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Kim Schmidt Selert became Drew's first woman to earn All-American honors when she captured the 1980 and 1981 Division III national singles championships. She helped set a precedent for excellence in women's athletics at Drew that has continued to the present.
Selert transferred to Drew from Auburn University, where she competed on a tennis scholarship after winning two New Jersey state titles in high school.
She wasted little time in establishing herself as a force with whom to be reckoned as she captured the NJAIAW Championship as the number five seed in the fall of 1979. The following spring, she won the Middle Atlantic Conference Tournament, the Eastern AIAW singles championship, and the National NAIAW-III Tournament. She also helped guide the 1980 team to a 6-3 record, 3-0 in the MAC-North.
In 1981 Selert proved just as successful, capturing the MAC, the NJAIAW-III, and the National AIAW-III titles. With her second title in the NJAIAW, she became just one of two players to win two state collegiate singles championships.
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