5 Sage Schumacher
5 - Sage Schumacher
Height: 6-1
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Mount Pleseant, Mich.
High School: Beal City HS
Position: MB
m 26
k/s 1.07
h % .236
a/s 0.03
b/s 0.86
sa/s 0.11
d/s 0.33

Career Accolades

2024 All-GLIAC Honorable Mention

2024 (Senior)

Schumacher capped off her SVSU career with her best season yet, appearing in 76 sets across 26 matches. She notched a career-high 81 kills on 216 swings, hitting .236 for the year. Defensively, she was a force at the net with 65 total blocks—10 solo and 55 assists—while also adding eight aces, two assists, and 25 digs.

2023 (Junior)

In her junior campaign, Schumacher saw action in 33 sets over 11 matches. She tallied 48 kills on 133 total attacks with an efficient .241 hitting percentage. She added two assists and eight digs, while also contributing 29 blocks (two solo, 27 assists) to average nearly a block per set.

2022 (Sophomore)

Schumacher played in 56 sets across 22 matches in her sophomore year, finishing with 28 kills and 45 total blocks—five of them solo. She added five service aces, 26 digs, and 58 points overall.

Prior to SVSU

Before transferring to SVSU, Schumacher spent a year at Arkansas Tech University, where she helped the team win a Great American Conference title in 2021 and earned All-Academic honors.

High School

Schumacher graduated in the top 10 of her class at Beal City High School in 2021. A four-year letterwinner and consistent honor roll student, she helped lead her team to multiple conference and district championships, along with a regional title in 2018. Individually, she racked up a long list of honors: Academic All-State all four years, four-time All-Region, three-time First Team All-Conference, two-time Third Team All-State, and team Offensive MVP in 2020. She also served as team captain as an upperclassman.

Personal

Born on January 7, 2003, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Majoring in Occupational Therapy. Daughter of Ed and Brook Schumacher.

Recent Games
Oct 31 Lake Superior State W, 3-0
Nov 1 at Roosevelt W, 3-0
Nov 8 at #12 Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Nov 9 at Wayne State L, 3-0
Nov 15 Michigan Tech L, 3-1
Nov 16 Northern Michigan L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 26 16
Sets 76 49
Kills 81 50
Kills per set 1.07 1.02
Errors 30 18
Total Attacks 216 139
Total Attacks per set 2.84 2.84
Hitting Percentage .236 .230
Assists 2 2
Assists per set 0.03 0.04
Service Aces 8 3
Service Errors 17 11
Service Aces per set 0.11 0.06
Receptions 1 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 25 19
Digs per set 0.33 0.39
Block Solo 10 7
Block Assist 55 28
Block Total 65 35
Blocks per set 0.86 0.71
Block Errors 4 3
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 126.5 74.0
Points per set 1.7 1.5
Matches started 22 14
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 6 vs. Central State W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 10 .300 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Sep 6 at Cedarville L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 10 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Sep 7 vs. Lock Haven W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 vs. Missouri Western State L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 9 -.111 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 5.0
Sep 13 vs. Tiffin L, 3-1 - 2 2 3 6 -.167 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
Sep 14 vs. Bemidji St. L, 3-1 1 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 14 vs. Northwood L, 3-0 - 2 0 2 5 -.400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.0
Sep 19 at Lake Superior State L, 3-0 1 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 21 Roosevelt W, 3-0 1 2 3 1 7 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 25 at Northwood L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 8 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 6.5
Sep 27 Wayne State L, 3-1 - 2 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2.5
Sep 28 #16 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 8 1 16 .438 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Oct 4 at Northern Michigan L, 3-1 - 3 6 0 13 .462 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 9.0
Oct 5 at Michigan Tech L, 3-2 1 5 5 1 18 .222 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0 7 0 9.5
Oct 11 at #4 Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 7 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Oct 12 at Davenport L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Oct 18 vs. Upper Iowa L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 7 .000 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 3.5
Oct 18 vs. William Jewell L, 3-0 1 3 5 0 9 .556 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 19 vs. Ky. Wesleyan W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 12 .667 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 7 0 13.5
Oct 25 Purdue Northwest L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 11 .182 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Oct 26 Parkside L, 3-2 1 5 5 2 12 .250 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 0 6.0
Oct 31 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 10 .200 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 1 at Roosevelt W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 5 .200 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Nov 8 at #12 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 1 2 2 1 7 .143 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Nov 9 at Wayne State L, 3-0 1 3 1 2 7 -.143 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 3.0
Nov 15 Michigan Tech L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 5 .000 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 4.5
Nov 16 Northern Michigan L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 8 .375 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2022-23 22 56 28 0.50 23 105 .048 3 0.05 5 0.09 1 0 26 0.46 5 40 45 0.80 58.0 1.0
2023-24 11 33 48 1.45 16 133 .241 1 0.03 2 0.06 2 1 8 0.24 2 27 29 0.88 65.5 2.0
2024-25 26 76 81 1.07 30 216 .236 2 0.03 8 0.11 1 0 25 0.33 10 55 65 0.86 126.5 1.7
Total 59 165 157 0.95 69 454 .194 6 0.04 15 0.09 4 1 59 0.36 17 122 139 0.84 250.0 1.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 26 76 81 1.07 30 216 .236 2 0.03 8 0.11 1 0 25 0.33 10 55 65 0.86 126.5 1.7
Conference 16 49 50 1.02 18 139 .230 2 0.04 3 0.06 0 0 19 0.39 7 28 35 0.71 74.0 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 27 29 1.07 9 72 .278 2 0.07 2 0.07 0 0 13 0.48 3 11 14 0.52 39.5 1.5
Away 10 28 30 1.07 11 85 .224 0 0.00 1 0.04 0 0 6 0.21 5 23 28 1.00 47.5 1.7
Neutral 8 21 22 1.05 10 59 .203 0 0.00 5 0.24 1 0 6 0.29 2 21 23 1.10 39.5 1.9
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Wins 5 14 21 1.50 5 44 .364 1 0.07 3 0.21 0 0 6 0.43 1 8 9 0.64 29.0 2.1
Losses 21 62 60 0.97 25 172 .203 1 0.02 5 0.08 1 0 19 0.31 9 47 56 0.90 97.5 1.6
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September 11 25 29 1.16 12 77 .221 0 0.00 2 0.08 1 0 4 0.16 4 18 22 0.88 44.0 1.8
October 10 37 42 1.14 12 107 .280 2 0.05 5 0.14 0 0 17 0.46 3 28 31 0.84 64.0 1.7
November 5 14 10 0.71 6 32 .125 0 0.00 1 0.07 0 0 4 0.29 3 9 12 0.86 18.5 1.3