Kellie Schmitt (2020) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Kellie Schmitt

Induction:
2020
Class:
2009

Schmitt, who also served as an assistant coach for the Thundering Herd, is Marshall's all-time leader in career combined wins (singles and doubles) with 236. She was named Conference USA's Player of the Year three times (2007, 2008 and 2009) after earning the league's Freshman of the Year honor in 2006. A four-time all-conference performer in singles, she teamed with Lynzee Keever to win the C-USA doubles championship in 2006 and 2007 and was first-team all-league in doubles with Karolina Soor in 2009. Schmitt teamed with Soor in 2008 to win the ITA Atlantic Region doubles title. Schmitt twice won the Dr. Dorothy Hicks Award as Marshall's female student-athlete of the year (2008 and 2009). Schmitt is also Marshall's all-time leader in singles wins (127), single-season victories (35 in 2007), singles winning percentage (77.9) and is second only to Dominika Zaprazna in career doubles wins with 109.