Olivet College’s Schultz earns CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors

AUSTIN, Texas – Olivet College junior Allyson Schultz has earned 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America® Division III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country honors. She is a second-team selection.

As a member of the Comet cross country team during the fall 2015 season, Schultz was selected to the second-team All-MIAA and USTFCCCA All-Academic teams. She ran a season-best time of 23:10.4 for a 6K race. In track and field, Schultz posted career-best outdoor times of 2:35.91 in the 800-meter run; 5:04.27 in the 1,500-meter run; 18:14.77 in the 5,000-meter run; and 38:44.37 in the 10,000-meter run. She finished in fifth-place in the 5K and 10K at the 2016 MIAA Field Day. Schultz holds the school record times in three indoor events (800, mile, 3K) and one outdoor event (5K).

An actuarial science major, Schultz has a 3.9907 grade point average at the conclusion of the 2016 spring semester. She has been on the Dean's List or President's List every semester during her time at Olivet. Schultz is also a President's Leadership Institute fellow.

Schultz is the third Olivet student-athlete to earn All-America® honors during the 2015-16 academic year, and earns the 28th Academic All-America® award in Olivet history. In addition, she is the third women's track/cross country runner in school history to earn the honor. The other two were Stephanie Green (third-team in 2006) and Jenna Mayle (second-team in 2014).

The CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2015-16 D-III Academic All-America® teams program.

To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.