SAN FRANCISCO––Utah skier
Martin Bergström has been named the recipient of the 2017-18 Utah Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal. A conference medal is awarded annually to each Pac-12 institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on a combination of academics, athletics and leadership.
Bergström won three NCAA individual championships in his career—the most of any Nordic skier in Utah history. He won back-to-back NCAA 10km classic titles in 2017-18 and was also the NCAA 20-km freestyle champion in 2017 while leading Utah to the NCAA team title. Bergström was a four-time All-American in his two seasons at Utah and was twice named the RMISA Men's Nordic Athlete of the Year. He won seven career races at Utah and finished on the podium 15 times.
Bergström was a 2018 Academic All-American, making the at-large second team with a 3.94 cumulative grade point average in mathematics. His 3.94 GPA is the best of Utah's senior male student-athletes.
Bergström is the third skier named the recipient of a Tom Hansen Conference Medal, joining Maria Graefnings (2012) and Miles Havlick (2013).