Hall of Fame
Mary Ellen Hill-Schupbach is the most-accomplished female student-athlete in Bradley Athletics history and arguably one of the most-accomplished female student-athletes in Missouri Valley Conference history
A 10-time MVC individual champion in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, Hill-Schupbach also was a two-time track All-American and a seven-time Academic All-America honoree.
The 1998 and 1999 MVC Cross Country individual champion, she helped Bradley to the first women’s Conference championship in any sport in school history by leading the Braves to the co-title with Drake at the 1998 MVC Championship.
Hill-Schupbach set four Valley records during her career, setting the bar in cross country (17:18), the outdoor 3,000 meters (9:34.81), indoor 3,000 meters (9:35.61) and outdoor 5,000 meters (16:08.72).
She gained All-America status by finishing ninth in the 5,000 meters at the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships and fourth in the 5,000 meters at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The three-time pick for MVC Track Athlete of the Meet (1998 and 1999 MVC Indoor Championships and 1998 MVC Outdoor Championship), Hill-Schupbach was the 2000 Illinois NCAA Woman of the Year and she won the inaugural MVC Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award, as well as an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Originally from Princeville, Ill., she currently is a middle school geometry teacher in Normal, Ill., where she and her husband Schuyler Schupbach are the parents of five adopted children: Tyraina, Shayna, Alexis, Krynn and Tyler.