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2024 Baseball Roster

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8 Zach Schuler

  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Martinez, Calif.
  • High School Alhambra
  • Prev School Diablo Valley College (Calif.)

Biography

  • 2024 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Apr. 8
  • 2024 NCBWA Preseason All-America first team
  • 2024 NCBWA Preseason All-South Central Region
  • 2023 NCBWA All-America first team
  • 2023 ABCA All-America first team
  • 2023 D2CCA All-America second team
  • 2023 ABCA All-South Central Region first team
  • 2023 D2CCA All-South Central Region first team
  • 2023 NCBWA All-South Central Region first team
  • 2023 All-RMAC first team
  • 2023 RMAC Player of the Week, Feb. 8
  • 2022 All-RMAC honorable mention
  • 2022 RMAC Player of the Week, March 1

Career

• Entered the 2024 season ranked seventh in program history in slugging percentage (.701), 11th in on-base percentage (.470), 12th in home runs (29), 21st in runs (117), 21st in RBIs (114), 23rd in batting average (.369) and 25th in total bases (260). ... Among Division II players active in 2023, ranked 28th in career slugging percentage (.701), which was 49th among all NCAA players, regardless of division.

2023: All-America first team (ABCA, NCBWA) and second team (D2CCA), All-South Central Region first team (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA) and All-RMAC first team designated hitter. ... RBI total of 70 was the sixth-best in a single season in program history. It ranked third on the team, but also fourth in the RMAC and 17th in Division II. ... Fourth on the team, but sixth in the RMAC and 43rd nationally with 15 homers. Sixth on the team, but eighth in the RMAC and 58th in Division II with 137 total bases. ... Sixth on the team, but 12th in the RMAC and 89th nationally with 59 runs. ... Fifth on the team, but 14th in the RMAC and 78th in the country with a .692 slugging percentage. ... Tied for third on the team, but tied for 11th in the RMAC and tied for 70th nationally with 18 doubles. ... Tied for sixth in the RMAC with 32 bases on balls. Fifth on the team, but 15th in the RMAC with a .465 on-base percentage. ... Batted .364 (72-for-198). ... Scored 59 runs. ... Had his second five-RBI game in nine days while going 2-for-4 with a homer in a 14-7 win at Colorado School of Mines in the second game of an April 29 doubleheader. ... Drove in five runs in a 12-5 win over Colorado Christian in the second game of a April 21 doubleheader. ... Capped a 7-for-16 (.438) series at New Mexico Highlands with two homers in the finale of the four-game sweep on April 8. ... Was 4-for-6 with three RBIs in the wild 27-21, suspended-game victory at Regis that started March 23. For the four-game series he batted .571 (8-for-14) with one homer and nine RBIs. ...  Averaged 2.0 RBIs per game for the first 16 games of the season, leading Division II with 32 through March 3. ... Batted .636 (7-for-11) with two homers and five RBIs in a three-game sweep of Mary (N.D.) on Feb. 25-26. ... Matched career highs with four hits and six RBIs while getting a double and a homer in a 15-5 win at Biola (Calif.) on Feb. 11. ... Earned RMAC Player of the Week with season-opening weekend against Northwestern Oklahoma State in which he batted .462 (6-for-13) with three doubles, two homers and nine RBIs in a three-game sweep.

2022: Starter in all 49 games he played as the Roadrunners' regular first baseman. ... Batted .376 (65-for-173) with 12 doubles, two triples, 14 homers and 45 RBIs. ... Compiled a .477 on-base percentage, .711 slugging percentage and OPS of 1.188, third-best on the team. ... Tied for fourth on the team with 58 runs. ... Fifth in the RMAC and 73rd in the country in runs per game (1.2), 12th in the RMAC and 66th in Division II in slugging percentage (.711), tied for 11th and tied for 82nd in homers (14), and 13th and 87th in homers per game (0.29). Also ranked ninth in the RMAC in on-base percentage (.477) and tied for eighth in runs (58). ... His 14 homers tied for the 10th-best single-season total in program history. ... Mashed two long homers for his third two-homer game of the season in an 18-15 loss to RV/-- Texas A&M-Kingsville in the first round of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional on May 19. ... Had a 10-game hitting streak from April 16 through May 11, going 19-for-36 (.528) with five homers and 18 RBIs. ... Went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs in 8-5 RMAC Tournament championship game win at Colorado Mesa on May 14. ... Hit .538 (7-for-13), drew three walks and was hit by a pitch as MSU Denver won three of four in series against Colorado Christian on May 7-8. ... Batted .500 (8-for-16) with three homers, eight RBIs and eight runs a in four-game series at Regis from April 29-May 1, including 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs in the series finale, a 15-7 defeat. ... Went 3-for-6 in the opening game of a four-game series sweep at Adams State on April 14, then closed the series on April 16 by going 2-for-3 with two homers and six RBIs. ... In four-game series at UCCS from March 25 through 27, batted .500 (8-for-16) with two homers and five RBIs. Was a single short of the cycle while going 3-for-4 and scoring three runs in 16-2 win over the Mountain Lions in the second game of a March 26 doubleheader. ... Named RMAC Player of the Week on March 1 after four-game series against Sioux Falls (S.D.) in which he hit .583 (7-for-12), including 5-for-6 in a Feb. 27 doubleheader with he capped with a go-ahead, last at-bat, two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of a 7-4 win in the second game. ... Hit his first MSU Denver while going 2-for-4, driving in four runs and adding a double, in 7-0 win over Emporia State (Kan.) in the first game of a Feb. 20 doubleheader. ... Opened Roadrunners career with a five-game hitting streak, batting .556 (10-for-18) to take control of starting job at first base. ... Made his MSU Denver debut as the starting designated in the second game of an opening day (Feb. 5) doubleheader against Minot State (N.D.), going 1-for-3.

Before MSU Denver: Played two seasons at Diablo Valley College (Calif.). ... In 21 games in 2021, batted .379 with three homers, a .463 on-base percentage and .638 slugging percentage. ... Also played in 2019 and in two seasons (52 games), batted .292 with three homers and 18 RBIs.

High School: Batted .268 with 17 RBIs in 48 career games at Alhambra High School. ... Coached by Steve Elliott. ... Also played football as a tight end and outside linebacker, making nine career receptions for 175 yards and also making 17 tackles.

Personal: Born Zachary Matthew Schuler. ... Son of Matthew Schuler and Dina Schuler. ... Has a brother (Nicholas) and a sister (Samantha). ... Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in sport management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    INF/C
    6'3" 215 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Junior

    C/INF
    6'3" 215 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    C/INF
    6'3" 215 lbs
    8