Ellie Rudy – Montana State, Women’s Track & Field, 2004-08
Rudy won the pole vault at the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The 2008 Olympic Trials competitor is a four-time NCAA All-American in the pole vault. She set the Big Sky record (14-1.25) in dramatic fashion, claiming her first national championship in the jump-offs of the 2007 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Rudy took first-place seven times in the pole vault at the Big Sky Championships. She’s currently second on the Big Sky indoor pole vault record list (14-1.25) and holds Big Sky outdoor record (14-2.5). She is a two-time Big Sky Indoor Championships Field Event Athlete of the Meet. Rudy earned 21 Big Sky Athlete of the Week honors and is a seven-time Big Sky All-Academic Team honoree. A 2008 Big Sky Scholar-Athlete, Rudy scored 40 career points in both indoor and outdoor Big Sky championship meets.