For his final year of baseball, second baseman, Paul Schuyler decided to keep moving north to Wayne State College, his third location on his trip from Concordia, Kan. to Wayne, Neb.
Schuyler started his college baseball journey in 2023 at Cloud Community College where he played in 101 games before making his way back home to play for The University of Nebraska – Omaha in 2025.
“Well, going from Cloud to Omaha was kind of a relief, like kind of going back home, kind of feeling,” Schuyler said. “So yeah, that was nice just to be able to go back to my family because after two years in college, going back home, living at home was nice.”
Schuyler did have a whisper in his ear however while committing to UNO as Conlin Grady, a teammate of Schuyler’s from Cloud Community College, was talking with him during the entire process.
“This is actually awesome,” Schuyler said. “So, me and Conlin were actually talking about this before I committed to Omaha. He was talking about, ‘oh, you should come to Wayne.’ And I was actually, you know, kind of thinking about it, but I never talked to Coach Koch so, I committed to Omaha.”
At UNO Schuyler played in 14 games with an average of .276 with eight hits, five walks and four hit-by-pitches.
Once the season finished Schuyler felt like things “weren’t going to work out” and with the push from Grady, Schuyler made things serious and transferred to WSC after the fall 2025 semester. This meant Schuyler had about a month with the team before going to Hawaii, but it started off easy but different than Schuyler would have hoped.
“It was pretty easy just like being a senior and being around college baseball for a while, kind of helps you be able to dictate how you’re going to go into a different team, a different environment,” Schuyler said. “But that first week I was here, I was sick. I had COVID the first week I was here. So, the first couple practices, I kind of was just there observing and I didn’t really do too much.”
With not being able to practice, Schuyler said he focused on getting to know the guys and Head Coach Alex Koch saw this process happen quickly.
“As far as team chemistry goes, it just helped that a lot of our guys have played with him and know his personality and stuff,” Koch said. “And if you spend five minutes with Paul, it doesn’t take long to learn his personality and his bubbly, infectious and positive attitude. Kid just loves playing baseball and being around it. So, he just meshed really well with what we got going here.”
Schuyler’s partner in the middle infield, shortstop Nate Cunningham, brought up how the team culture is what made it easy to get to know Schuyler and help him fit in right away.
“I’m hanging out with them outside of the field too,” Cunningham said. “He meshed right away with a ton of our guys. I feel like our team culture as a whole is very inclusive. Everyone gets along with everyone, and I think that our culture really played a big part in him meshing with our team right away and getting along with everyone.”
While trying to get to know everyone on the team, Schuyler was still dealing with other difficulties moving onto campus.
“My mom came down, she stayed with me because I was sick with COVID, so that was unbelievable,” Schuyler said. “And then setting up the payments, it was pretty hectic, man. It was hectic. I’d say I was freaking out. My mom was freaking out trying to get me all set up, set in, make sure I’m healthy and stuff, but, yeah, hectic and quick.”
Schuyler moved onto campus after a spot opened up with Jace Coleman, a pitcher and transfer from USF on the team, which he said helped him feel more comfortable with the team.
“It makes me feel like I’m not the [only] new kid or the new guy,” Schuyler said. “It’s kind of a guy in the same spot as me and it makes me feel like I could talk to him about more. We were kind of more relatable in conversations. We both came from the same situation so, being able to talk to him about that, that’s been pretty good.”
After just a month Schuyler got on a plane with WSC to go play games in Hawaii where he started every game.
Schuyler has played in a total of 29 of the 33 games this season where he’s hitting .317 with 32 hits including five doubles, one triple and two home runs in addition to having 12 stolen bases.
“When he came in, we knew he was going to be a contact hitter, find his way on base, steal some bags, but he’s really starting to show some pop in his bat,” Koch said. “He’s kind of bounced anywhere from around the top and the bottom of the order, and now he’s hitting with some pop and driving in runs and he’s really fit well in the middle of the order. So, he’s kind of a utility knife for us as far as where we can put him in the lineup because he can do a lot of different things.”
In the field Schuyler is seen as a “vocal leader” and brings the energy and sense of composure to the field.
“He stays really composed even when things aren’t going the right way or we’re in the midst of an inning and we’re giving up some runs,” Cunningham said. “He’s really good at calming pitchers down and keeping everyone pretty levelheaded.”
Not even a full season in Schuyler has entered the record books, holding the record for most RBIs in a game, nine, against Bemidji State in addition to recording 25 RBIs so far this season.
“Obviously, he’s in the record books now, nine RBIs in one game. His name is going to be solidified that way,” Koch said. “I told him the other day, I congratulated him on player of the week, and I said, ‘we’ve done some special things in an 11-game win streak playing some good baseball right now, but we’ve got a lot more special things to do, and he needs to be a big part of it.”
