Central College Athletics

Lindsay Schultz Janke '04
Women's track and field, volleyball

Janke was a three-time all-American heptathlete but also made the national stage in volleyball.

After finishing eighth in the NCAA Division III heptathlon in 2002 and sixth in 2003, Janke climbed to second on the podium in 2004 with 4,835 points, standing next to her twin sister, Raegan Schultz Wagner, who captured the title as Central finished 14th in the national team standings. Janke was also a national indoor meet qualifier in the long jump and an outdoor qualifier in the javelin.

Wagner was inducted into Central's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2019, making she and Janke the third pair of siblings in the hall. Football running backs Rich Kacmarynski and Mark Kacmarynski were inducted in 2011 and 2013, respectively. Football and track and field standouts Kevin Sanger and Rick Sanger were inducted in 2011 and 2014, respectively.

Originally from Barnum, Iowa, Janke took the 2004 Iowa Conference heptathlon crown with a then-record 4,813 points and was a 17-time conference placewinner, placing five times in the 2004 outdoor championships and four times in the indoor meet. She also took league titles in the 2004 outdoor 100-meter hurdles and the 2003 indoor long jump. She was twice named the league's female athlete of the week and helped set school records in the javelin and the shuttle hurdle relay. The 2004 team MVP and a team co-captain, Janke was a three-time academic all-conference honoree in both track and field and volleyball.

As a freshman reserve, Janke was a member of Central's 2000 NCAA Division III champion volleyball squad and participated in the 2001 and 2003 NCAA tournaments as the Dutch won league championships in each of her four seasons. A three-time letterwinner, Janke received the team's Most Improved Player Award in 2003.

Janke serves as a Senior Financing Consultant for Principal Real Estate Investors, a division of Principal Global Investors, in Des Moines, where she has worked since graduation. She was involved in a variety of service and religious activities while at Central and is now a member of the college's EAM Advisory Council for economics, accounting and business management students.  She remains active in women's ministry and the AWANA program at her current church and coaches a local club volleyball team. Since 2008 she's been a board member of the Iowa 4-H State Equine Advisory Committee and an executive board member and treasurer for the Iowa Associated Saddle Club since 2009.