WICHITA, Kan. – Friends University senior track & field standout Kortney Schutt has been voted as the first-ever Honorary ESPY as the Small College Female Athlete of the Year. The award is presented by ESPN Wichita 92.3.
By winning this award, Schutt will receive the same ESPY award that is awarded to the likes of Patrick Mahomes, LeBron James, etc.
Selected as both the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women's South Central Region Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, Schutt enjoyed a dominant stretch of winning three consecutive KCAC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week awards.
At the KCAC indoor track & field championships, Schutt set a new meet record to win the conference title in the weight throw (17.89m). She also won the KCAC championship in the shot put (13.59m) and put in NAIA automatic qualifier marks in both victories.
She followed that up with an All-America performance at the NAIA national indoor meet in the shot put.
The outdoor season was more of the same success for the local Wichita native with two more KCAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week nods along with being named the NAIA's top women's field athlete on Apr. 6.
Schutt then capped off her memorable senior campaign by competing at the NAIA national outdoor meet in May.
"Kortney has had an incredible final season as a Falcon," Friends track & field head coach Henry Brun said on Schutt's performance this year. "I couldn't be more proud of what she has accomplished at the conference and national levels. She has established herself as one of the all-time greats to be a part of Friends U Track & Field."
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