Cody Schumacher

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Class: Senior Hometown: Topeka, Kan. High School: Hayden HS

Last College: Johnson County CC Height / Weight: 6-1 / 205 Position: Right-Handed Pitcher B/T: R/R

Honors
• Honorable Mention All-MVC (2012)
• State Farm MVC Championship All-Tournament Team (2012)
• Coors MSU Player of the Week (April 23, 2012)

2012: Schumacher made a school-record 17 starts in his first year as a Bear, ranking 16th nationally, while posting an 8-1 record and a 3.71 earned run average to earn All-MVC Honorable Mention...His 96 strikeouts (10th) and 99.1 innings pitched (8th) both rank among the Bears' all-time single-season leaders...Won his first seven decisions as a Bear, Feb. 24-May 5...Ranked in the top 10 in the MVC in wins (2nd), starts (2nd), strikeouts (5th) and innings pitched (8th)...MSU won 14 of his 17 starts...Completed at least 6.0 innings in each of his last seven starts...Worked just 3.1 IP in his Missouri State debut, Feb. 18, vs. Tennessee Tech, allowing six earned runs on eight hits while fanning four batters...Bounced back with a 6.1-inning outing to notch his first win as a Bear Feb. 24, in an 8-3 win over Stephen F. Austin; struck-out seven and allowed just three runs on seven hits...Turned in his second quality start in-a-row at Northwestern State (March 4), working 7.0 shutout innings, scattering just five hits...Was strong in the Bears' 8-1 win at SEMO (March 20), allowing just one run on three hits while fanning four over 3.1 IP...Matched his career long outing of 7.0 IP, allowing just one hit while fanning a personal-best nine hitters in a 5-2 win over Arkansas State (April 3) to improve to 3-0...Tossed his second quality start in a row April 8 at Bradley, working six-plus innings and allowing just two earned runs on six hits; extended his scoreless streak to 11.2 consecutive innings before giving up a fifth-inning run...Won for the fourth time as a Bear April 14 vs. Illinois State, working 5 1/3 innings of the Bears' 10-4 victory...Kept his perfect record intact with an 8.0-inning effort in a 7-2 win at Wichita State, allowing just one hit over his last 7 1/3 innings...Pitched 6 2/3 innings of a 12-6 win over SIU (April 29) to notch his sixth win; matched his career high with nine strikeouts while walking just one and allowing four runs on seven hits...Equaled his career strikeout high again May 18 in a 7-5 win at Indiana State...Notched his first career shutout at the MVC Championship (May 23), blanking Wichita State on two hits while fanning eight in a 7-0 victory to earn all-tournament recognition...Worked 6.0 innings against eventual College World Series entrant Stony Brook (June 3) at the NCAA Regional in Coral Gables, Fla., settling for a no-decision in the Bears' season-ending 10-7 loss.

Background: Schumacher came to Missouri State by way of Johnson County Community College, where he was named JCCC's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 after racking up 10 victories--the third-highest single-season total in school history--and posting an ERA of 1.70...Struck out 80 batters over 82.1 innings to finish his career with a program record 136 punchouts...His 17 career wins rank second all-time at JCCC...Went 7-1 with 56 strikeouts in 51 innings as a freshman in 2010, helping JCCC to a conference title and 44-14 record...In high school, Schumacher's Hayden High team won a Kansas Class 4A state title his senior season, as he went 5-1 with a 1.40 ERA on the mound and batted .418 with 18 RBIs as an all-state, all-league and all-city performer...Was first-team all-league and all-city as a junior, and a second-team all-league pick after his sophomore season, as Hayden finished third in the state tournament both seasons.

Personal: Cody Lee Schumacher is the son of Todd and Melissa Schumacher...Born December 1, 1990, in Shawnee, Kan.