SMSU Athletics

2018: Academic All-NSIC ... played in all 11 games ... had 18 tackles with one half tackle for loss on the season ... season-high four tackles with one half tackle for loss at UMary. 

2017: Played in all 11 games ... finished the season with 16 tackles ... season-high four tackles at MSU Moorhead ... had three tackles vs. Winona State.

2016: Sat out season as a redshirt ... named team scout special teams player of the year ... named scout special teams player of the week vs. Northern State and Augustana.

High School: 2016 graduate of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn HS ... played for coach Kyle Oswald … three-year letter winner … member of 8-man state championship team as a senior … selected first team all-district … named district defensive player of the year … named all-state at quarterback … selected to All-Northwest Iowa team … rushed for 2,236 yards and passed for 1,222 as a senior … also racked up 115 tackles … scored 86 career touchdowns … letter winner in basketball, track, golf and baseball.

Personal: Born April 28, 1998 ... son of Brian Specht and Geri Lynn Schroeder ... exercise science major.