Hall of Fame

Schuman HOF

Patricia Schuman Koontz

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Swimming

PATRICIA SCHUMAN KOONTZ, Gettysburg College
Class of 1984 / Swimming

Patricia Schuman Koontz swam just for two years at Gettysburg due to injury but is said to have accomplished more in two full years than many athletes do in four. 

Specializing in butterfly and freestyle, Koontz earned 21 individual first place finishes and was a member of 12 winning relay teams as a first-year. She was a conference champion in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly and also a member of the winning 400-yard medley and 400-year freestyle relay teams. She went on to earn four all-America certificates at the AIAW national championships, placing second in the 50-yard butterfly, sixth in the 50-yard freestyle, fourth in the 100-yard butterfly and sixth in the 200-medley relay.

As a sophomore, she won individual championships in the 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The NCAA established championships for women this year and Koontz became Gettysburg’s first-ever national champion winning the 50-yard butterfly and later placing fourth in the 100-yard butterfly and swam a leg on four relay teams to earn five All-America certificates that year.

Koontz was inducted into the Gettysburg Hall of Athletic Honor in 1994.