{"id":16335,"date":"2021-01-05T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/slamstox-news-english\/university-spotlight-austin-peay-state-university-apsu\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T13:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:33:18","slug":"university-spotlight-austin-peay-state-university-apsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/in-the-spotlight-english\/university-spotlight-austin-peay-state-university-apsu\/","title":{"rendered":"University Spotlight: Austin Peay State University (APSU)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first University Spotlight for 2021: and we have chosen another great university with another great Slamstox athlete! This week, we’re taking a look at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. There we find Karlijn Schouten, now a second-year student athlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karlijn strengthens the university’s athletics team as a pole vaulter, and she is working hard for her degree in finance. In January 2020 she became Field Athlete of the Week and in the same year ‘Indoor Pole Vault Champion’. Go Karlijn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Netherlands, Karlijn also achieved great success: in the summer of 2019 she became Dutch champion pole vaulting with a PR of 3.85! It was time to continue her school and athletics career in the USA. What does she have to say about that so far?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSports and studying in the USA is really great. I learned many new things about myself that I would never have learned in the Netherlands.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karlijn Schouten – Student-Athlete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you curious about the Karlijn’s University? Keep reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

APSU is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, on the right of the center of the US. Clarksville, with a population of nearly 160,000, is in the top 5 of largest cities in the state. Clarksville is nicknamed ‘Tennessee’s Top Spot’. The university is an important part of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APSU was founded in 1927 and is a ‘Public University’ with about 11,000 students. APSU’s name comes from Austin Peay, Governor of Tennessee at the time the university was founded. It is therefore not without reason that the sports teams are called the ‘Governors’! You can see part of the beautiful university in the picture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The campus has built up a number of typical traditions since its existence, below you can read more about a number of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n