#9 William Schmidt Season 2026
2025 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 Season
• Appeared in 17 games (six starts) as a true freshman, posting a 7-0 record and a 4.73 ERA in 32.1 innings with 22 walks, 41 strikeouts and a .226 opponent batting average
• Worked 1.0 scoreless inning vs. Dallas Baptist in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 31) – no hits, no walks, three strikeouts
• Pitched 3.1 innings to earn win over Southeastern Louisiana, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts
• Earned win at Nicholls (April 8) with dominant relief effort – 4.0 IP, no runs, no hits, two walks and a career-best eight strikeouts
• Posted win over North Dakota State (March 5) – 4.0 IP with one run on two hits, two walks, seven strikeouts
• Defeated Nicholls (Feb. 24) for first collegiate win, allowing one earned run on five hits in 4.2 IP with no walks and three strikeouts
• Recorded four strikeouts in 2.2 innings in collegiate debut vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 16)
High School
• Rated No. 4 among the 2025 Perfect Game Top 75 College Freshmen
• Ranked as the No. 16 overall 2024 draft prospect by MLB.com … voted the 2024 Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year
• Posted elite numbers as a senior at Catholic High School in 2024, including a 9-0 record, a 0.44 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 63.2 innings while leading CHS to the state title
Personal
Full name is William August Schmidt … born October 4, 2005 … parents are Bob and Cindy Schmidt … father is a civil engineer, mother is a law firm assistant.
Schmidt’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 4.2 vs. Nicholls (2/24/25)
Strikeouts: 8 at Nicholls (4/8/25)
Hits Allowed: 5 twice; most recently vs. McNeese (4/15/25)
Runs: 2 seven times; most recently vs. West Virginia (6/7/25 – NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Earned Runs: 2 six times; most recently vs. West Virginia (6/7/25 – NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional)
Walks: 3 twice; most recently vs. Alabama (4/19/25)