Tiger Sports Hall of Fame
Football/Track & Field (1992-96)
Lance Schwindt was a standout two-sport athlete at Fort Hays State for four years from 1992 to 1996. Schwindt was an NCAA Division II First Team All-American at wide receiver in 1995 as a senior, hauling in a single-season school record 15 touchdown passes. He averaged 21.4 yards per catch and 103.5 yards per game that season, with a total of 1242 receiving yards (third-most in a single season at FHSU in all three categories). He holds the career record for receiving yards at FHSU with 2885, over 550 more than the next person on the list, and the career record for receiving touchdowns with 31. He had the most 100-yard receiving games in school history with 10 and still holds the single-game record for receiving yards with 240 against Mesa State in 1992. Schwindt also was a very accomplished track and field athlete at FHSU. He was a three-time RMAC Indoor Champion in the triple jump (1993, 1994, 1996) and a three-time RMAC Outdoor Champion in the triple jump (1994, 1995, 1996). He was the RMAC Outdoor Champion in the long jump as well in 1996, giving him seven individual conference championships overall. Schwindt is a native of Fort Morgan, Colo.
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