Education
He attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana, and he was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1985 as the best high school football player in the United States.
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Career
He then played college football at the quarterback position for the Indiana University Hoosiers football team He led the 1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team to victories over both Michigan and Ohio State, becoming the only Indiana quarterback to record victories against both teams in the same year. The following year, he was selected by the conference coaches as the second-team quarterback on the 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team
Schnell was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007 and died from the disease in May 2011 at age 44.
He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in May 2010. Now, each year in August, there is a golf-outing held at Christiana Creek Country Club in Elkhart, Indiana in his honor to raise money for the David East. Schnell Scholarship fund.
This scholarship fund serves to provide local high school seniors with a scholarship if they are to continue to play football in college.
