twice earned NAIA All-American status... Averaged better than 20.0 points per game in each of his final three seasons at Olivet Nazarene including a career-best 23.9 ppg during the 2023-24 season... Scored 2,267 points while appearing in 113 games and making 96 starts over four seasons... Shot 56.1 percent from the field, 41.3 percent from 3 and 82.7 percent from the free-throw line during his esteemed career with the Tigers... Drilled a step-back jumper in the final five seconds to lift Olivet Nazarene over Lourdes 90-88 on March 11, 2022 for the program’s first NAIA national tournament win since 2006.

Prep: Prepped locally at Victory Christian Academy, where he averaged 25.5 points per game as a senior.

Personal: Graduated from Olivet Nazarene with a degree in business administration and will pursue a master’s in sports administration at Valpo... Went to the Valpo basketball camp in fifth or sixth grade and frequently attended games when Alec Peters was on the team and Bryce Drew was the head coach.

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