Christie Schiel
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Bobcat Track’s Christie Schiel Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award
6/27/2017 1:31:00 PM | Women's Track and Field, Student Services
Christie Schiel was a standout on and off the track for Montana State. Her achievements throughout were enough to make her the Bobcats' nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year.
INDIANAPOLIS. – Montana State track and field's Christie Schiel was selected as the athletic department's nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year for the 2016-17 school year, the organization announced Tuesday, June 27.
A record 543 female college athletes have been nominated by NCAA member schools for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991 and now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
Schiel won back-to-back Big Sky Conference Outdoor 800-meter titles as a sophomore and junior with lifetime-best marks each year. She completed her indoor career by breaking the 800 school record and winning her first Big Sky indoor title in 2017 with a time of 2:07.68, which is also the eighth fastest in conference history. Schiel became the program's record holder in the outdoor 800 during her senior season with her mark of 2:07.89. She finished runner-up in her final Big Sky Conference 800-meter final, but still qualified as the 21st seed to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.
Schiel earned all-conference honors five times for the Bobcats. She ended her Big Sky outdoor tenure by serving as a member of a silver-medal winning 4x400 relay squad which set a school record time of 3:40.28. She also is part of the second fastest distance medley relay (11:45.63) and the sixth fastest ever (11:47.79) for MSU. Schiel is seventh on the Montana State all-time indoor top 10 list in the mile (4:51.01) and is eighth on the outdoor top 10 list in the 1,500 (4:30.89). She wrapped up her career with a top mark individually in an event or part of a relay over 25 times.
The Cheyenne, Wyo., native graduated this spring with a degree in industrial and management systems engineering. She had a standout career off the track, graduating with a 3.83 GPA while volunteering with several organizations. She spent time working with Little Bobcat Track, MSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Special Olympics and the Bozeman School District.
She also achieved multiple accomplishments and special recognition. She was an academic all-conference honoree each year of her collegiate tenure along with a Dean's List selection each semester she attended MSU. Schiel served as a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, completed internships with Advanced Forming Technology and HP Inc., and was a finalist for MSU's College of Engineering Gold Medal Award.
The school nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, with 229 from Division I, 117 from Division II and 197 from Division III. The nominees competed in 21 different women's sports, and 122 were multisport athletes during their time in college.
Next, conferences will select up to two conference nominees each from the pool of school nominees. The Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees — 10 from each division. The top 30 honorees will be recognized and the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 22 in Indianapolis.
A record 543 female college athletes have been nominated by NCAA member schools for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991 and now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.
Schiel won back-to-back Big Sky Conference Outdoor 800-meter titles as a sophomore and junior with lifetime-best marks each year. She completed her indoor career by breaking the 800 school record and winning her first Big Sky indoor title in 2017 with a time of 2:07.68, which is also the eighth fastest in conference history. Schiel became the program's record holder in the outdoor 800 during her senior season with her mark of 2:07.89. She finished runner-up in her final Big Sky Conference 800-meter final, but still qualified as the 21st seed to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.
Schiel earned all-conference honors five times for the Bobcats. She ended her Big Sky outdoor tenure by serving as a member of a silver-medal winning 4x400 relay squad which set a school record time of 3:40.28. She also is part of the second fastest distance medley relay (11:45.63) and the sixth fastest ever (11:47.79) for MSU. Schiel is seventh on the Montana State all-time indoor top 10 list in the mile (4:51.01) and is eighth on the outdoor top 10 list in the 1,500 (4:30.89). She wrapped up her career with a top mark individually in an event or part of a relay over 25 times.
The Cheyenne, Wyo., native graduated this spring with a degree in industrial and management systems engineering. She had a standout career off the track, graduating with a 3.83 GPA while volunteering with several organizations. She spent time working with Little Bobcat Track, MSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Special Olympics and the Bozeman School District.
She also achieved multiple accomplishments and special recognition. She was an academic all-conference honoree each year of her collegiate tenure along with a Dean's List selection each semester she attended MSU. Schiel served as a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, completed internships with Advanced Forming Technology and HP Inc., and was a finalist for MSU's College of Engineering Gold Medal Award.
The school nominees represent all three NCAA divisions, with 229 from Division I, 117 from Division II and 197 from Division III. The nominees competed in 21 different women's sports, and 122 were multisport athletes during their time in college.
Next, conferences will select up to two conference nominees each from the pool of school nominees. The Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will then choose the top 30 honorees — 10 from each division. The top 30 honorees will be recognized and the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 22 in Indianapolis.
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Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
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Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
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