It’s the first trophy likely of many to come for Kansas State’s newest track and field star.
New Westminster’s Nina Schultz was celebrated for her accomplishments to date in her freshman year at Kansas State, picking up the school’s Athletic Female Newcomer of the Year award at the Mark Chapman Powercat Choice Awards banquet last week in Manhattan, Kan.
Her award covered all 16 varsity sports, recognizing the 18-year-old for
her impressive resume: winning her first NCAA heptathlon event; setting a new Canadian under-20 women’s mark; and posting the second-best point total this year at an NCAA competition.
At last month’s Jim Click Combined Events in Arizona, the New West Spartans product counted off six new personal bests, while breaking the 6,000-point barrier for the first time.
“This season my goal going in was to go over 6,000, so I wasn’t really thinking about it in my first meet,” Schultz told the Record last month.
Her point tally of 6,021 also stands as third-best this year in the world.
All that’s left in the season is next week’s Big 12, followed by the NCAA championships next month in Oregon.
Last week, Schultz teamed up to help Kansas State collect medals in a pair of relays – finishing second in the 4x200 relay and third in the women’s shuttle hurdles.
