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Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181.
Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181.
She had been playing in the Women's National Basketball Association for the Detroit Shock, until her release 18 June 2009. In her professional career she plays in Spanish League in Arranz Burgos, Perfumerías Avenida and now in UB F.C.Barcelona. She is currently playing professional beach volleyball on the Avon Products Tour.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in Canada She was a communications science major at the University of Connecticut.
She plays the violin and lists her favorite on-court moment as winning the 2000 National Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship. Her nickname is "Schuey" or "schu".
At age 23, Schumacher was selected by the Indiana Fever in the first round (14th overall) of the Women's National Basketball Association draft on April 20, 2001. Schumacher was named to the team representing the United States of America in 2000 at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.
They then beat South of Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game.
Japan started out strongly, and had an 18 point lead in the first half. The United States of America then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The United States of America built a ten point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go.
Schumacher had 24 points to help the United States of America team beat Japan 83–80.
The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn"t close, with the United States of America winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal. Schumacher tied Camille Cooper for the team rebounding lead with 7.3 rebounds per game.
After playing professional volleyball, Schumacher is returning to basketball, signing with the Spanish professional team Rivas Ecópolis.
She has appeared in more games (159) than any player in Fever history. Fever"s starting power forward in first 14 games of 2005. Second all-time in career blocked shots for the Fever. Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004. Pro career highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in an 81-57 win over San Antonio, July 23, 2003. Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181. Secretariat National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Final Four record with nine blocked shots as Connecticut defeated Tennessee for the 2000 national championship. Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004. She is the Indiana Fever"s career leader in blocked shots She has appeared in more games than any other player in Indiana Fever history She recorded 717 points during her collegiate career at the University of Connecticut She has been voted Most Valuable Player in basketball, volleyball and soccer She was a member of gold medal-winning 2000 United States of America Jones Cup team She was a member of the CCAA national championship team 1996, 1997 She is ranked sixteenth in the Women's National Basketball Association, with 0.8 blocks per game She had won the Spanish female league and the cup of queen with "Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca" On February 23, 2006, she was traded to the New York Liberty Before the 2007 season, she was traded again to the Phoenix Mercury.
After her junior season at the University of Connecticut, she competed with as a member of the gold medal-winning Jones Cup Team that compiled a 4-0 record in Taipei. She was a member of gold medal-winning 2000 United States of America Jones Cup team
She was a member of the CCAA national championship team 1996, 1997.
