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Cynthia (Schmidt) Heath - Gymnastics (1967-70)
Cynthia (Schmidt) Heath was a four-year member of the Washburn gymnastics team earning three letters overall. She was a national champion in the vault in 1968. At the same national meet, she placed 17th in the balance beam. She also won the balance beam and vaulting competition at the Kansas State event during the 1968 and 1970 seasons and took first place at the 1968 and 1970 meets at Missouri in the beam and finishing second in the vault. Heath was part of the team which finished fourth in the nation at the National Intercollegiate Championships held at Brigham Young. Schmidt placed seventh in the vault and 24th in floor exercise and 32nd in the balance beam. At the Emporia State meet, she took first in the balance beam, second in the vault and in floor exercise placing her second in the all-around as well.
Schmidt is a 1971 Washburn graduate and also received degrees from Kansas State in 1978 and graduated from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. She was named the Lila Day Monroe Award recipient in 2013 and she is a member of the Washburn University Foundation Board of Trustees. She has two children Ashley Heath and Heather Ryan. Schmidt was inducted into the Washburn Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
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