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Jill (Theeler) Schlekeway

Jill Theeler Schlekeway

  • Class
    2002
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field
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Nineteen-time NCAA Division II All-American in the 400 meters and the 400- and 1,600-meter relays...Twelve-time North Central Conference champion...Ran on the school record-setting and national champion 1,600 relay team to help NDSU to the 2002 NCAA indoor team national championship...NCC indoor championship MVP as a freshman in 1998...Two-time NCC outdoor championship MVP in 1999 and 2002...As a sophomore, won the 200, 400, triple jump, and ran on the winning 400 and 1,600 relays as the Bison won the 1999 NCC outdoor meet...In 2002, she was the NCAA Woman of the Year for North Dakota, NCC Stan Marshall Award winner, NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Woody Hayes National Scholar-Athlete Award and the CoSIDA Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-American of the Year...Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American...Recipient of two NCAA postgraduate scholarships...Four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree...Named to the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, joining her father, Jack, who was inducted in 2014...Set NDSU indoor records in the 55 meters (7.05), 60 meters (7.64), 400 meters (54.63), 1,600-meter relay (3:41.58)...Outdoors, set NDSU records in the 400 meters (7th, 53.91), 400-meter relay (7th, 46.02), 800-meter relay (8th, 1:41.01), 1,600-meter relay (9th, 3:38.54), 3,200-meter relay (5th, 8:53.74) and sprint medley relay (9th, 3:56.89)...Her time of 24.01 in the outdoor 200 meters was second at NDSU...Began her professional career as an athletic administrator in 2002 interning with the North Central Conference, NCAA and University of Washington before spending a year as compliance coordinator at the University of Southern California...Resume includes serving as associate athletic director at the University of South Dakota and community relations coordinator at Augustana University.
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