Career: Four-time All-American in the giant slalom (2014-17) ... seven career victories and 12 career podium finishes ... four-time first-team All-RMISA ... ranked as high as 56th in the world in the giant slalom (2014/15 points season).
2017: Earned All-America honors in the giant slalom for the fourth-straight year with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships … also finished 29th in the slalom … first-team All-RMISA … won the giant slalom at the Utah Invitational … three top five finishes … fourth in the giant slalom at the Montana State Invite and the RMISA qualifier … USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
2016: Earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the giant slalom at the NCAA Championships … also finished 25th in the slalom at NCAA's … first-team All-RMISA … two race wins, in the giant slalom at the Utah Invitational and the first RMISA giant slalom qualifier … three total podium finishes … second in the giant slalom at the second RMISA giant slalom qualifier and along with the win in the first qualifier was named the RMISA Skier of the Week for the series … five top-five finishes … team captain.
2015: Earned All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the giant slalom at the NCAA Championships ... also finished 20th in the slalom at NCAA's ... first-team All-RMISA ... won the giant slalom at the Colorado Invite and the first RMISA qualifier ... four podium finishes, placing second in the giant slalom at the Utah Invitational ... third in the GS at the RMISA Championship ... best slalom finish was ninth at the Utah Invite ... named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
2014: Earned All-America honors with a podium finish in the giant slalom at the NCAA Championships (3rd) ... also finished 11th in the slalom at NCAA's ... first-team All-RMISA ... four podium finishes and nine top-10 finishes ... won the slalom at the Pat Miller Invite and the giant slalom at the RMISA Championship ... third in the GS at Montana State ... also competed in NorAm Cup races and finished second in the giant slalom standings, winning two races in Vail, Colo. ... finished seventh at the U.S. National Championships in the giant slalom and was fourth at the New Zealand National Championships in the slalom ... named to the National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team.
Before Utah: Two-year member of the Norwegian National Team (2010-13) ... 14 top-three finishes at the Norwegian National Championships and Norwegian Junior National Championships ... has 67 European Cup starts and one World Cup start ... Heming IL Ski Club.
Personal: Daughter of Gunnar and Inger Margrethe Fausa ... twin brother and sister ... majoring in finance.
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