Get to Know: 2017 OF Richie Schiekofer (Millburn HS, NJ)

By TJ Hunt
Director of Scouting, New Jersey

As we continue to shape-the-state here in New Jersey, several different unique features will be available on our website. Player Spotlights, Progress Reports, Scouting Blogs, Rankings and Top-Performer Lists, and so much more. Without the players we have nothing, so let’s take this a bit more personal - Get To Know: Our new article feature that hones in on what our Garden State players are up to, what makes them tick, and some real-candid inside access...  

Name: Richie Schiekofer
High School: Millburn
Position: OF
State Rank: 34
Commitment: Maryland

PBR: Let's start with your baseball commitment to Maryland. Tell us about the decision-making process? How excited are you to play in the Big Ten? 

Schiekofer: I decided on Maryland because I’ve always wanted to go there. I looked at it as a freshman and loved it. The campus is great, and the coaching staff is a bunch of outstanding coaches who are dedicated to making the program successful. They have already done a great job in the last couple of years, having made the Regional and  Super Regional in back to back years in 2014 and 2015, and I’m looking forward to helping the team win it all in the next couple of years.

PBR: Baseball has an unbelievable way of positively shaping young man on and off the field. Tell us one life-lesson you have picked up over the years playing the game, and how that life-lesson may impact you later in life? 

Schiekofer: Baseball has taught me how to accept failure and stay positive. Baseball does a great job teaching this, mostly because it’s a game of failure; you are considered successful if you get a hit 30% of the time.

Schiekofer: I would say I have five tool potential, because I can run, hit, field, and throw pretty well. I just need to let my body develop because I’m projected to keep growing over the next few years.

PBR: We are knee-deep into the off-season schedule. Tell us about your training, and spring preparation.