Schetter Named to Academic All-District First Team

For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 4, 2009

La Crosse, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior Caitlin Schetter of Kiel (H.S.) has been named to the 2009 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V College Division Women's Track & Field/Cross Country First Team. She is now eligible for the Academic All-America Team, which will be announced later this month. Schetter was selected to the 2008 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Second Team.

The all-district team is comprised of all NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA student-athletes from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota and is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

A communication studies major and sociology minor with a 3.75 grade point average, Schetter was selected the 2009 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Indoor Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season after winning her second straight long jump title, placing second in the triple jump and seventh in the 55-meter dash. She is a three-time honoree as the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Field Athlete of the Year.

Schetter earned three NCAA All-America accolades at the 2009 outdoor championships, including being the first student-athlete in school history to win the outdoor long jump national title. She also placed sixth in the triple jump and was a member of UW-L's fifth-place 4x100-meter relay.

Schetter finished her career with 13 All-America honors, including capturing the national indoor long jump crown in 2008 and 2009. She was seventh in the indoor long jump in 2007 and earned three indoor All-America honors in the triple jump, including second in 2009.

A two-time WIAC Indoor Field Performer of the Meet, Schetter won seven league titles in her career and holds three school records. She was named the 2009 WIAC Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete and is a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. Schetter has also been recognized on UW-L’s Dean’s List six semesters and was selected to the 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.