Josh Scheffert

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Scheffert dominated the prep ranks at Lincoln Southeast High School under Randy Brolhorst...Co-captained the Lincoln Journal Star's Super-State Team in 2009, hitting .416 with 32 RBIs while drawing 17 intentional walks...Pitched when not playing shortstop, going 6-2 with three saves and a 0.96 ERA, fanning 77 over 51 innings...Selected to play in the 2008 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif...Garnered first-team all-state accolades from both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald as a junior, hitting .447 with 16 doubles, four triples and four home runs, while also going 6-2 with a 0.50 ERA...Fanned 59 and walked only 13 over 56 innings to help the Knights to a berth in the 2008 Class A state tournament...Garnered second-team Super-State honors from the Journal Star in 2007, hitting .427 with a state-high five homers and 29 RBIs...Is also an accomplished student, earning a spot on the LSE honor roll throughout his high school career...Born on Feb. 23, 1991, in Lincoln...Parents are Skip and Candice (Hoffman) Scheffert...Has one younger sister (Sara)...Mother played softball at Nebraska in 1979 and 1980...Has not chosen a major at NU, but finished his first semester with a 3.19 GPA.