Kutztown University Athletics

Laura Kline was two-sport star at KU, competing in track & field and field hockey.

On the track, she was a four-time PSAC champion and 10-time All-PSAC runner in track & field. Kline captured four PSAC  gold medals as part of the 4x400-meter relay, three in the 400m, two in the 400m hurdles and one in the 4x100m relay. With the Golden Bear field hockey program, Kline earned NFHCA All-America First Team honors in 2005, All-PSAC Second Team recognition in 2004 and set a then-program single-season record with 13 assists in 2005.
 
Kline concluded her career as the school record holder in the outdoor 400m hurdles and ranked second in the 4x400m relay and third in the 400m. Indoors, Kline held the school record with the 4x800m relay team, ranked second in the 400m and fourth in the 500m.
 
Kline was named the MVP of KU's women's indoor and outdoor track & field teams as a senior in 2006, when she was the PSAC Champion in the 400m and was part of the second-place 4x400m relay, helping the Golden Bears to their third-straight PSAC indoor team title. She would qualify for the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles, placing 15th at nationals. 
 
Kline, from Reading, Pa., was a four-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. She was named to the At-Large (field hockey) and Track & Field Cross Country teams during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years, including At-Large and Track & Field/Cross Country First Team honors in 2005-06. Additionally, Kline was a six-time Dean's List student, five-time PSAC Top 10 pick, three-time NFHCA All-Academic Squad honoree and two-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete. Following her junior year, she was named the PSAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Division II Conference Commissioners Association East Region Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA in special education and a minor in psychology.