BOONE, N.C. – More than 3,600 App State students earned their diplomas at the University's spring commencement in mid-May. Among them were 11 baseball student-athletes.
Ryan Arrowood and Colin Schmid were part that group, but their degrees required more patience and a different type of determination. Pitchers who played professionally after being picked in the first 15 rounds of MLB Drafts, Arrowood and Schmid made good on separate plans to complete work toward their degrees once they were finished with pro baseball.
Arrowood and Schmid rank first and third, respectively, in career strikeouts for the Mountaineers.