Emily Shertzer, Moravian College
Cross Country, Track & Field - Class of 2002
Emily Shertzer had an impressive career as a three-sport athlete in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. In cross country, Shertzer was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American. Moravian finished third as a team at nationals in 2001, and she was named to the All-Mideast East Region Team all four years. She led the Greyhounds to four-straight MAC cross country team titles, and she was a four-time conference runner-up finisher. In indoor track, she led the Greyhounds to four-straight team titles. She won two gold medals in the 3,000-meter run (1999, 2000), three gold medals in the 5,000-meter run (2000, 2001, 2002), and was a member of four-straight Distance Medley Relay (DMR) gold medals from 1999-2002 at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championship. Shertzer was a two-time NCAA Division III All-Americans in outdoor track. She also led Moravian to four-straight MAC outdoor team titles, while collecting gold medals in 3,000-meter steeplechase (2002), the 5,000-meter run (1999, 2000, 2001) and the 10,000-meter run (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). She was also a nine-time MAC All-Academic Team honoree. Shertzer earned the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 2002. She was named to the MAC100 Women’s Cross Country All-Century Team (1993-2002) and the MAC100 Women’s Track & Field All-Century Team (1994-2003). Shertzer was inducted into the Moravian College Hall of Fame in 2013.
Emily Shertzer's Moravian Hall of Fame Page