James Schischka

#20

James Schischka

height: 192cm

weight: 84kg

D.O.B: 24-02-2001

Leagues: AFL U18 Championships, Coates Talent League Boys

A consistent defender who was named in Vic Country’s Under-18 Championships squad but did not see a game in the end, Schischka capped off a 16-game season with the Pioneers, taking out their best and fairest award after averaging 18 disposals, 4.9 marks and 2.2 rebounds in defence. Not a huge ball winner, Schischka is just solid across a lot of areas. The best and fairest winner's self-proclaimed improvements are physicality and his speed - 3.16 seconds on the 20m sprint at the Rookie Me Draft Combine. At 192cm, Schischka is that in-between height of a medium and a key position player but he has the skills and footy IQ to be able to play as a third tall if need be. The speed and physicality improvements are ones that have to be made to play the role at a high level, but as he showed this year, the defender is able to put a consistent performance out on the park week-in, week-out.

STRENGTHS: Reading of the play, kicking, footy IQ, consistency, intercept marking
IMPROVEMENTS: Physicality, speed

DRAFT CENTRAL'S INTERVIEW WITH JAMES SCHISCHKA AT THE 2019 ROOKIE ME DRAFT COMBINE:

[audio mp3="https://cdn.draftcentral.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/James-Schischka-Bendigo-Pioneers.mp3"][/audio]

AFL U18 Championships

Season	Team	K	HB	D	M	CP	UP	T	HO	CLR	I50	R50	GL	GM	K	H	D	M	HO	T	G	DC
2019	Vic Country	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Coates Talent League Boys

Season	Team	K	HB	D	M	CP	UP	T	HO	CLR	I50	R50	GL	GM	K	H	D	M	HO	T	G	DC
2017	Bendigo Pioneers	4	2	6	2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	4.0	2.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	30
2018	Bendigo Pioneers	103	86	189	50	67	122	34	3	19	17	19	4	14	7.4	6.1	13.5	3.6	0.2	2.4	0.3	55
2019	Bendigo Pioneers	172	116	288	79	95	174	35	0	9	14	44	3	16	10.8	7.3	18.0	4.9	0.0	2.2	0.2	69
Total	-	279	204	483	131	166	298	71	3	28	32	63	8	31	9.0	6.6	15.6	4.2	0.1	2.3	0.3	154