Career
He was the founding President of the American Hunters and Shooters Association. Born in Hawaii, his family moved to Texas, where he was an all-state lineman for Weatherford High School. He accepted a scholarship to play for Southern Methodist University where he received Academic All-American honors.
Schoenke was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1963 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
He was waived injured from the team on August 8, 1965. In 1966 after being out of football for a year, he signed as a free agent with the Green Bay Packers, who traded him to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a draft choice.
He was released by the Browns in the last cuts of the pre-season and was signed to the taxi squad of the Washington Redskins. In 1987, he was selected for the "50th Anniversary Greatest Redskins Team.” In 2002, Schoenke was picked as one of the top 100 players in the history of the Redskins.
Ray graduated from Weatherford (Tx) High School where he was an all state lineman with the Kangaroos.
An All-American and Academic All-American at Southern Methodist University, Schoenke was also named to SMU"s 75th Anniversary All Time Football Team. He also received the Silver Anniversary Mustang Award from the SMU Letterman’s Association. He founded the national insurance brokerage firm, Schoenke & Associates.
In 1998, his company was purchased by Clark Consulting Incorporated.
He also served on several boards and commissions a few being Kamehameha Schools Advisory Board of Honolulu, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Caucus, and the Maryland Governor's Commission on Gun Violence.
He was appointed by the Secretary of the Army to help in the transition of the Civilian Marksmanship Program to a private non-profit corporation. He was a candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1998.
