Patrick Schultz (2005)

Schultz was a tremendous and standout player for CCRI in both hockey and baseball.  The two-sport star at Wareham High School is all-time in Massachusetts high school hockey for most scored goals in a season (67).  Once coming to CCRI, he left his mark on both hockey and baseball.  In hockey, he showcased his skills on the ice by scoring 38 goals and had 33 assists; that totaled to 71 points and that was the second highest points of any junior college hockey player in the country and those 71 points ranked 8th all-time at CCRI.  Schultz was the team’s MVP, All-Tournament Team Eastern Region, All-Tournament Team Nationals, All-American first team, he won the Andre Award and was nominated for NJCAA Athlete of the Year.  In baseball, Schultz made a huge impact when he played in 1995-96, becoming NJCAA All-American third team and ABCA All-American.  He put his name in the record books for plenty of stats.  At the time, he went on to set single season records for: runs (46), hits (52), is 1st in runs batted in (74), and batting average (.430).  He also etched his name into the all-time career record books for: at bats (242), hits (101), is 1st for doubles (34), 1st for runs batted in (106), and batting average (.417).  Schultz was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays after his first season, but he decided to stay in school and he then went on to transfer to UMass-Dartmouth playing both hockey and baseball and was Division III Baseball Player of the Year.  With the success he had there, he had no luck getting drafted, but that did not stop him, Schultz went on to become an MMA fighter.  He trained and got to be a part of Spike’s reality TV show Ultimate Fighter in season 7.  After the TV show, he went on to fight more locally and then he ran Cape Cod Fighting Alliance gym in Plymouth, Mass.  Schultz had his last fight in 2014 at Mohegan Sun and was also put into Wareham’s Hall of Fame in 2014.