Katie Schlather

Photo by: Trevor Cokley

Class:
Freshman
Events:
Pole Vault
Hometown:
The Woodlands, Texas
Height:
5-9
High School:
The Woodlands
Squadron:
01 Mighty Mach One

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2022-23: Competed in the pole vault during 16 meets (eight indoor, eight outdoor)...recorded a season-best clearance of 11’8½” during the outdoor season (Aztec Invitational)…won the Air Force Twilight Open with a height of 11’5¾”…recorded that clearance twice during the indoor season…used that height to finish third at the Potts Invitational and seventh at the Invitational at the Peak.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2021-22: Earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year award…debuted on the Academy’s Top 10 in the pole vault during both the indoor and outdoor seasons…matched the sixth-best indoor clearance in program history during a winning 12’11½” performance at the Air Force Collegiate Open…earned both the Mountain West Field Athlete of the Week and MW Freshman of the Week awards following that meet…first named MW Freshman of the Week after placing third in collegiate debut at the Air Force Holiday Open (11’11¾”)…scored for the Falcons at the MW Indoor Championships with a fifth-place height of 12’8¼”…also cleared the 12-foot bar during the indoor season at the Texas Tech Open (12’0½”)…added three 12-foot vaults during the outdoor season, including the eighth-best height in program history (12’6¼”)…record that clearance during a scoring finish (eighth) at the MW Outdoor Championships…also surpassed the 12-foot barrier at the Mt. SAC Relays (12’1½”) and Air Force Twilight Open (12’0½”)…earned third MW Freshman of the Week award after winning the Jerry Quiller Classic with an outdoor-opening vault of 11’11¾”…academic all-conference selection.

HIGH SCHOOL: The Woodlands High School…Texas 6A District 12 record holder in the pole vault…recorded a career-best clearance of 12’8” to win the district title as a freshman…placed sixth at the 6A state meet that year…registered 12’6” clearances as a junior and senior…two-time qualifier to the Texas Relays…New Balance Nationals qualifier…ran on relays that finished within the top six at the Texas UIL Region 2-6A Championships (fifth in the 4x400-meter relay, sixth in the 4x200-meter relay)…two-year team captain…lettered all four years…played wingback for the soccer team in 2018-19…cum laude graduate…earned academic letters every year.

PERSONAL: Full name is Katherine Diane Schlather…goes by Katie…daughter of Bryan and Robin Schlather…father played lacrosse at Texas Tech and mother played softball at Meredith College…has one older brother…majoring in biochemistry…future plans include going into the aerospace physiology field…hobbies include hiking, running and health-based cooking and nutrition…loves jokes about cows (“really, anything that has to do with cows … I love”)…every generation of her family has served in the military since the King Philips War…member of Cadet Squadron 06.