SALT LAKE CITY - All eyes on the campus of Salt Lake City's Westminster College will be focused on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as 14 Westminster students head to Vancouver to compete for the gold next month. From snowboarding to freestyle skiing, the college will be cheering on these exceptional student-athletes who have been named to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have 14 students named to this year's team," said Safia Keller, Westminster's USSA-grant program liaison. "For a college that boasts just over 3,000 students, it's quite an achievement to have so many phenomenal athletes here."Westminster, a comprehensive liberal arts college in Salt Lake City, has a strong partnership with the Park City-based U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding, providing college education to athletes training at the Team's Center of Excellence.
"Westminster College continues to play a vital role for our athletes training at the USSA Center of Excellence," said U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) President and CEO Bill Marolt. "We're proud that so many of our 2010 Olympians have been able to supplement their Olympic training with the educational opportunity offered by Westminster."
The roster of student athletes from Westminster includes a full third of the 18-member 2010 U.S. Olympic Freestyle Ski Team along with alpine, cross country and snowboarding athletes, plus a skeleton Olympian. Westminster Olympians include:
Freestyle
Lacy Schnoor (Aerials, Draper, UT) - Westminster sophomore/marketing major
Jana Lindsey (Aerials, Black Hawk, SD) - Westminster sophomore/communication major
Heather McPhie (Moguls, Bozeman, MT) - Westminster junior
Ryan St. Onge (Aerials, Winter Park, CO) - Westminster sophomore/business major
Dylan Ferguson (Aerials, Amesbury, MA) - Westminster sophomore
Bryon Wilson (Moguls, Butte, MT) - Westminster freshman/art major
Cross Country
Liz Stephen (Montpelier, VT) - Westminster freshman
Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) - Westminster Master of Professional Communication graduate
Morgan Arritola (Ketchum, ID) - Westminster freshman
Snowboarding
Graham Watanabe (Sun Valley, ID) - Westminster sophomore/business major
Alpine
Megan McJames (Park City, UT - Westminster freshman
Kaylin Richardson (Edina, MN) - Westminster freshman
Leanne Smith (Conway, NH) - Westminster sophomore
Skeleton
Zach Lund (Salt Lake City) - Westminster senior/aviation major
Westminster has more than 35 U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes who attend the college through the Westminster/USSA grant program. The program allows all A, B and C-level U.S. Ski Team or U.S. Snowboarding athletes who qualify to attend the college tuition-free.
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