Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
UW – La Crosse
La Crosse has expanded its team greatly these past two years. While we have performed exceptional in tournaments the past several years, we went from having only 9 members attend Nationals in 2017 to 20 this year. In order to get new members to fully commit, we established a close knit, enriching community where members have the opportunity to be competitive, hardworking, and thus successful while also social. In addition to pushing each other to excel as 3 event skiers during the season, we support each other academically. Members aren’t forced to participate in team bonding or studying but they often times do because of the welcoming atmosphere that existing members have laid the foundation of.
With an extremely athletic team, members are forced to compete with each other in order to ski on A team. While members were moved around the roster all season, only one of our female skiers ended up skiing A all three events at Nationals. This allowed more skiers the opportunity to attend Nationals, skiing in at least one event.
We use our interactive social media in order to show appreciation for our sponsors and hosts as well as to showcase every one of our members and acknowledge their role in our special community.
Unsurprisingly, members are eager to help the team with volunteer work and fundraisers. We have almost doubled our volunteer hours this past season, with nearly every member attending at least one event.
All in all, the team loyalty on UWL ski team has produced dedicated members, healthy competition, and successful skiing!