[5] His win marked the first time an American male skier had won an individual distance event since Bill Koch in 1983.

[10] He graduated from Service High School in 2018 and is currently enrolled as a part-time student at the University of Alaska Anchorage in pursuit of a Civil Engineering degree.

He swept both individual races at the Alaska state high school championships to claim the title of Skimeister, awarded to the skier with the best combined times, in both 2017 and 2018.

[14][15][6] While on break from the World Cup ski tour, Schumacher competed in the American Birkebeiner in Wisconsin, and won the men's 50 km freestyle race on February 24, 2024.

Kennedy later shared a video of the testimony with his millions of followers, resulting in significant online harassment directed at Schumacher.