New Mexico State University Athletics

2011-12 (Freshman): Schmidtke had a tremendous freshman season for the Aggies. She became the second swimmer in school history to compete at the NCAA Championships. Schmidtke finished in 56th place (1:48.99) in the 200 free, 57th place (50:37) in the 100 free and 61st place (23.07) in the 50 free at the national meet. She qualified after winning the 200 free at the 2012 WAC Championships with a school-record performance of 1:46.38. Schmidtke also posted runner-up honors in the 50 free (22.82) and 100 free (49.28) with program-record times at the WAC meet. She earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors after her performance at the conference meet. Schmidtke was also a member of the 400-free (3:23.63), 800-free (7:22.47) and 200-medley (1:41.48) relays that set school records at the WAC meet. During the season opening weekend, Schmidtke won the 50 free and 100 free at North Texas (Oct. 22). She won the 50 free and was a member of the winning 400-medley relay in the home opener against Northern Colorado (Oct. 29). She was named the WAC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 22) after helping the Aggies to a third-place finish at the Houston Invitational (Nov. 17-19). Schmidtke set three school records in the 100 free, 200 free and 400-free relay that she later broke at the WAC meet. Against Northern Arizona (Dec. 3), she swept the sprint freestyle with victories in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free along with a win in the 200-medley relay. Schmidtke also won the 200 free at New Mexico (Feb. 4) in the regular season finale.

High School: Schmidtke joined the Crimson and White from Bad Segeberg, Germany and the Magdeburg Swim Club, which is the same team as Maria Spies. At the 2010 German Nationals, Schmidtke won the 50 free, placed second in the 100 free, 200 free and 50 fly in her age group. She was also fourth in the 100 fly. At the 2011 German Nationals, she was runner-up in the 50 free, third in the 100 free and 50 fly, fourth in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 fly in her age group.

Personal: She is the daughter of Michael and Carola Schmidtke and was born in Bad Oldesloe, Germany. Schmidtke is undecided in her major.