Throughout her stellar four-year career as a member of Carleton College's cross country and track and field teams, Ruth Steinke 16 accumulated numerous Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championships and All-American honors while also excelling in the classroom and in the community. Steinke was the MIAC's nominee for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award and was recently tabbed as one of the NCAA's top 30 honorees for the award.