Thorson named to ESPN the Magazine at-large team

Utah skier Tague Thorson has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII at-large team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
UTAH SKIER TAGUE THORSON has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII at-large team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
    A second-team selection who is majoring in Philosophy, Thorson was the top overall men's alpine NCAA Championships qualifier last year, finishing first in the slalom standings. He had two slalom wins during the year, at Western State and New Mexico. Although Thorson had the best overall time in the slalom at the NCAA Championships, he was disqualified after hooking a gate.
    Thorson, who recently accepted an invitation to join the U.S. Ski Team, is ranked 89th in the world in the slalom in the latest International Skiing Federation points rankings.
    Thorson grew up racing in Minnesota at Afton Alps until leaving for Rowmark Academy in Salt Lake City at age 17.    
    Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, a 2,000-member organization consisting of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
    To be eligible, student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his or her current institution and be nominated by his or her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
    The Utah ski team finished the year third at the NCAA Championships.