Marshall University Athletics
Hall of Fame Spotlight: Kellie Schmitt
9/13/2020 2:03:00 PM | General, Women's Tennis, Big Green Scholarship Foundation
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame Committee announced the 2020 induction class in March, but this weekend's Hall of Fame Weekend festivities were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and changes to the Marshall football schedule. The Thundering Herd was originally scheduled to host the University of Pittsburgh at Joan C. Edwards Stadium this weekend, but that game was canceled. The Marshall football program is off this weekend.
Marshall Athletics and the Hall of Fame Committee look forward to honoring this induction class at a date to be determined.
This weekend, all nine members of the 2020 class will be spotlighted on HerdZone.com, Marshall's official athletics website.
Next up: Kellie Schmitt, who was a star tennis player at Marshall from 2005 to 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.
