From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
Seniors Emmalyn Lindsey (Eugene, Ore. / South Eugene) and Michelle Karabin (Ruffs Dale, Pa. / Greensburg Central Catholic) of the Carnegie Mellon University women's track and field team have been honored by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Academic All-America selections. Both land a spot on the first team, as it marks the second straight season Karabin was named to the top team. This is Lindsey's third straight honor, first on the top team, as she was named a second team selection last season and garnered third team accolades following her sophomore campaign.
Last year marked the first time in program history that multiple athletes were honored in the same year. It is only the eighth and ninth time a Tartan women's track and field and cross country athlete has received the accolade. Lindsey joins Maureen McGranaghan as a three-time honoree, as McGranaghan garnered the accolade from 1997-1999. Erin Kiekhaefer is the other to receive the honor in 2015.
Lindsey a materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering major carried a 4.0 GPA and will be working for Nike in the procurement division in Portland, Oregon, beginning in July where she interned last summer. Most recently, the senior has been working on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Design Challenge project. Over five days, she teamed with a group and developed a 3D printed prototype for a device to regulate oxygen levels independently for two patients on the same ventilator.
Lindsey is a member of Global Medical Brigades and spent her 2018 spring break in Nicaragua building structures and teaching communities healthy practices. Lindsey is a member of Plaidvocates, a peer health group in the athletics department, and was awarded the GE Women's Networking Scholarship twice and the Andrew Carnegie Scholars Legacy Scholarship three times. She has spent two summers as a R&D Packaging Intern at Procter and Gamble with Tide and Gillette and has been a research intern at Carnegie Mellon.
Lindsey is a two-time participant at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (2017 and 2018), helping the Tartans to back-to-back appearances in the national meet. Lindsey also competes on the indoor and outdoor track and field teams where she has led the team in the 3,000-meter steeplechase throughout her career.
Karabin was named the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Elite 90 winner and became the first Tartan women's track and field athlete to receive the award and fourth Tartan. She earned the honor for achieving a 4.0 GPA during her college career, majoring in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She will pursue her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh starting in August.
This past fall, Karabin worked on the Scoliosis Simulator project where she led a team in research and development of a physical model of an adjustable deformed spine to aid engineers and surgeons in surgical tool evaluation. She is a member of Pi Tau Sigma and was an intern for the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh las summer. She also interned at Naval Nuclear Laboratories as a technical intern in 2018. As a team captain, Karabin holds leadership roles on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) where she served as the vice president and secretary. Karabin was the lead organizer of SAAC Field Day last year and has also volunteered at Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home.
Karabin qualified for the 2020 NCAA Women's Track and Field Championships in the pole vault following her indoor career-best mark of 3.72 meters at the Battle for the Obelisk versus Case Western Reserve University in January. It was her first trip to the indoor championships and her second to an NCAA championship, as she placed eighth and claimed All-America honors at the 2018 outdoor event. She is a six-time All-Region recipient in the pole vault.