Skidmore College Athletics

Kathy Tschampel '02 is said to have propelled Women's Volleyball to state and regional prominence - and national level competition. An Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association All-Conference selection (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), UCAA Rookie of the Year (1998), and UCAA Player of the Year (1998, 2001), she led the Thoroughbreds to the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association Championship (1999), three UCAA Conference Championships (1998, 1999, 2000), and three National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances (1999, 2000, 2001).
 
The first Skidmore player to be named National Player of the Week (2000), her roster of awards also includes American Volleyball Coaches New York State All-Region Team (2001) and Skidmore Senior Athlete(2002). During Tschampel's tenure, the Thoroughbreds achieved a record 117 wins and 35 losses (0.770) and14-2 (0.857) in UCAA play.
 
Her individual performance is equally stunning. The only Skidmore player to have the most kills all four years, she holds a career tally of 2,296 (4.31 per game) in 5,094 attempts with an impressive 0.308 hitting percentage, and 2,657 points (4.98 per game), ranking her at the top of the Thoroughbred record book for outside hitters. One of 32 players in Division Ill history to have surpassed 1,600 kills and 1,600 digs, she remains NCAA-ranked tenth in career kills and fourteenth in matches played (152).