Stephanie Marguerite Schmidt (born November 1, 1989 as Stephanie McVicar in

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, Saskatchewan) is a

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curler, artist, and designer from

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. She currently plays

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on Team

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Design career

Schmidt received a bachelor's degree in Design at

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and a minor in

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, completed at

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2013. In 2013, Schmidt would intern for the

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and assist in designing the

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and the set of

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's Rider Coaches Show.

Curling career

Juniors

Schmidt made her first national curling debut skipping at the

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. Schmidt and team would finish 4th overall. The following year she would skip her team to another provincial title, representing Saskatchewan at the

2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2008 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 2–10 at the Soo Curlers Association and Tarentorous Curling Club in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2008 World Junior Curlin ...

women's event. Her team would have success at the event finishing with a round robin record of 8–4. This was good enough to get the team into a tiebreaker situation. They would win two tiebreakers, before meeting Nova Scotia in the semi-final. After an 8–7 win, the team would move onto the final where they would meet Manitoba's

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. After a well played game the team would claim a silver medal in the event, losing by a single point. Schmidt would be part of the 2nd all-star team at the championship.

2010–current

Schmidt would move to Nova Scotia for the 2010–11 curling season, where she would join

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's squad. The team would compete in the 2011 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They would go through round robin with a 5–2 record, which was enough to secure second place. They would lose the semi-final to

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who would go on to win a bronze medal at the National championship. A year later at the

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, the team would finish round robin with a 4–3 record, which was enough to secure a tiebreaker. The team would end up losing the tiebreaker to Colleen Pinkney. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Schmidt was dropped by Arsenault who teamed up with former teammate

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. Schmidt was expected to join the team as the alternate player, but instead joined

as her new third. Schmidt returned to Saskatchewan to join the

Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central r ...

rink for the 2014–15 season. The rink won the 2015 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts and went on to finish fourth at the

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. Schmidt left the team after the season and joined the

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rink at second. Schmidt would not return to the

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after the team lost the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game to eventual champions

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. Schmidt would once again chance rinks the following season and join the

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team at third. The rink didn't even qualify for the 2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Schmidt once again joined the Lawton rink the following season. They lost the tiebreaker at the

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and got to play in the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2

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event where they lost in the quarterfinal to

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. Schmidt took time off from competitive curling after the season. After the

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rink won the 2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Schmidt was asked if she would be their alternate at the

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. The team finished in fifth with a 6–5 record. On March 19, 2020, it was announced that Schmidt would be forming her own team for the 2020–21 season which consisted of

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, Jennifer Armstrong and

Rachel Erickson Rachel Erickson (born January 9, 1999) is a Canadian curler from Maryfield, Saskatchewan. She is currently the lead on Team Chelsea Carey. She was the alternate for the Mackenzie Zacharias rink that won the 2020 World Junior Curling Championshi ...

. The team played in three local events during the abbreviated season, qualifying in one of them. After the season, Brooklyn Stevenson left the team. Schmidt, Armstrong and Erickson then added

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and

for the 2021–22 season, shifting Schmidt to second. The new Team Carey found success in just their second event together, going undefeated to claim the Craven SPORTS Services Curling Classic tour event title. They then made the semifinals of the

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where they were eliminated by

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. At the event, however, they were able to defeat the likes of

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and

en route to the semifinals. They also qualified for the playoffs at the

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, SaskTour Women's Moose Jaw,

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and the

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, however, were not able to reach the final in any of the four events. Their next event was the

2022 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2022 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 5 to 9 at the Assiniboia Curling Club in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. The winning Penny Barker team repre ...

, which they entered as the top ranked team. Team Carey qualified through the A-side of the tournament with a perfect 3–0 record. This earned them a spot in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game where they defeated

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. In the final, they once again faced the Barker rink. This time, Team Barker would win the match 7–5, despite Team Carey beating them in both the A Final and 1 vs. 2 page playoff game. Despite this, they still qualified for the

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as Wild Card #2 after Curling Canada used the same format from the 2021 event due to the pandemic. At the championship, the team finished with a 4–4 round robin record, not advancing to the playoff round. Team Carey wrapped up their season at the

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where they missed the playoffs. On April 3, 2022, the team announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the 2021–22 season. Schmidt and Armstrong later announced that they would be joining

and

Krysten Karwacki Krysten Karwacki (born April 30, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the former lead for the Cathy Overton-Clapham team and currently plays lead on Team Nancy Martin Career *Semifinalist at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curlin ...

on a newly formed team for the 2022–23 season. Martin would skip the team, with Schmidt playing third, Armstrong at second and Karwacki at lead.

Personal life

Schmidt currently lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. She is married to Canadian curler Aryn Schmidt, and has two children.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Stephanie 1989 births Living people Curlers from Nova Scotia Curlers from Saskatoon Canadian women curlers Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Cup (curling) participants