Last Season – Named Peach Belt All-Conference after a fifth overall in a time of 26:56.17 ... recorded a season-best 26:56 at the Peach Belt Conference Championships, lowering his time of 28:13 at the Pre-Conference Meet by 77 seconds on the same course ... recorded a season-opening 18:26 in the North Georgia Challenge 5K in Dahlonega ... ran 29:00 at the Sewanee Invitational, followed by the Pre-Conference Meet time ... season-high time of 30:19 was recorded in the Great American Cross Country Festival in Birmigham, AL ... finished off the season with times of 28:20 at the Georgia Collegiate Championships and 28:17 at the Erskine Invitational ... High School – Attended Warner Robins High School ... ran track and cross country for Mark Taylor ad Steve Ruzic ... member of All-MidGeorgia Team ... Personal – Majoring in History Education ... son of Audrey and Joe Schmitz ... Interesting Note – Member of the Corps of Cadets at North Georgia College & State University ... in the off-season, competed in three track events in the 800 meters ... ranked 136th in the 800 meters in the United States (rankings include professionals, post-collegians, collegiate runners at all levels and youth).