University of South Dakota Athletics

Ramsey (Kavan) Fitzsimmons captured five All-America honors in the Coyotes' final season at the Division II level, highlighted by a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and a runner-up performance in the 5,000 meters outdoors, earning her spot in the Henry Heider Hall of Fame with the class of 2024.

A transfer from Notre Dame, she helped guide USD through the transition to Division I in three seasons with the Coyotes.
 
Fitzsimmons was the 2008 North Central Conference's Most Valuable Performer at the indoor meet as a sophomore, the Great West Conference's Indoor Athlete of the Year in 2009 and 2010, and the 2008 Great West Runner of the Year. She won 14 event titles at conference meets in three seasons between the NCC and the Great West, and was the school's first conference champion at the Division I level. Fitzsimmons held six individual and two relay records upon graduation from South Dakota. 
 
Fitzsimmons married fellow track and field athlete, Sean Fitzsimmons. The pair reside in South Sioux City, Nebraska with their three children, Aurora, Callum and Kieran.

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