As a UL freshman, Schilling joined teammates like Randy Sonnier, future PGA rules official Mike Shea, Ben Freeman and Tommy Thomas. He admits his sophomore and junior years were a bit unfocused, but he rebounded on that GSC title team.
“I would never shoot real low, but I was never real high, either,” Schilling said. “I would hold the team together. My last round at USL, at the GSC championships in Natchitoches, we were 1 over and Coach asked me to hold it together.
“I went birdie-eagle-birdie and shot a 69. I went out in style.”