Nordic Ski Team Announces Awards, Captains

04/24/2008

Head Coach Dave Johnson and the CSB Nordic Ski team have announced the team’s 2007-2008 award winners and accolades as well as next season’s captains.

Sophomore Anna Roessler (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) was elected team MVP. Roessler was the medalist for the Blazers in eight competitions in 2007-2008 including a fifth place finish at the Graystone Relays.

First-year Sara Kingston (Maple Grove, Minn./ Wayzata) was picked as most improved skier while fellow first-year Stephani Seymour (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) received the Coach’s Award.

Seymour, Roessler, Kingston, sophomores Christi Nowak (Dayton, Minn./Rogers) and Katelyn Engel (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) were honored for outstanding academic achievement by the Nordic Ski Coaches Association. All five athletes were names to the Association’s All-Academic Ski Team, in order to qualify athletes must maintain a 3.5 or higher grade point average and participation in the NCAA Regional competition.

The Blazers maintained a 3.565 cumulative GPA as a team.

Seniors Maggie Donahue (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), Rebecca Mueller (Brainerd, Minn./Brainerd) and Mackenzie Wright (Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata) were elected team captains for the 2008-2009 campaign.

-Alex Coughlin, CSB Sports Media Relations

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