SAN ANTONIO – Trinity University’s Christyn Schumann of Dripping Springs, Texas (Dripping Springs), has received a $7,500 Postgraduate Scholarship from the NCAA.

Schumann, a four-time NCAA Division III women’s high jump champion, earned the Bachelor of Science in business administration last May from Trinity. She plans to attend the University of Texas-Austin and pursue a sports management program.

Trinity now has 28 recipients of the prestigious Postgraduate Scholarship program. The NCAA ranked Trinity in the top-10 of Division III schools in number of scholarships received. Since 1995, 22 Trinity student-athletes have received Postgraduate Scholarships.

Schumann won her third consecutive women’s outdoor high jump title in May at the NCAA Division III Women’s Track and Field Championships at Lisle, Ill. Schumann recorded a Division III season and personal-best jump of 5 feet, 9.75 inches (1.77 meters).

She became just the second woman athlete in Division III history (1982-present) to record three or more wins in a row in the event. Schumann won the 2005 and 2004 outdoor championships, each with a jump of 5-9.25 (1.76 meters).

Schumann is the holder of four national championships. The versatile Schumann also won the 2005 NCAA Indoor high championship with a jump of 5-8.75 (1.75 meters). She was runner-up at the 2006 event with a mark of 5-6.50 (1.69 meters).

In April, Schumann captured the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference outdoor high jump title for the fourth consecutive year.

Schumann was elected the 2006 U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Women’s South Region Field Athlete of the Year. She previously was awarded the NCAA Women’s Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics. Tiger head coach Jenny Breuer won the award 11 years ago while a student at Belmont Abbey College (N.C.).

Recently, Breuer was elected the SCAC Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Year for the third time. Trinity won  its sixth overall conference championship and third in the past four years. Breuer was also named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) South Region Coach of the Year.