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Andrew Gauthier announced on the US Freeski Team’s website this morning the complete list of athletes who will be skiing for the American Flag this upcoming season. Many athletes will be returning for another season, including big names like Maggie Voisin and David Wise. Several new skiers will also join the team this year after being recruited from all over the country. Voisin and Wise made the announcements today @usfreeskiteam on Instagram.
One athlete, fellow Pennsylvania native, Jenna Riccomini, pictured above will be joining the US Freeski Slopestyle Rookie team, just one year after she competed in Lausanne, Switzerland at the Junior Olympics this past January. Riccomini, who had only previously competed in one other international event brought home 8th overall in her Olympic Slopestyle debut.
In the midst of an un-imaginable pandemic that cut this season way short, we can look forward to cheering on many familiar faces as well as their new scholars next winter. It’s always fun to dream about what new “steez” we can expect coming from yet another great class of skiers.
Here is the complete list posted on the US Freeski Team’s website.
2020-21 U.S. Freeski Team Nominations
(Hometown; Club; USASA Series; Birthdate)
HALFPIPE
PRO TEAM
Men
- Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/12/96)
- Alex Ferreira (Aspen, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Aspen/Snowmass Series; 8/14/94)
- Birk Irving (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Freeride Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/26/99)
- David Wise (Reno, Nev.; 6/30/90)
- Lyman Currier (Boulder, Colo.; Winter Park Freeski Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/28/94)
- Hunter Hess (Bend, Ore.; Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation; Central Oregon Series; 10/01/98)
- Taylor Seaton (Avon, Colo.; 7/16/90)
- Jaxin Hoerter (Breckenridge, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/17/00)
- Cassidy Jarrell (Aspen, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/31/99)
Women
- Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.; Intermountain Series; 1/17/90)
- Devin Logan (West Dover, Vt.; Mount Snow Academy; Southern Vermont Series; 2/17/93)
- Annalisa Drew (Andover, Mass.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Southwest Colorado Series; 5/28/93)
- Carly Margulies (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team; Unbound Series; 12/24/97)
- Abigale Hansen (June Lake, Calif.; Mammoth Mountain Freeski Team; Unbound Series; 5/26/98)
ROOKIE TEAM
Men
- Hunter Carey (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Competition Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 6/12/02
- Connor Ladd (Lakewood, Colo.; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/26/03)
- Dylan Ladd (Lakewood, Colo.; Winter Park Competition Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/29/01)
- Sammy Schuiling (Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/16/00)
Women
- Svea Irving (Winter Park, Colo.; Winter Park Freeride Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/27/02)
- Hanna Faulhaber (Carbondale, Colo.; Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/04/04)
- Riley Jacobs (Oak Creek, Colo.; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 8/14/2003)
SLOPESTYLE / BIG AIR
PRO TEAM
Men
- Alex Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 9/21/98)
- Mac Forehand (Winhall, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 8/4/01)
- Colby Stevenson (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 10/3/97)
- Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Hanley Consulting Inc.; Rocky Mountain Series; 3/14/94)
- Willie Borm (Chaska, Minn.; Midwest Freeskiing Association; 5/21/97)
- Kiernan Fagan (Brownfield, Maine; Wy’East Mountain Academy; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/18/02)
- Deven Fagan (Brownfield, Maine; Wy’East Mountain Academy; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/18/02)
- Cody LaPlante (Truckee, Calif.; Squaw Valley Freestyle and Freeride Team; North Tahoe Series; 2/15/02)
Women
- Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 12/14/98)
- Caroline Claire (Manchester Center, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 2/2/00)
- Darian Stevens (Missoula, Mont.; Missoula Freestyle Ski Team; 10/29/96)
ROOKIE TEAM
Men
- Hunter Henderson (Madbury, N.H..; Waterville Valley BBTS; New Hampshire Series; 12/28/2002)
- Richard Thomas (Orono, Minn.; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Upper Midwest Snow; 8/16/01)
- Troy Podmilsak (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 8/23/2004)
Women
- Rell Harwood (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 6/1/01)
- Marin Hamill (Park City, Utah; Park City Ski and Snowboard; Big Mountain West Series; 4/5/01)
- Grace Henderson (Madbury, N.H.; Waterville Valley BBTS; New Hampshire Series; 4/28/01)
- Bella Bacon (Ellicottville, N.Y.; Agenda Freeski; Western New York Series; 1/29/04)
- Jenna Riccomini (Port Matilda, Penn.; Team Summit Colorado; Rocky Mountain Series; 3/12/2004)
For more detailed information about each athlete, please check out their individual bio’s on the official Freeski Team page.
