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Schoenmakers attended Street Paul"s College, situated in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide.
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Ryan Schoenmakers
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He was selected with the last pick of the first round selections, pick 16, in the 2008 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. Schoenmakers started his career with the Tea Tree Gully Football Club, becoming the first Tea Tree Gully player to play in the American Federation of Labor-Congress. He moved to Norwood as a junior. Schoenmakers played at Centre Half Forward for the South Australian Under 18 side, as well as for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
He is 195 cm tall and weighs 94 kg.
He was impressive at American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft Camp, with the top ranking in the repeat sprints and in the top six in both the 20m sprint (290 sec) and standing vertical jump (69 cm). He made his debut for Hawthorn in the opening round of the 2009 American Federation of Labor-Congress season, in the rematch of the 2008 American Federation of Labor-Congress Grand Final against Geelong.
He was given the nickname "Drago" after his striking resemblance to Dolph Lundgren"s character Ivan Drago in the movie Rocky IV. Schoenmakers ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and strained the medial ligament in his right knee, during the Round 4, 2013 game against Fremantle in Launceston. He underwent a knee reconstruction and missed the 2013 premiership.
Schoenmakers returned to the senior side in round 7 of 2014, with coach Alastair Clarkson choosing to play him in the forward line.
Schoenmakers kicked four goals in the first half, before returning to the back line after Brian Lake was subbed out. Since this point, Schoenmakers has been used as a swingman between forward and defence. In the 2015 American Federation of Labor-Congress season he played both in the forward line and in defence, kicking 15 goals in 16 games.
In the finals series of 2015 he was not selected in the first final against West coast, but was selected for the next two finals.
As he had played in the loss of the 2012 grand final, was injured and could not play in the 2013 grand final, and was not selected in the 2014 Grand final. He was considered one of the best players throughout the hawks 2015 finals series.
