Katie Wendling ('12), a kinesiology major, was named a 2012 Undergraduate Scholar by the American Kinesiology Association. The association's annual awards recognize undergraduate students on a national level for distinctive academic and leadership accomplishments.

Wendling earned a 4.0 GPA throughout her four years at UNT and was a member and officer of UNT's Pre-Physical Therapy Club. She is working on her doctoral degree in physical therapy at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and hopes to work in pediatrics and eventually open her own practice.