Bri Schmitz is in her first season as an assistant coach on the Ichabod track and field team. After wrapping up her career at Emporia State where she was named the Hornets' Female Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year in 2019.Â
Schmitz graduated with a 3.96 GPA in health promotion and has a 4.00 in her master's level program in health, physical education and recreation in 2019. She earned Google Cloud Academic All-American honors, MIAA Scholar-Athlete honros and was a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the ESU Athletic Director's Honor Roll. She has earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual honors as well as being a D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winner.
The Hiawatha, Kan. native won the MIAA Championship in the outdoor heptathlon with 5,003 points. It is the second highest point total in Emporia State history. She was named Second-Team All-American after placing ninth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She earned First-Team All-American honors for the Hornets during the indoor season by finishing fourth in the pentathlon at this year's NCAA Indoor Championships with 3,820 points. She became the first Emporia State woman to earn All-American honors in the pentathlon and gave the Hornets a 32nd place finish in the overall team standings. She set a school record with 3,837 points at the MIAA Indoor Championships, breaking a 21 year old record in the event.
