Schetter Named to Academic All-America Second Team for Second Straight Year

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 19, 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-America Women's Track & Field/Cross Country College Division Second Team for the second straight year.

She is the 11th Academic All-American in women's track and field/cross country at UW-L, joining Jennifer Miller (1992), Hilde de Boer (1997), Lace Van Zeeland (1997, 1998), Jenny Fielder (1999), Patti Franckowiak (1999), Tina Basten (2001), Ellen Findlay (2001, 2002), Jocelyn Loe (2002, 2003), Angela Hilgers (2005) and Julia Rudd (2006). Van Zeeland and Loe were both two-time Academic All-American First Team selections while Findlay was a first team choice in 2002 and second-team honoree in 2001. Fielder earned Academic All-American First Team accolades in cross country in 1999 and 2000 and was a second-team selection in track and field in 1999.

Franckowiak and Basten were also first team honorees while Miller, de Boer and Hilgers were second team choices and Rudd was a third team selection.

UW-L has now had 56 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans in school history, including at least one selection in 17 consecutive years.

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.