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Solbakken and Davies Round out Utah Ski Team’s Academic All-Americans
7/17/2024 10:00 AM | Skiing
Men’s GS individual champion leads academic accolades with First Team recognition
SALT LAKE CITY – Mikkel Solbakken and Joe Davies of the Utah Ski Team were recognized on Wednesday with spots as CSC Academic All-Americans.
Solbakken was placed on the Academic All-America First Team, while Davies earned a Third Team spot. It comes after Kaja Norbye was named a third-teamer on Tuesday.
Solbakken came up the road from Westminster for his final collegiate season, completing a Master's degree in finance with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. Competitively, he capped off the year with an NCAA individual title in giant slalom and third-place nationals finish in slalom. Both of those results earned Solbakken First Team All-American honors, which highlighted four wins, seven podiums and 12 top-10 finishes.
The Bekkestua, Norway, native also was tabbed All-RMISA First Team. Following the season, he was named the Utah Ski Team's alpine MVP as well as the alpine recipient of the David Novelle Memorial Award, given annually to the outstanding male skier.
A civil engineering major out of Pemberton, British Columbia, Davies was a two-time NCAA All-American this past season, including an individual runner-up finish in the 7.5K freestyle during the national championships. The RMISA and NCAA West Regional champion in 7.5K freestyle pulled in All-RMISA First Team honors after recording five podium results, and finished no lower than ninth in each of his collegiate starts.
Davies represented Great Britain during the U-23 World Championships in Slovenia, earning two top-20 finishes. He also made four World Cup starts, including 16th-place in the men's 10K freestyle in Minneapolis during February 2024. At the Utah Ski Team's postseason awards banquet, Davies was presented Nordic's David Novelle Memorial Award.
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Solbakken was placed on the Academic All-America First Team, while Davies earned a Third Team spot. It comes after Kaja Norbye was named a third-teamer on Tuesday.
Solbakken came up the road from Westminster for his final collegiate season, completing a Master's degree in finance with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. Competitively, he capped off the year with an NCAA individual title in giant slalom and third-place nationals finish in slalom. Both of those results earned Solbakken First Team All-American honors, which highlighted four wins, seven podiums and 12 top-10 finishes.
The Bekkestua, Norway, native also was tabbed All-RMISA First Team. Following the season, he was named the Utah Ski Team's alpine MVP as well as the alpine recipient of the David Novelle Memorial Award, given annually to the outstanding male skier.
A civil engineering major out of Pemberton, British Columbia, Davies was a two-time NCAA All-American this past season, including an individual runner-up finish in the 7.5K freestyle during the national championships. The RMISA and NCAA West Regional champion in 7.5K freestyle pulled in All-RMISA First Team honors after recording five podium results, and finished no lower than ninth in each of his collegiate starts.
Davies represented Great Britain during the U-23 World Championships in Slovenia, earning two top-20 finishes. He also made four World Cup starts, including 16th-place in the men's 10K freestyle in Minneapolis during February 2024. At the Utah Ski Team's postseason awards banquet, Davies was presented Nordic's David Novelle Memorial Award.
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Follow the Utah Ski Team on social media @utahskiteam.
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