Women's Ice Hockey

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Kari Schmitt

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Canton, Mich.

High School:
Canton

Last College:
Belle Tire (Tier 1 Elite)

Height:
5-11

Position:
Defenseman

Kari Schmitt

03/28/2013

Ohio State Scholar-Athletes to Be Recognized Monday

Outstanding student-athletes will be honored at 46th annual Scholar-Athlete Dinner

03/07/2013

Buckeyes Travel to Minneapolis for WCHA Final Face-Off

No. 1 Minnesota up first for Ohio State Friday, 7:07 p.m. CT at Ridder Arena

03/02/2013

Buckeyes Advance to WCHA Final Face-Off with 3-0 Victory

Sweep Minnesota Duluth in first round of WCHA Playoffs

02/27/2013

Buckeyes Travel to Duluth for First Round of WCHA Playoffs

Road team went 4-0-0 in regular season series

02/26/2013

Athletics Good Stuff

February 19-25, 2013

07/24/2012

Kari Schmitt

Kari Schmitt Photo Gallery

Schmitt Photo Gallery

2011-12 Statistics Get Acrobat Reader


Career Honors

WCHA Scholar Athlete (2013)

Ohio State Scholar Athlete (2012; 2013)

Ohio State Most Valuable Freshman Award (2012)

2012-13 (Sophomore Season)

Played in all 37 games in her second season as a Buckeye... finished third on the team in scoring with 28 points... found the back of the net five times and tallied a team-leading 23 assists... had eight multiple point games, tied for most on the team... had five multiple assist games... finished fifth in the WCHA, 11th in the nation, in defensemen scoring... finished with a +4 rating for the season... credited with 59 blocked shots... had two goals while on the power play and was second on the team with 14 power play points... scored at least one point in 20 games... following sophomore season she was sitting 10th on all-time list for defensemen scoring at Ohio State with 34 career points.

2011-12 (Freshman Season) Saw action in 25 games as a freshman ... recorded a +4 on-ice rating in just the second game of her career against Bemidji State (Oct. 8) ... Scored her first goal as a Buckeye against North Dakota on January 27th, 2012 ... also tallied her first assist the next night against North Dakota (Jan. 28) ... Finished the season with 2 goals, 4 assists, 6 points, 25 shots and a +/- rating of -2 ... she also had 43 blocked shots.

Prior to Ohio State
Played defenseman for Belle Tire Hockey from 2008-2011 ... captained 16U team that was the 2009 state champions and USA National Quarterfinalist ... also captain of 19U squad ... played and was captain of Little Caesars 14U team that was 2008 state champion and USA National Silver Medalist ... a 2007, 2009 and 2010 USA Development Camp Selection ... 2006-2008 MWHL Academic All-Star ... finished career with 184 points (74g, 110a) playing for Belle Tire ... four-year letterwinner in swimming for Canton High School ... four-time state qualifier and was a part of the division championship teams as a sophomore, junior and senior ... an all-state swimmer as a freshman ... three-year letterwinner in basketball and was named all-conference, all-metro, all-west and all-state as a junior and senior ... led team to a two-time final four appearance in the state tournament.

Personal
Daughter of Ralph and Gail Schmitt ... has a twin sister, Sara, who also plays hockey for Ohio State ... three older siblings, Kirsten, Derek and Allison ... sister Allison was an eight-time NCAA champion swimmer at the University of Georgia and also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as a member of the 4x200 free relay ... sister Allison won 5 medals at 2012 Olympic Games in London incuding 3 golds, a silver and a bronze...brother Derek swam at Ohio University ... hobbies include scrapbooking, baking and playing board games ... member of the National Honors Society.


Career Statistics

Year GP G A PTS Shots P-PIM +/- PP SH GW
2011-12 25 2 4 6 25 9-18 -2 0 0 0
2012-13 37 5 23 28 85 14-39 +4 2 0 0
TOTAL 62 7 27 34 110 23-57 2 2 0

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WCHA Statistics

Year GP G A PTS Shots P-PIM +/- PP SH GW
2011-12 21 2 3 5 18 5-10 +1 0 0 0
2012-13 28 4 19 23 55 9-29 -2 1 0 0
TOTAL 49 6 22 28 73 14-39 -1 1 0

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THE SCHMITT FILE

Career Game Highs

Goals 1 7x, last Feb. 16, 2013 at North Dakota
Assists 2

5x, last Feb 22, 2013 vs. Minnesota State

Points 2 8x,last Feb 22, 2013 vs. Minnesota State
PIM 15 Oct. 19, 2012 at Minnesota
Shots 7 Sept. 28, 2012 vs. Lindenwood
Plus/Minus +4

Oct. 8, 2011 vs. Bemidji State


Career Milestones

First Goal - Jan. 27, 2012 vs. North Dakota

First Assist - Jan. 28, 2012vs. North Dakota

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