Kaia Schmidt

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/14/2025
  • Sport
    Cross Country
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    West Linn, Ore.
  • High School
    West Linn HS

  • UC Irvine's Kaia Schmidt placed 14th overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational to earn The Big West Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor. It is Schmidt's second career weekly honor, having won it once earlier this year.

  • The junior completed the 6K course at Pine Ridge Golf Club in 20:43.97, five seconds shy of a personal record.

  • As a team, UC Irvine was sixth with 155 points.