A standout player at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wis., Lindsay Schultz came to The Hilltop in July 2012 after spending the previous year as an assistant coach at Wisconsin-Parkside and is in her fourth year at Bradley.
The Wisconsin native has helped recruit a pair of players from the Badger State over the past two years, including sophomore center Tamya Sims who was the first freshman on The Hilltop to average 8.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and at least 2.0 blocks per game in 2014-15. Sims was part of a young team in 2014-15, which featured six freshmen and a total of eight newcomers.
Slowed by injuries early in the year, Sims came on late in the season to average 11.2 points, 8.2 boards and 2.5 blocks per game over the final six contests. The late season surge by Sims helped the Braves win five of the final 12 games of the regular season. The 2014-15 squad earned a home win against Southeastern Conference foe Missouri to highlight the non-conference schedule.
Schultz helped Bradley sweep I-74 rival Illinois State for the first time since 2002-03 during the 2013-14 campaign, which also featured a season-opening victory against in-state Big Ten Conference foe Illinois. The Braves played a school record 12 games decided by five points or less in 2013-14.
The 2013-14 season featured one of the most balanced scoring attacks in school history, with a program record six individuals scoring 8.0 points per game or more. Michelle Young paced the scoring with the highest individual average on The Hilltop since 2001-02 and went on to earn honorable mention all-league honors. Bradley led the MVC in free throws made, by connecting on a school season record 512 in 2013-14 and scored a league-best 24.5 percent of its points at the charity stripe.
Her first season on The Hilltop, saw the Braves finish 2012-13 with their best Missouri Valley Conference record (8-10) and finish (6th) since the 2009-10 season. A high-powered Bradley offense, averaged a league-best 71.3 points per game to rank 21st in the nation and the Braves also averaged a league-high 10.4 steals per contest. BU ranked among the best free throw shooting teams in the nation, making a school season record 78.1 percent of its free throw attempts in 2012-13.
In 2012-13, Katie Yohn was a Second-Team All-Valley honoree after ranking among the league leaders with team-best averages in scoring (12.2 ppg), rebounding (6.7 rpg), steals (2.4 spg) and blocks. Yohn, who also ranked among the top 15 in the MVC in assists, earned First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honors and was one of four Bradley individuals to garner MVC scholar-athlete recognition.
A native of Glendale, Wis., Schultz helped UW-Parkside to a 24-6 record, Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) title and an NCAA Midwest Regional Final appearance in 2011-12. In addition, the Rangers produced a pair of First-Team All-GLVC selections during the 2011-12 campaign and two GLVC All-Defensive team selections as the Rangers limited opponents to 58.3 points per game and boasted a league-best +10.9 points per game scoring margin.
Schultz joined the staff at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2006-07 as the team's Director of Basketball Operations and Video Coordinator, before spending the next three seasons as an assistant coach with the Panthers. Working primarily with the squad's post players, she helped coach center Traci Edwards, who was a two-time Horizon League Player of the Year selection and the all-time leading scorer in Horizon League history. An all-region selection as a senior in 2008-09, Edwards is also the all-time leading collegiate scorer in the state of Wisconsin.
A 2004 Cardinal Stritch graduate with a bachelor of arts in mathematics and secondary education, Schultz was a two-time NAIA All-American Scholar recipient and given the NAIA Champions of Character Award in 2004. She helped the Wolves to three NAIA Tournament appearances and during her senior season, Cardinal Stritch posted a school-record 31 victories. Schultz also served as assistant coach at her alma mater for the 2005-06 season where she helped the Wolves to the NAIA Division II Elite Eight and a 28-5 record. While at Cardinal Stritch, she earned a master's degree in Sports Management in 2011.
Her mother Jody (Bronson) is the women's tennis coach at Marquette, while her sister Corey played basketball at Marquette and was head coach at Nicolet High School for nine years where she won the 2011 state title and six conference titles. Lindsay's brother Tanner is an assistant coach with the men's basketball staff at Saint Louis.
She is married to Jason Schultz and the couple have two children: Brady (2) & infant Aidan.