The NCAA News - News and Features

June 8, 1998

Skiing all-academic team selected

A total of 119 student-athletes from 22 schools were named to the 1998 United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association (USCSCA) All-Academic team.

To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must have competed in his or her respective regional championship and had a fall semester/quarter grade-point average of 3.500 or higher (4.000 scale).

"We are delighted to have such a large percentage of our student-athletes achieve this honor," said Kelly J. Higgins, chair of the NCAA Men's and Women's Skiing Committee and former chair of the USCSCA and director of athletics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

"To have one-third of the competing athletes at regional championships on this team says a lot for the sport of skiing, their success in the classroom and the NCAA programs."

The University of Denver and the University of New Mexico placed 12 student-athletes each on the team. The University of Alaska Anchorage and the University of Utah had nine each.

The team includes two 1998 individual-event champions, Thorodd Bakken of the University of Vermont and Christian Hutter of Denver. Former individual-event champions Doris Hausleitner of Alaska Anchorage and Roberta Pergher of Denver also made the team.

Women's team

Dana Alexandrescu, Denver; Kristina Andersson, Denver; Carolina Barthelson, Denver; Jen Bergeron, Bates; Melissa Boyle, Vermont; Maria Bray, Alaska Fairbanks; Camilla Brinchmann, Denver; Megan Brown, Vermont; Claire Challen, Western State; Xan Courville, Colorado.

Michelle Douglas, St. Lawrence; Aricca Dums, Dartmouth; Irene Eder, Denver; Maren Eggert, Williams; Robyn Egloff, Montana State; Annie Eisinger, Colby; Greta Facchetti, New Hampshire; Marianne Finnoff, Nevada; Martina Frostad, Alaska Anchorage; Cortney Gilbertson, Montana State.

Renata Goetzendorf, Denver; Lyra Gordon, Alaska Anchorage; Stepanie Graber, Colby; Nicole Hale, Nevada; Eren Hamilton, Western State; Elisa Hancock, Montana State; Michelle Harland, Montana State; Kristin Hartman, Colorado; Doris Hausleitner, Alaska Anchorage; Trude Haverstad, New Mexico.

Melissa Henrichon, St. Lawrence; Theo Hunt, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Kimberly Hunter, New Hampshire; Jessica Jacobsen, Montana State; Anette Johansen, Alaska Anchorage; Helena Johnson, Williams; Barb Jones, Dartmouth; Tina Kavcic, Utah; Jennifer Kilgore, St. Lawrence; Emma Knutson, Alaska Anchorage.

Jessica Kortas, New Mexico; Sandra Kuehni, Utah; Jennifer Lane, Colby; Sabrina Lawrence, Utah; Melissa Leier, Bates; Asa Lovell, New Mexico; Leanne Luhta, Colorado; Brooke Maurey, Western State; Jaime Mueller, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Martine Munthe-Kaas, Utah.

Kerri Nelson, Northern Michigan; Jessica Ochs, Colorado; Sunshine Owens, New Mexico; Roberta Pergher, Denver; Zuzana Razsova, Alaska Anchorage; Hollis Ricker, New Hampshire; Martina Sailer, Denver; Christy Salonen, Northern Michigan; Sarah Schultz, Vermont; Chris Shaner, Dartmouth; Meghan Siefert, Western State; Katja Tecklenburg, Denver; Amy Vile, St. Michael's; Carolina Von Scheven, New Mexico.

Hailey Wapptee, Utah; Rachel Watson, Denver; Taylor Watts, Vermont; Coreen Woodbury, New Hampshire.

Men's team

Ruben Anderson, Vermont; Steve Anderson, Middlebury; Graham Baird, St. Lawrence; Thorodd Bakken, Vermont; Tim Bertram, Colby; Charles Bieler, Colorado; Alain Britt-Cote, Utah; Patrick Casey, Utah; David Chamberlain, Bates; Christian Chedal, Vermont.

Jason Feeken, Alaska Anchorage; Bryan Fish, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Ryan Forsyth, Utah; Justin Freeman, Bates; Asher Ghertner, Colby; Paul Gilberson, Western State; Mark Harvey, St. Lawrence; Thomas Holden, Massachusetts; Christian Hutter, Denver; Jens Johansson, Western State.

Jeremy Joseph, Dartmouth; Morten Kjerland, Alaska Anchorage; Andrew Ladd, New Hampshire; Chaz Langelier, Colby; Stefan Lanziner, New Mexico; Markus Leunig, Utah; Joakim Marksten, Nevada; Derek McClellan, Vermont; Mitch McNear, Alaska Fairbanks.; Aaron Megguier, Colby.

Eric Meyer, Colorado; Trygve Noreng, New Mexico; Erik Oeyo, New Mexico; Andrew Peacock, Dartmouth; Christian Questad, New Mexico; Jamieson Reigle, Dartmouth; Jimmy Renstroem, New Mexico; Christopher Sabot, Williams; Laus Seiringer, New Mexico; Rok Ster, Western State.

Adam Swank, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Robert Taylor, Alaska Anchorage; Raymond Thompson, New Mexico; Nicholas Trautz, Williams; Eric Tremble, St. Lawrence; Ove Erik Tronvoll, Colorado; Ondrej Valenta, Colorado; Mathew Walker, Nevada; Josh Walton, Colby; Michael White, Nevada; Heiko Zuehlke, Denver.