Chris Schuler
- School
- Creighton University
- Position
- Defender
- Major
- Management Information Systems
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- A
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- PTS
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Classroom
Schuler owns a 3.0 cumulative GPA in management and information systems.
Character
Schuler was a team co-captain as a junior in 2008 and has accumulated only five yellow cards in his first three years and 60 matches on defense.
Community
Schuler contributed 25 hours to the men’s soccer team’s total number of community service hours as his team led the Creighton athletic department in total community service hours during the 2008-09 academic year. Schuler has helped with numerous soccer clinics, including the North Omaha soccer clinic. He has participated in the Just Read program, going to local elementary schools to read to children. He helped make the first Jays Night Out a success, as hundreds of area children came to campus on a Friday night to play and spend time with Creighton student-athletes.
Competition
Schuler enters the 2009 season on the MAC Hermann Trophy preseason watch list and as a preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference team. As a junior, he was the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, an NSCAA second team All-America, NSCAA All-Midwest Region first team, All-MVC first team, MVC All-Tournament Team and College Soccer News second team All-America Honoree. Schuler was twice honored on the Soccer America National Team of the Week (Sept. 23, Oct. 7) and named MVC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Sept. 22, Oct. 6). He led the team with 1,852 minutes played, playing every minute of every match with the exception of a 12-minute break against UMKC. He was the captain and anchor for a record-setting defense which led the NCAA in shutout percentage (.650) and ranked second in goals against average (0.48). He helped the team set school record with 13 shutouts. As a sophomore, Schuler was first team all-MVC and second team NSCAA All-Midwest Region. As a freshman, he was a Soccer America Freshman All-America second team selection and a member of the MVC All-Freshman team. He was named to the MVC All-Tournament Team after scoring the overtime, game-winning goal of the championship match.
