Now that the season's over and everyone's enjoying a peaceful spring, it's time to announce some post-season awards!
Marty Hall Award: This award honors our most outstanding male and female skiers and is named for former Bowdoin Nordic coach Marty Hall. It will come as no surprise to anyone that this year's winners are Renae Anderson and Elliot Ketchel. Renae's All-American achievement at NCAAs was the pinnacle of an already outstanding season in which she posted nine top-10 carnival finishes and was our top skier in all but one EISA race. Elliot earned All-East honors and was our top skier in every carnival race. He ends his career with five EISA podiums (four individual and one relay). These two are the only Bowdoin skiers in history to qualify for NCAAs all four years. Congratulations Renae and Elliot!
EISA All-Academic Awards: The All-Academic designation is given to any skier who earns the right to compete at Regionals and has a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. This year we had an incredible TEN skiers earn the award - congratulations to Silas Brown, Ayden Nichol, James Eysenbach, Morgan Richter, Carson Williams, Aggie Macy, Ingrid Miller, Ellie Smith, Adam Carlisle, and Elliot Ketchel! It's no small feat to achieve such high grades at a school as academically challenging as Bowdoin, and to do so while training at a super high level is even more impressive.
Last but not least, congratulations to Noah Eckstein for being our newest inductee into the Bowdoin Nordic Van Driver Hall of Fame! Noah has been a team-first athlete and all-around great person for his entire time with our program. This year in particular he stepped up as a safe and reliable van driver, most notably before NCAAs when he got up at 3 AM to drive the Utah crew to the airport! Many thanks for your contributions, Noah - you are now immortalized alongside your fellow Bowdoin Nordic van driving legends.
