Most Consistent Skier

Heather Donen-Madison

 She consistently jumped 70+ (mostly over 80), ran into short line all tournaments and tricked up to a one pass PB. Consistently does well.

Brett Phillips-University of Michigan

 He consistently did well in slalom...our team could count on him no matter what the conditions were outside.

Our team is lucky that Brett Phillips, a freshman from New York, chose the University of Michigan. He surprised us with his skiing ability and team involvement. Having just graduated our top male skiers, it was comforting when we could always rely on Brett's slalom score to boost our men's team standing. He consistently ran into 32 off the line placing him high in the Midwest rankings.

We look forward to what Brett will bring to the table in the future.

Ben VT-Ohio State University

Slalom- If not for nationals where he set a PB Ben consistently got 2-3.5 @ 32' off
Trick-tricked exactly 2040 pts and never got that wrap-in toe-O he was talking about.
Jump- Consistently placed in the top 3 every tournament (3 first place finishes).

Dan Shuman-Iowa State University

Over the past 3 years Dan has been one of the most consistent skiers on the Iowa State Team. This past year Dan tricked 1200 points at 4 of the 5 tournaments that he skied in, including D2 Nationals placing in the top ten. Not only is he a consistent trick skier but in three of the tournaments he skied in he jumped over 110 feet, including D2 nationals where he jumped 117 feet placing fifth. Lastly Dan slalomed multiple times deep into 22 off and 28 off.

Not only is Dan just a consistent skier he is a consistent skier in high pressure tournaments like Nationals.

Kevin Kresh-Iowa State University

Solid scores. Red hair. Big dreams. Everyday's a Saturday.

Most Likely to go Pro

Paul Ogren-Iowa State

 Heart of a lion.

Best Team Captain

Tyler Lorenz-UW Madison

 Worked hard to get things done.

Most Valuable Female Skier

Jane Erickson-University of Minnesota

 Jane never practices and still beats everyone when she shows up! She has an amazing toe pass, can jump over 80 without practicing and slaloms consistently into 28 off. She definitely carries her team and is a huge asset to Team Midwest.

Marti Guiotti-University of Michigan

 She is a very consistent and skilled skier in all events.

Brigid Burke-UW Madison

 She's a great skier and loves water skiing.

Jordan Dutro-Missouri State University

 She excels in every event and is our new President.

Most Valuable Male Skier

Matt Knafla-Iowa State

 Matt consistently scores/medals in all 3 events

and has been doing it for all 4 years.

Paul Tierney-MOS

 Paul had a very consistent and high scoring season especially in jump and slalom.

He consistently jumped over 100 and slalomed into 32 off.

Ben VT-Ohio State University

Slalom- If not for nationals where he set a PB Ben consistently got 2-3.5 @ 32' off
.

Trick-tricked exactly 2040 pts and never got that wrap-in toe-O he was talking about.

Jump- Consistently placed in the top 3 every tournament (3 first place finishes)

Conference-1st

Ball St. Fling-1st

MSU Ripfest-1st

Nationals-2nd

Regionals-2nd?

Steven Cyra- UW Madison

 He's a great skier and loves the sport.

Happy Award- Most Supportive Alumni

Kevin Klingbeil-Iowa State

 He's never really happy unless he's dressed as a girl and covered with sparkles.

But he does work really really hard to earn his sparkles.

Nick Groeneweg- University of Michigan

 Nick is in his 6th year at the University of Michigan pursuing a graduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. Even though he no longer has eligibility and is managing a more difficult academic schedule, he attends every tournament. Locally on our team, he has received the "Hero Award" 4 years in a row. Recipients of this award are people the skiers really look up to as a skier, a friend, a leader, and a confidant. Yet his consistent attendance and impressive achievements are diminutive compared to the support he showed the team after a horrific jump accident. Nick shattered his femur jumping in Louisiana. Despite the difficulty he faced in every day life, Nick remains the most involved jump coach on our team. He always puts the needs of the team and its members ahead of himself.

Jim Grabowski-Marquette

 Always supporting the sport and overall positive energy.

Mike Krumrey-Missouri State University

 He is at every tournament he can make cheering us on.

 Mike has been graduated for like 6 years and he continues to come around, get to know the team, and cheer us on at tournaments. He’s always there for us and for every team.

Most Likely to Hit the Side Curtain

Dan Newcomer-Madison

 Nationals catapult

 He hit the side curtain

 His crash has gone viral appearing on sites like creakyrowboat and a link posted on skifly i believe. Either way this face painted badger show skier gave that side curtain his all and is the only person I've seen aim for the red, realize he's late, debate whether to pass on the left or right, then say "fuck it" and hit the white. Evidence: http://www.creakyrowboat.com/2010/10/aim-for-red.html.

Well, he actually hit the side curtain at nationals

and needed stitches at the hospital.

Paul Ogren-Iowa State

 Pauly truly would put his own body on the line for the biggest jump.

Not to mention that at Regionals he truly did hit the

side curtain as his fin went flying through the air.

Kyle Dammeyer-Ohio State University

 MSU ripfest: Kyle tried on the big team skis and got off his 76" connelly's. This, in combination with an incomplete jump course, threw off Kyle's timing enough to ride up the right side of the side curtain and launch himself inverted through the air.

Jack Martin-Ohio State University

 Jack was going big or going home when he singled at the ramp in Texas. He wanted to make it on the ramp so bad that he lifted his right ski. Unfortunately that didn't help him and he took the side curtain ride. I think with his tenacity and lack of experience we will see big crashes out of Jack in the 2011 season.

Sean Jacobi- SIU

 Because he has and will continue to do so for long to come.