Southwest State University
Women's Basketball
1976-1980
Schutt, a guard and the brightest star on Southwest State University's powerhouse women's basketball teams of the late 1970's, was inducted into the SSU Hall of Fame in 1992. A native of Huntley, Minn. and a graduate of Granada-Huntley High School, Schutt scored 1,464 points in only 74 collegiate games from 1976 to 1980. This currently stands as the third highest total among SSU women. She also became the first Mustang to top 1,000 career points, while her average of 19.8 points per game is the highest among SSU's 20 leading career scorers. Schutt holds single-season school records with 536 points, 212 field goals, 486 field-goal attempts, 112 free throws made and 168 free throw attempted, all accomplished in 1977-1978. She holds career standards of 313 free throws made and 483 attempted and has the single game mark of 30 field goals attempts, set February 14, 1978 against the University of Minnesota-Morris. Schutt was named to the Minnesota Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women all-tournament teams in both 1978 and 1979. Unfortunately, a knee injury ended her senior season after only seven games. The Minnesota Fillies selected Schutt in the 10th round of the 1980 Women's Professional Basketball League draft where she remained with the team until the league dissolved later that year. A 1980 SSU graduate, Schutt received her master's degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Indianapolis in 1985. Currently, Cindy lives with her husband in Oxford, Mich. where she is the Director of Rehabilitation at Physician's Physical Therapy Services in Southfield Mich. She is still very active participating in golf, biking and weight lifting and enjoys showing Quarter Horses on a national level.