NIL Opportunities: Max Schmidtke
2024-25 | Graduate Senior
Golfed in the #1 spot for all 11 events this season, totaling 33 rounds for the Coyotes... averaged a stroke count of 71.97, which is the second lowest in the Summit League... Schmidtke ends with a career average of 73.31... pocketed three top 10 finishes at the Throw Down Up Top, LaTour Intercollegiate, and the Summit League Championships, and two top five finishes at the SIUE Dolenc Invitational and the Zach Johnson Invitational... tied for seventh at our home tournament, Throw Down Up Top, by carding round scores of 72, 77, and 68, ending (-2) on the course... tied for sixth place at the LaTour Intercollegiate and Summit League Championships carding round scores of 71, 71, 71 (-3) and 70, 74, 66 (-3) respectively... he marked low-round scores of 66 during rounds one and two of the SIUE Dolenc Invitational where he tied for third overall, ending (-8) on the course with round scores of 66, 66, and 73, and later in the season during round three of the Summit League Championships... tied for fourth overall at the Zach Johnson Invitational, carding round scores of 71, 69, 70 (-3)... awarded Peak Golfer of the Week by the Summit league twice (9/12 & 9/26)... named as USD's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Charlies.
2023-24 | Senior
Golfed in 11 events for the Coyotes this season, totaling 33 rounds... averaged a 73.82 stroke count... clinched a top five finish at the Zach Johnson Invitational, tying for fifth overall with round scores of 64, 71, 75 and ending (-3) on the course... marks a player low round of 64 during round one of the Zach Johnson Invitational... tied for 11 overall at the World Golf Village Collegiate, carding round scores of 72, 71, and 72.
2022-23 | Junior
One of two Coyotes to play in all 12 events for 34 rounds total…led the team with a 74.21 stroke average which is 10th-best in program history…Summit League preseason Golfer to Watch…had had five top-20 finishes on the year including two in the top-10…claimed a tie for sixth place individually at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational…placed in the top-15 individually at the Summit League Championship for the second straight year…tied his career-best round with a 68 in the first round of the Duel at The Bluffs…owns the third-lowest 36-hole score in program history with a 138 at the Duel at The Bluffs…posted a season-low score of 215 at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational… had eight par-or-under rounds…a team-best .578 win-loss percentage…helped USD to a runner-up finish at the Western Illinois Invite ... made the Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... also placed on the Summit League's Commissioner's List for academic excellence.
2021-22 | Sophomore
Played in all 12 events for 34 rounds total…named Summit League Golfer to Watch ahead of the spring season (01/21)…led the team with a 73.68 stroke average…had four top-10 finishes on the year…placed in a tie for third at the SIUE Derek Dolenc Invite (09/27-09/28)…recorded three-straight even-par rounds at the Summit League Championships (05/01-05/03) and placed in a tie for ninth…recorded a season-low round of 68 in the second round of the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate (10/24-10/26)…scored a season-low 54-hole score of 211 at the SIUE Derek Dolenc Invite…had 12 par-or-under rounds…+2 relative to par…720-219 win-loss record...Summit League honor roll member.
Illinois Springfield | Freshman
He recorded the fourth lowest season scoring average in program history in the 2020-21 season with a 74.79 average in 14 rounds of action. He also has the second lowest round in program history (67). He recorded two top 10 finishes including a top five finish at the Dan Salisbury Memorial Tournament with a two round score of 147. He recorded a season low three round score of 219 at the Brickyard Invitational.
Prep
Schmidtke played his high school golf for Andrew Delong at Sheboygan North High School. As a Raider, Schmidtke was a three-time all-state selection, four-time all-conference selection, two-time conference player of the year and was a three-time state qualifier. He tied for eighth place his senior season for his best place at state. He has the school record for fewest strokes in a round with 69 at the 2019 WIAA Regional Championship. Academically, Schmidtke was a two-year member of the National Honors Society.
Personal
Son of Tom and Jenifer Schmidtke ... plans to major in Business Management.
