RJ Schreck

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Duke assistant head coach Josh Jordan talks to junior outfielder RJ Schreck (40) in Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC on April 11, 2021. The Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils 11-5.

RJ Schreck celebrates his third home run

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Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Harvard-Westlake
B/T:
L/R

Career: Slashed .288/.395/.506 in his career with 21 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 94 RBIs ... also drew 66 walks and 21 hit-by-pitches ... his .506 slugging percentage ranks 16th all-time in program history while his 26 long balls sit tied for 11th ... ranks tied for 23rd in program history with 21 hit-by-pitches ... enjoyed a stellar junior season that culminated in third-team All-ACC, ABCA All-Atlantic Region and NCAA All-Regional honors ... led the team with 18 home runs, the fourth-most in Duke history, and a .635 slugging percentage, the ninth-highest in program lore ... two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District ... ACC All-Academic Team ... Senior CLASS Award first-team All-American.

2022: Senior CLASS Award first-team All-American ... returned as one of the few positional starters, appearing and starting in 47 games ... hit .288 with nine doubles, one triple and eight home runs while adding 37 RBIs ... drew 26 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches to 29 strikeouts ... led the team with nine multi-RBI games, including three games with four or more ... went 5-for-9 with one double and two home runs five RBIs in the last two games of the series with Bucknell (3/5-6) ... finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs on two solo home runs against North Carolina (3/18) ... hit 3-for-4 and added three runs scored in a win against the 15th-ranked Tar Heels (3/19) ... went 3-for-4 with a big fly against William & Mary (3/22) ... put together an eight-game hitting streak from April 14 - May 1, in which he hit .500 (17-for-34) with 14 RBIs ... had a stellar weekend at Georgia Tech, hitting 8-for-14 with eight RBIs, three runs scored, a double and a home run ... also recorded a pair of hits in back-to-back games against Pittsburgh (5/8) and East Carolina (5/10) ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team.

2021: Third Team All-ACC outfielder … ABCA All-Atlantic Second Team honoree … named to the NCAA Knoxville Regional All-Region Team … burst onto the scene as one of Duke’s top hitters and a staple in the outfield … led the team in home runs (18), RBIs (52) and slugging percentage (.635) … second on the team and ninth in the ACC in batting average with a .337 clip … led the team in multi-RBI games (14) and second in multi-hit games (20) … his 18 home runs ranked fifth in the conference and tied for fourth all-time by a Blue Devil in a single season … placed ninth all-time in slugging percentage (.635) at Duke in single season … his 52 RBIs ranked seventh in the league … also totaled 70 hits and 49 runs scored to rank seventh and ninth in the ACC, respectively … teamed up with Peter Matt to be the second duo in program history to hit 15+ home runs in a season … assisted a Duke squad that blasted 78 home runs to rank fourth in school history and the most under head coach Chris Pollard … helped lead Duke to the 2021 ACC Baseball Championship title, winning the tournament for the first time in Duke history … helped the Blue Devils to win 12 straight heading into NCAA postseason play, the longest winning streak by a Duke team since 1998 … matched Griffin Conine’s 18 home runs in 2018 for the most home runs by a single player under Pollard … hit a trio of long balls against Wright State in the NCAA Regional (6/5), the first Blue Devil to hit three home runs in a game since Evan Dougherty in 2016 … opened the season 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a double at No. 23 Coastal Carolina (2/20) … went 3-for-5 and four RBIs in the series opener against Boston College (2/26) … finished 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs in back-to-back games, versus William & Mary (5/4) and at No. 11 Louisville (5/7) … set a career high of five RBIs at Clemson (5/21), going 3-for-4 with two home runs … put together a 4-for-6 day with three home runs and a double while matching his career high of 5 RBIs against Wright State at the Knoxville Regional (6/5).

2020: Saw action in seven games on the season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, making two starts … made his season debut in the series finale with Cornell (2/23), recording a walk in his pinch-hit at-bat … came off the bench in the second game of the CambriaCollegeClassic versus Minnesota (2/29), recording one walk and one run scored … earned the start in the midweek matchup with Campbell (3/4), finishing 1-for-3.

2019: Saw action in 32 contests across his freshman season, making 21 starts in the outfield … made his collegiate debut in game two against Northwestern (2/23), entering late as a defensive replacement … recorded his first career RBI with a two run double against East Carolina (3/12), finishing 1-for-2 in the effort … scored the first run of his career in game two at Miami (5/17), finishing the ballgame 1-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored … posted his first career multi-hit outing in the ACC Baseball Championship against Georgia Tech (5/24), closing out the contest 2-for-4 … recorded a career-high three hits in the opening game of the Nashville Super Regional against Vanderbilt, going 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs scored.

High School: Rated as the No. 48 outfielder in the state of California by Perfect Game … attended Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, Calif. … batted .480 as a junior with two home runs across 27 games played … as a senior, batted .410 with three long balls across 30 games …. Named to the All CIF First Team in 2017 … named First Team All State in 2018 … selected as the Mission League MVP as a senior.

Personal: born Robert Jonathan Schreck on July, 12, 2000 in Los Angeles, Calif. … son of Doug Schreck and Tina Koopersmith … has two brothers, Jeremy and Ben.

Last updated 6/12/2022