Anya Schmitz

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Infield
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Santa Barbara, Calif.
High School:
Dos Pueblos

2019: Played in 33 games with 29 starts, primarily at shortstop and second base … Tallied a .208 batting average and .288 on-base percentage with 15 hits, seven runs, five RBIs, three doubles, four walks, and a triple on the year … Hit .256 in Ivy play with 10 hits, four runs, three doubles, and two RBIs … Went 3-for-4 with an RBI at Cornell (Mar. 25) … Finished 2-for-3 with a double in game one vs. Yale (Apr. 13) … Posted a double, an RBI, and a run in game two at Harvard (Mar. 30).

2018: Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Feb. 26 … Started all 39 games at second base … Posted a .288 batting average, .359 on-base percentage, and .347 slugging percentage … Tallied 34 hits, 20 runs, seven RBIs, five doubles, and a triple on the year … Led the Ivy League with 12 sacrifice bunts … Registered 10 multi-hit games … Went 2-for-4 with two runs vs. Harvard (Apr. 29) … Finished 2-for-3 with three runs at Stetson (Feb. 24) … Posted two hits and two runs vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Feb. 25) … Earned the team’s Most Outstanding First-Year Award.

Before Brown: Earned All-Channel League honors in 2016 and 2017 … Won Athlete of the Year accolades at Dos Pueblos … Gained the US Marine Distinguished Outstanding Athlete Award … Led team with a .432 batting average as a junior … Played for head coach Jon Uyesaka … Competed on the club level for SoCal Firecrackers Redmond and head coach Chance Redmond … Also played soccer and volleyball, serving both teams as a captain … Took home All-Channel League plaudits in soccer twice.

Personal: Anya is the daughter of Ingrid and Eric Schmitz … Has one older sister, Hanna … Born on February 1, 1999 … Plans to concentrate in Biomedical Engineering.

Why Brown? “Brown values education. Its open curriculum supports my academic exploration, breeding an open-minded environment which cultivates advancement.”