University of Minnesota Athletics

2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Summer Schmidt
Summer Schmit
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Summer Schmit

Summer Schmit

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Position:
    Freestyle/IM/Butterfly
  • High School:
    Mahtomedi HS
  • Hometown:
    Stillwater, Minn.
Career Honors and Awards
  • 2024 Academic All-Big Ten honoree
  • Named Hardest Worker at 2023 team banquet
  • Two-time winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet

2023-23 Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree... winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet... First Chance Meet: completed the 100 free in 59.40... Purdue/Iowa/Northwestern Quad-Dual: finished 13th in the 100 breast (1:16.29) and 15th in the 100 free (1:00.30)... Tampa Dual: placed eighth in both the 200 fly (2:28.36) and the 400 IM (5:11.41)... Minnesota Invite: broke the S9 Para American record in the 100 breast (1:14.48), completed the 200 IM in 2:20.49 and the 100 free in 59.56... Wisconsin Dual: finished seventh in both the 100 fly (1:08.39) and 200 fly (2:24.81)... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: came in 12th in both the 100 fly (1:07.42) and 100 breast (1:17.69)... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: finished eighth in the 200 fly (2:24.71)

2022-23 Freshman Season: Named Hardest Worker and winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet ... First Chance Meet: earned third in the 200 fly (2:17.42), fifth in the 200 free (1:56.88) and eighth in the 500 free (5:32.46) and 400 IM (4:57.68) ... Minnesota Invite: came in 25th in the 200 fly finals (2:14.48; S9 Para American record), 32nd in the 400 IM finals (4:52.78) and 52nd in the 500 free prelims (5:33.79) ... Iowa Dual: placed fifth in the 200 fly (2:20.98) and swam the 200 IM in an exhibition (2:27.51) ... Wisconsin Dual: claimed sixth in the 100 fly (1:06.28) and seventh in the 200 fly (2:21.90) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: took 11th in the 200 free (2:10.34), 12th in the 50 free (29.40) and swam the 200 IM in an exhibition (2:25.37) ... SMU Dual: finished eighth in the 100 fly (1:05.97) and swam the 400 IM in an exhibition (5:06.20); also part of the 400 free relay that was eighth (3:45.23) ... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: made collegiate debut by placing eighth in the 200 fly (2:21.60) and swimming the 100 fly (1:07.06)

Prep: 
Member of U.S. Paralympic Team …competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, finished fifth in the 200m IM, sixth in the 100m fly and seventh in the 400m free … at the 2022 World Championships, earned a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle and placed fourth in the 200m IM … was a silver medalist in the 200 IM and bronze medalist in the 100 breast at the 2019 Parapan Am Games … homeschooled… member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society … three-time Scholastic All-American … swam at the club level with St. Croix Swim Club since 2014… club teammates with current Gopher Chris Morris

Personal: 
Parents are Shannon Klint and Tom Schmit … has one brother, Dean, and one sister, Skye … hobbies include reading and spending time with family … born with congenital disarticulation of the right wrist and has no right hand; competes in the S9, SB9, SM9 classification

Why Minnesota: "For the incredible coaches, staff, and team, along with the opportunities available as a para swimmer."
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