Annual awards presented at 2014 USSA Congress

By Published On: May 17th, 2014Comments Off on Annual awards presented at 2014 USSA Congress
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail's parade during USSA Club Day this past winter. SSCV

Ski & Snowboard Club Vail’s parade during USSA Club Day this past winter. SSCV

Park City, Utah — Ski & Snowboard Club Vail, which collected five USSA Chairman’s Awards including 2014 Club of the Year, and former USSA President and CEO Bill Marolt, who was honored with the Julius Blegen Award, pretty much stole the show at the annual awards presentation at this year’s Congress. Clubs, athletes, coaches and volunteers, among others, were honored for their snowsports contributions at the Park City Marriott on Friday night. U.S. Freeskiing slopestyle coach Skogen Sprang received the Coach of the Year Award and Mikaela Shiffrin was recognized with the Beck International, Alpine Athlete of the Year, and Olympic Champion awards.

Award Name Recipient’s Name
2014 Julius Blegen Award Bill Marolt
USSA Gold Awards  
2014 USSA Club of the Year Award Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2014 USSA Coach of the Year Award Skogen Sprang
2014 USSA Development Coach of the Year Award Frank Kelble
2014 Beck International Award Mikaela Shiffrin
2014 Westhaven Award Gary Wright
USSA Silver Awards  
2014 Paul Bacon Award Deer Valley Resort
2014 John J. Clair Jr. Award Allen Church
2014 Bud and Mary Little Award Chris Grover
2014 Buddy Werner Award Liz Stephen
2014 Russell Wilder Award Ted Sutton
2014 USSA J. Leland Sosman Award Dr. Dave Goltz
2014 West Family Award Bill Van Gilder
USSA Athlete of the Year Awards  
2014 Adaptive Athlete of the Year Award Tyler Walker
2014 Alpine Athlete of the Year Award Mikaela Shiffrin
2014 Cross Country Athlete of the Year Award Kikkan Randall
2014 Freestyle Athlete of the Year Award Hannah Kearney
2014 U.S. Freeskiing Athlete of the Year Award Joss Christensen
2014 Nordic Combined Athlete of the Year Award Taylor Fletcher
2014 Ski Jumping Athlete of the Year Award Sarah Hendrickson
2014 Snowboarding Athlete of the Year Award Sage Kotsenburg
USSA Coach of the Year Awards
2014 Alpine International Coach of the Year Award Roland Pfeifer
2014 Alpine Domestic Coach of the Year Award Frank Kelble
2014 Adaptive International Coach of the Year Award Kevin Jardine
2014 Adaptive Domestic Coach of the Year Award Tim Emling
2014 Cross Country International Coach of the Year Award Gus Kaeding
2014 Cross Country Domestic Coach of the Year Award Patrick Weaver
2014 Freestyle International COY Award Joseph Davies
2014 Freestyle Domestic Coach of the Year Award Dan Studer
2014 U.S. Freeskiing International COY Award Skogen Sprang
2014 U.S. Freeskiing Domestic Coach of the Year Award Dan Shuffleton
2014 Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined International Coach of the Year Award Greg Poirier
2014 Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined Domestic Coach of the Year Award Blake Hughes
2014 Snowboarding International Coach of the Year Award Spencer Tamblyn
2014 Snowboarding Domestic Coach of the Year Award Elijah Teter
USSA Club of the Year Awards  
2014 Adaptive Club of the Year Award Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club
2014 Alpine Club of the Year Award Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2014 Cross Country Club of the Year Award Stratton Mountain School & T2 Team
2014 Freestyle Club of the Year Award Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2014 Freeskiing Club of the Year Award Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
2014 Jumping/Nordic Combined Club of the Year Award Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage
2014 Snowboarding Club of the Year Award Ski & Snowboard Club Vail

USSA Sport Awards
2014 Al Merrill Nordic Award David Knoop
2014 Mittelstadt Ski Jumping Officials Award Dale Fredette
2014 Mike Jacoby Cup Award Kaitlyn Farrington
2014 Anna McIntyre Citation Award Maria McNulty
2014 Burckett-Dodge Award Fred Turton
2014 Finlandia Award Simeon Hamilton
2014 Team Athlete Giving Back Award Ross Powers
2014 Outstanding Lifetime Service to Nordic Skiing Gary Crawford
2014 Excellence Award for Years of Service to Cross Country Skiing Jon Engen
2014 Dorothy Graves Award Cara Larson
2014 Sons of Norway Award Kevin Bickner
2014 White Stag/Dan Bean Award Not awarded due to race cancellation
2014 Dick Zue Award Not awarded due to race cancellation
2014 Sally Deaver Award Marie-Michele Gagnon, CAN
2014 Willy Schaeffler Award Stephanie Lebby – USSA Team Academy; Florian Szwebel – Ski and Snowboard Club Vail
2014 Alaska Cup New England
2014 Junior Olympic Club Team Awards Loppet Nordic Racing
2014 Roger Weston Award South Anchorage High School – Men; Wayzata High School – Women
2014 Dave Quinn Award Peter Holmes
2014 Erik Judeen Award Rosie Brennan
2014 Martha Rockwell Award Becca Rorabough
2014 Gale Cotton Burton Award Eric Bjornsen
2014 Mike Gallagher Award Reese Hanneman
2014 Tony Wise Award Caitlin Greg
2014 Paul Nash Layman Award Bill Demong
2014 Paul Bietila Award Nick Fairall
2014 Torger Tokle Award Nick Fairall
2014 Ann Hansen Award Hannah Kearney and Patrick Deneen
2014 The Meeker Award Emily Cook and Dylan Ferguson
2014 The Ski Magazine Cup Sadie Smith and George McQuinn
2014 Al Sise Outstanding Masters Award Lisa Densmore
2014 Al Sise Outstanding Masters Award Alphonse Sevigny
USSA Chairman’s Special Recognition Awards
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Giant Slalom Olympic Gold Medal – Ted Ligety
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Slalom Olympic Gold Medal – Mikaela Shiffrin
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Slopestyle Skiing Olympic Gold Medal – Joss Christensen
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Halfpipe Snowboarding Olympic Gold Medal – Kaitlyn Farrington
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Halfpipe Skiing Olympic Gold Medal – Maddie Bowman
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Halfpipe Skiing Olympic Gold Medal – David Wise
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Slopestyle Snowboarding Olympic Gold Medal – Jamie Anderson
Olympic Champion Award 2014 Slopestyle Snowboarding Olympic Gold Medal – Sage Kotsenburg

 

Listen to Bill Marolt’s Julius Blegen Award acceptance speech here:

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About the Author: C.J. Feehan

Christine J. Feehan is a USSA Level 300 coach who spent more than a decade training athletes at U.S. ski academies - Burke, Sugar Bowl, and Killington - before serving as Editor in Chief at Ski Racing Media through 2017. She worked for the FIS on the World Cup tour for three years and then settled into her current home in Oslo, Norway.