Congratulations to 2024 Centra Division Award Winners

Voting Delegates and Panel Committee Members had a difficult time choosing this year's Divisional Award winners. The 2023-24 season included some great performances at all levels.

Our senior athletes competing in ski jumping and nordic combined on the USANordic National Team put in some outstanding performances. We are extremely proud of jumpers Casey Larson (Norge Ski Club) and Andrew Urlaub (Flying Eagles Ski Club) and nordic combiner, Ben Loomis (Flying Eagles Ski Club). They each were able to score World Cup points and improve their overall place standings. This made the decision for Skier of the Year even more difficult.

Our junior athletes continue to improve as well. A few were able to compete internationally at varying levels: Anders Giese competed in the 2024 Youth Olympic Games and placed very well in USANordic Junior Nationals. Maxim Glyvka and Sandra Sproch qualified to represent USA at the 2024 Junior Worlds. Both were also able to represent the US in Continental Cup and World Cup level events. There was vast improvement in our junior level skiers who performed very well at the USANordic Junior Nationals in Anchorage, AK. This made our "most improved" categories extremely competitive as well. The future looks very bright for ski jumping and nordic combined for our Central Division. (Hopefully the outlook for snow next winter is just as bright.)

This year's award winners include:

• Skier of the Year: Casey Larson (Norge Ski Club)

• John R Lyons Award for Best Junior Male Skier: Maxim Glyvka (Norge Ski Club)

• Therese Altobelli Award for Best Junior Female Skier: Sandra Sproch (Norge Ski Club)

• Male Nordic Combined Skier: Anders Giese (Norge Ski Club)

• Female Nordic Combined Skier: Kaija Copenhaver (Ishpeming Ski Club)

• Art Knutson Award for Most Improved Junior Male Skier: Isaac Larson (Ishpeming SKi Club)

• Milt Aasen Award for Most Improved Junior Female Skier: Elisa Whiting (Blackhawk SKi Club) AND Kaija Copenhaver (Ishpeming Ski Club)

• Dave S Edlund Award for Best Master Skier: Tony Benzie (Flying Eagles Ski Club)

• Korey Arneson Award for Most Stylish U16 Central Skier: Isaac Larson (Ishpeming Ski Club)

Congratulations to all our winners. Train hard, play hard, and have a successful 2024-25 season!