A native of West Hills, California, Schaefer is a sports journalism student at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is a play-by-play broadcaster for KASC Blaze Radio, ASU’s student-run station, where he has called baseball, basketball, football, hockey and softball. After being named KASC’s "Broadcaster of the Year" as a freshman, Schaefer will serve as the play-by-play voice for Sun Devils’ baseball and softball on the Pac-12 Digital Networks this season. Last summer, he worked as the voice of the Arroyo Seco Saints of the California Collegiate League. Schaefer points to Vin Scully and former Los Angeles Kings television broadcaster Bob Miller as his biggest broadcasting idols. This will be his first summer on the Cape.