Tate Schmitt

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-11
Weight:
161
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Desert Vista

Career Honors:
• 2018 TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• 2018 ACC Championship Tournament MVP
• 2018 All-ACC First Team
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team
• 2017 All-ACC Second Team
• 2017 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third Team
• 2015 ACC All-Freshman Team
• 2015 TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman Best XI Second Team
• 2015 All-ACC Academic Team

2018: Scored five goals and added eight assists while starting all 19 matches during final collegiate season... Named to TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team, United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team, All-ACC First Team and United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team... Selected as ACC Championship Tournament MVP after leading Cardinals to first ACC title... Ranks fourth in school history in career points with 69 and sixth in career goals with 26... Totaled 11 game-winning goals in four seasons with the Cardinals, including four in the NCAA Championship.

2017: Earned All-ACC Second Team honors and United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third Team accolades while scoring team-leading nine goals to go with three assists... Started all 20 matches for the No. 7 Cardinals... Scored four game-winning goals, including the clinching goals in NCAA Championship wins against San Francisco and Colgate... Delivered a pair of goals and an assist in Sept. 22 win against Boston College... Also had goals against Wake Forest (Sept. 9), USF (Sept. 26), Duke (Sept. 30), FAU (Oct. 10) and Clemson (Oct. 27)... Named to the All-ACC Academic Men's Soccer Team.

2016: Scored five goals and added two assists while starting all 22 matches for the Cardinals during sophomore season... Delivered game-winning goals in back-to-back NCAA Championship victories against UCLA (Nov. 20) and No. 13 Notre Dame (Nov. 27)... Also had goals against UConn (Sept. 2), Xavier (Sept. 13) and Indiana (Oct. 11).

2015: Named to ACC All-Freshman Team as well as the TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman Best XI Second Team after leading the Cardinals with seven goals and adding three assists... Appeared in all 19 matches, including 13 starts as a freshman... Led the team with four game-winning goals, including his first career goal in the season-opening win against William & Mary on Aug. 28... Connected for two goals in 4-0 win over Memphis... Also had game-winning goals against rival Kentucky and at Duke in the ACC Championship... Was also named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

High School/Club: Played freshman/sophmore years at Desert Vista High School scoring 13 goals in reaching the state finals... Played three years of club soccer with CCV Stars winning three state titles... Played junior and senior seasons with Real Salt Lake Academy's U-17/18 national title runner-up team in both 2014 and 2015, where he was coached by former USA assistant Martin Vasquez... Scored 12 goals in 2014 campaign...

Personal: Born on May 28, 1997 in Phoenix... Parents are RuthAn and Gil Schmitt... Has two brothers, Andrew and Reid... Majoring in marketing...Brother Reid played professionally with Phoenix FC in USL Pro... Brother Andrew played collegiately at Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado... Father Gil played professional racquetball and holds a national championship in his age group.