Julie VonDieligen-Shelton 

Athlete
Induction Year: 2017
Inducted December 16, 2017

Julie VonDielingen-Shelton is a 1989 graduate of Seymour High School and a four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball, basketball, and track. In volleyball, VonDielingen-Shelton was a four-year starter on Seymour teams that won four sectional, three regional, and two semi-state championships. She was a three-time All-South Central Conference selection, a two-time MVP and was first team All-State her senior year. As a senior VonDielingen-Shelton led the Lady Owls to the state tournaments Final Four for the second year and won the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award. In basketball, Vondielingen -Shelton was a four year starter and helped the Lady Owls win three sectionals, three regionals and one semi-state. During those four seasons, Seymour had an 81-16 record. Vondielingen-Shelton scored 1564 points during her career and when she graduated was the all time leading scorer in Seymour basketball history. She is still second on the all time list today. She is also the all time career leader in rebounding in girl's basketball history with 912, second in career free throw percentage, steals and third in field goal percentage, steals and three point shooting percentage. She has the Seymour single season and scoring record of 478 points and the single game record of 43 points. Vondielingen -Shelton was a three time All-Conference selection, was the MVP twice and first team all-state as a senior. She was selected to the Indiana All-Star team in 1989 and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary team in 2014. She was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of fame in 2017. In track & field, she won four varsity letters. Vondielingen-Shelton was the sectional champion in the shot put as a senior. Vondielingen-Shelton played college basketball at Butler University had a record-setting career. She was a four-year starter, four-time all-conference selection, was the Midwestern Conference Player of the Year in 1993 and was the All-American in 1993. She is still the all-time leading scorer at Butler with 2018 points. She holds 11 Butler game, season and career basketball records. She was inducted into the Butler University Hall of Fame in 2013. Vondielingen-Shelton was the varsity girls basketball coach at Mt. Vernon-Fortville for 16 seasons. Her 2013 team won the Class 3-A state championship and her 2012 was the state runner-up. From 2014 to 2017, she was the assistant basketball coach at Butler University. In 2017, she again took the varsity coaching job at Mt. Vernon-Fortville.

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