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Featured Picture: The 4 athletes which are becoming a member of the College of Denver Ski Group.
Pioneers welcome Stella Buchheister, Loic Chable, Pietro Motterlini and Nicola Rountree-Williams
DENVER – College of Denver Snowboarding introduced right now that the workforce has added 4 student-athletes to its alpine squad for the upcoming 2025 winter season.
The category contains two switch college students as Loic Chable (Villars, Switzerland) comes from Westminster College in Utah and Nicola Rountree-Williams (Edwards, Colorado) joins the Pioneers from Colorado Mountain Faculty in Steamboat Springs. DU can be including two incoming freshmen in Stella Buchheister (Dillon, Colorado) and Pietro Motterlini (Milano, Italy).
“We’re excited so as to add these 4 athletes to our workforce for the upcoming season,” mentioned Denver Otto Tschudi Alpine Snowboarding Head Coach Joonas Rasanen. “These additions will add to our already deep alpine area and can proceed to raise our program. We’re trying ahead to getting everybody again on campus subsequent month and goal to convey an NCAA Championship again to Denver in March.”
Beneath is extra data on every skier.
Stella Buchheister | Girls’s Alpine | Dillon, Colorado | Born August 20, 2006
5-8 | Whistler Secondary College | Group Summit Colorado
Earlier than Denver: Gained the 2023 U.S. Nationwide Junior Championship in big slalom … Has positioned within the prime 10 in 5 of six profession U.S. Nationwide Junior Championships and got here in fifteenth within the 2023 downhill …Have recorded 10 earlier podiums in FIS races … Owns eight top-30 leads to earlier Nor-Am Cup occasions, together with in every of the final six races in 2024 … Was sixteenth in big slalom and nineteenth in slalom on the Nor-Am Cup in Whistler on March 27-28, 2024 … Completed 18th in slalom and twenty first in big slalom on the 2024 U.S. Alpine Nationwide Championships … Positioned twelfth in tremendous G, thirteenth in GS and 14th in slalom on the 2023 U.S. Alpine Nationwide Championship … Beforehand competed at each the 2023 and 2024 Denver Invitational as a non-collegiate invitee … Was acknowledged with Group Summit’s Sportsmanship Award (2019, 2021, 2023), Excellence in Alpine Snowboarding Award (2020) and Excellent Efficiency Award (2022) … Named Group MVP in 2022 for her highschool’s cross nation operating workforce.
Private: Daughter of Geoff and Tina Buchheister … Has a youthful brother, Luka … Mom Tina (Kavcic) was an alpine skier for the College of Utah whereas father Geoff skied collegiately on the College of Colorado … Uncle Greg Buchheister additionally beforehand skied for CU … Holds twin citizenship with america and Slovenia and is fluent in talking Slovenian … Along with having a profitable snowboarding tenure at DU, profession objectives embrace racing on the World Cup circuit and competing on the Olympics … Graduated from Whistler Secondary College in 2024 the place she additionally competed in cross nation and monitor operating … Additionally enjoys mountain biking, golf, cross nation operating and studying … Practiced karate from ages 5-11 and reached a brown belt with a black stripe … Volunteered at soup kitchens serving individuals in want in Summit County, Colorado, and likewise participated in ski mountain clean-up days … Favourite musicians are Rihanna, Mac Miller, Meghan Moroney and Tyler Childers … Favourite film is “14 Peaks” … Favourite TV present is “Fashionable Household.”
Why DU: “I selected the College of Denver due to the good teachers, ski workforce, quarter system and site. I’m actually excited to be part of the ski workforce due to the good teaching, athletic and educational assist, and optimistic workforce setting. It will assist me proceed to pursue my objectives in ski racing, whereas furthering my training.”
Loïc Chable | Males’s Alpine | Villars, Switzerland | Born July 9, 2000
6-1 | Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus Brig | Westminster College / SAS Lausanne
2025: Joins the Pioneers with 27 profession RMISA races after being a member of the Westminster College ski workforce the earlier two seasons … Enters the season with 5 top-10 finishes, three top-five outcomes and two profession podiums on the school circuit … Made the NCAA Championships in every of his two seasons at Westminster.
2024 (Westminster): Recorded three top-10 finishes and picked up his first two profession podiums in his second season with the Griffins … Started the marketing campaign along with his first profession podium by inserting third in slalom on the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 17 … Got here in eleventh the following day on Jan. 18 within the Utah Invitational’s slalom race … Didn’t end the primary big slalom occasion of the yr on the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 19 … Positioned twenty sixth within the Utah Invite GS on Jan. 20 … Posted his greatest profession end by coming in second within the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Steamboat Springs on Feb. 1 … Didn’t end both the large slalom or the slalom occasions of the CU Invitational at Steamboat on Feb. 2-3 … Got here in tenth within the Denver Invitational’s first slalom on Feb. 2 however didn’t end the second such occasion the following day on Feb. 3 … Was thirty eighth within the RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Feb. 22 in Montana … Was fifteenth in big slalom and 14th in slalom on the RMISA Championships in Large Sky, Montana, on Feb. 23-24 … Positioned twenty fourth in GS on March 6 and twenty seventh in slalom on March 8 on the NCAA Championships in Steamboat Springs.
2023 (Westminster): Positioned within the prime 20 in eight occasions, together with posting two top-10 finishes and one within the prime 5 … Made his collegiate debut at Westminster’s residence meet on Jan. 27 and got here in nineteenth within the first slalom race of the day earlier than posting his first profession prime 10 in sixth within the second occasion … Positioned nineteenth within the first big slalom of the season in a RMISA Alpine Qualifier on Jan. 30 … Was seventeenth within the Colorado Invitational’s first big slalom on Feb. 9 however didn’t end the second GS of the meet on Feb. 10 … Recorded a season-best fourth-place end within the Denver Invitational’s first slalom on Feb. 11 … Didn’t end the second slalom of the DU Invite on Feb. 12 … Got here in thirteenth within the Alaska Anchorage Invitational’s big slalom on Feb. 21 and fifteenth in the identical self-discipline on the RMISA Championships on Feb. 22 … Posted a DNF in each slalom occasions in Alaska—the UAA Invite on Feb. 23 and RMISA Championships on Feb. 24 … Didn’t end his NCAA Championships debut within the big slalom on March 8 … Got here in sixteenth in slalom on the NCAA Championships on March 10 to shut the school marketing campaign.
Earlier than Faculty: Raced for SAS Lausanne earlier than becoming a member of Westminster … Took half in 10 Europa Cup races in the course of the 2021 and 2022 winter season … Positioned sixteenth within the slalom on the 2022 Swiss Nationwide Championship and was thirteenth within the 2021 Swiss Championships in big slalom … Got here in sixth within the slalom on the 2020 Swiss Championships … Recorded 5 top-10 finishes within the first eight Nor-Am Cup races to start the 2022-23 winter season.
Different: Represented Switzerland on the 2023 World College Video games in Lake Placid/Whiteface Mountain, N.Y., inserting fourth in slalom, seventh in tremendous G and ninth in alpine mixed.
Private: Son of Gustave and Françoise … Has two older sisters, Charlotte and Pauline … Each of his mother and father had been ski instructors and Charlotte is a earlier FIS World Cup and Europa Cup alpine skier that positioned fifteenth in slalom on the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado … Graduated from Westminster College in 2024 with a bachelor’s diploma in economics … Graduated from Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus Brig Secondary College in 2020 … Favourite film is “13 Hours: The Secret Solders of Benghazi” … Hobbies embrace golf and tennis.
Why DU: “I selected the College of Denver for its nice educational repute and for being among the best ski packages within the nation.”
Pietro Motterlini | Males’s Alpine | Milano, Italy | Jan. 6, 2004
5-9 | Canadian College of Millan | Italian Nationwide Group
Earlier than Denver: Member of the Italian Nationwide Group from 2022-2024 and was a member of the youth alpine ski workforce of Comitato Alpi Centrali of the Italian Federation of Winter Sports activities (FISI) in 2021-22 … Raced in seven Europa Cup occasions in 2023 and 2024 … Took half in each the 2023 and 2024 FIS Junior World Championships … Positioned tenth in big slalom and second in workforce parallel slalom within the 2023 Junior Worlds in Austria … Gained the Italian U18 Nationwide Junior Championship in big slalom and positioned second in slalom in 2022 … Winner of the general rating for the U18 Gran Premio Italia … Positioned third in GS within the 2024 Italian Nationwide Juniors and gained Italy’s Nationwide Junior title in tremendous G the in 2023 … Awarded the 2021-22 Athlete of the 12 months award prize on the Canadian College of Milan, which acknowledges an athlete that is ready to mix sport apply with constant educational achievement.
Private: Son of Matteo and Carolina … Has an older brother, Marco … Majoring in finance at DU … Began snowboarding at age 2 … Profession objectives are to at some point make the Olympics and use his finance diploma to create a start-up firm … Enjoys all sorts of sports activities and likewise participated in soccer, soccer, water polo, basketball and windsurfing whereas rising up … Additionally likes to prepare dinner … Favourite film is “Seven Years in Tibet” … Favourite TV present is “Peaky Blinders.”
Why DU: “I selected DU as a result of I consider that it’s the College that provides me the most effective possibilities to succeed academically and in sports activities. Moreover I’ve the assist of the alpine snowboarding coaches, that may give me nice energy in the course of the season, each right here within the U.S. and in Europe. DU provides me the most effective likelihood to succeed as a scholar and as an athlete.”
Nicola Rountree-Williams | Girls’s Alpine | Edwards, Colorado | Born July 7, 2002
5-4 | Vail Mountain College | Colorado Mountain Faculty / Ski & Snowboard Membership Vail
2025: Joins the Pioneers with 23 profession RMISA races after competing the earlier two seasons on the circuit with Colorado Mountain Faculty … Enters the season at DU with eight profession top-10 finishes and two top-five leads to RMISA competitors.
2024 (Colorado Mountain Faculty): Captained Colorado Mountain Faculty and recorded profession bests with 5 leads to the highest 10 and two top-five finishes … Completed the season with 4 straight top-10 outcomes, together with recording private highs with a pair of fifth-place finishes—the primary of her school profession … After coming in fifteenth within the first slalom occasion of the Denver Invitational on Feb. 5, picked up her first prime 5 in fifth place within the second slalom of the DU Invite on Feb. 6 … Had her greatest big slalom races back-to-back, coming in eighth within the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Montana on Feb. 22 earlier than bettering it the following day in fifth place on the RMISA Championships on Feb. 23 … Wrapped up the school season by ending sixth on Feb. 24 within the RMISA Championships’ slalom … Started the yr with a DNF in slalom on the Westminster Invitational … Positioned thirteenth in slalom on the Utah Invite on Jan. 18 … Picked up her first prime 10 of the yr and commenced a stretch of 4 consecutive races within the prime 15 by coming in ninth within the Westminster Invite’s big slalom on Jan. 19 … Was eleventh within the Utah Invite GS on Jan. 12, positioned twelfth within the RMISA Alpine Qualifier GS in Steamboat on Feb. 1 and fifteenth within the Colorado Invite GS on Feb. 2 … Didn’t end the CU Invite’s slalom on Feb. 3.
2023 (Colorado Mountain Faculty): Recorded three prime 10s and positioned inside the highest 20 in six of the ultimate seven races of the season … Made her collegiate debut on the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 26 with a Thirtieth-place end within the first slalom however didn’t end the second slalom of the day … Got here in twenty fourth within the first big slalom race of the season on the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Montana … Didn’t end the primary GS of the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 9 earlier than selecting up her first profession prime 20 in the identical self-discipline on Day 2 of the meet on Feb. 10 … Recorded a then-career greatest with consecutive seventh-place leads to the 2 slalom occasions on the Denver Invitational on Feb. 11-12 … Got here in tenth within the Alaska Anchorage Invitational’s big slalom on Feb. 21 however DNF’d within the RMISA Championships GS on Feb. 22 … Completed the season by coming in fifteenth in slalom on the UAA Invite on Feb. 23 and seventeenth in the identical occasion on Feb. 24 within the RMISA Championships.
Earlier than Faculty: Beforehand competed for the U.S. Ski Group (2019, 2021, 2022) and Ski and Snowboard Vail … Raced in two FIS World Cup occasions in Croatia and Slovenia in January 2022 … Positioned fifth in big slalom on the 2021 U.S. Alpine Nationwide Championships at Copper Mountain … Had 4 top-10 finishes at U.S. Nationals from 2019-2021 … Recorded two top-10 finishes for Group USA on the 2020 Youth Olympic Video games, inserting eighth in big slalom and sixth within the workforce parallel slalom in Switzerland … Competed at three FIS Junior World Championships (2020 Norway, 2021 Bulgaria, 2022 Canada).
Private: Daughter of Robert Williams and Elizabeth Rountree … Has a youthful sister, Isabel … Born in North Carolina earlier than shifting to Colorado in center faculty … Attended highschool at Vail Mountain College earlier than going to Colorado Mountain Faculty in Steamboat Springs … Made the President’s Checklist (2023) and Dean’s Checklist (2024) at Colorado Mountain Faculty … Majoring in psychology at DU … Want to work in a psychology-related area and do one thing involving wildlife conservation after school … Is an avid hiker and mountaineer, together with climbing Denali in summer time 2024 … Additionally enjoys studying and writing … Earned the Les Streeter Award in 2018 with Ski and Snowboard Membership Vail and Group Athletes Giving Again Award in 2021 with the U.S. Ski Group … Donated to the Autistic Self Advocacy Community (ASAN) via the Athletes Giving Again Award … Enthusiastic about local weather change and water rights … Spent two weeks whereas in highschool putting in long-lasting water filters in rural Bolivia … Is a licensed drag racer … Additionally participated in soccer, tennis and horseback using (present leaping and cross nation) when she was a child.
Why DU: “I selected DU as a result of the alpine workforce has lots of depth in addition to incredible assets. The psychology program is absolutely good too with a ton of choices for specialization and lots of expert, skilled professors.”
