Clarion Athletics

 Kristin Day Shute is one of the most accomplished overall women’s student athletes in Clarion sports history. Coached by Dave Hrovat, the eight time All-American and three-time NCAA champion diver capped her senior year in 2015 by winning the biggest awards in the nation. Her top honor came on October 18, 2015 when she was named the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year” (all divisions). She was the first winner of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award from any Pennsylvania based university. Her 4.0 qpa included 153 credits as a Chemistry major with concentration in Biology is impressive. She also won the Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America of the Year, PSAC Pete Nevins Scholar Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Division II Elite 89 award, as well as the Capital One NCAA Division II At-Large Academic All-America of the Year in 2015 and 2014. In diving competition in 2015 she won the NCAA D-II one meter national title with 506.85 points, while finishing 4^th on 3 meter scoring 512.20 points. In 2014 she won both NCAA championships in dominating fashion. She won the 3 meter springboard title setting a new NCAA record with 539.35 points, winning the event by 52.9 points. She followed that with a 1 meter national title scoring 497.05 points, winning by 30.2 points. For her efforts she was named the CSCAA NCAA D-II Female “Diver of the Year”. Kristin finished third on the three meter board with 491.70 points and 5^th on 1 meter with 449.90 points in 2013. In 2012 she was second on three meter scoring 484.75 points and fourth on one meter scoring 495.70 points. Day helped the Golden Eagles to strong finishes at the NCAA’s. As a team Clarion was 15^th in 2015, 17^th in 2014 and 2013 and 22^nd in 2012. An NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winner, she went on to complete her education at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2019 with a Doctor of Osteopathy Degree and is currently employed in the Penn State Health Network. Kristin is a native of Reynoldsville, Pa. and a 2011 graduate of DuBois Area. Kristin and husband Brandon Shute have a son Parker.