Whitefish Ski Racer Nevada Kramer has been named to receive one of 4 nationally awarded ski racing scholarships. The Scholarships are developed and awarded through the partnership of Stacey Cook of the US Ski Team and Sun Valley Ski Tools. Cook a top performer on the US Ski Team and an Olympic and World Championship participant notified Kramer this week by phone of his pending award. Cook and the iconic ski tool company, award four $1,000 scholarships to deserving 13-16 year old ski racers who compete in the United States Ski Association race series.
This year’s awards went to Kramer of Whitefish and the Whitefish Mountain Resort Ski Team, Julia Bjorkman from Diamond Peak Ski Team in Nevada, Grace Dolan from the Squaw Valley Team in California, and a first time split in the 4th award to twin brothers, Colin and Peter Martens from Lake Placid, New York.
Last season, Kramer won several races in the Northern Division of USSA and was tapped to compete in the Jr. 4 Festival, a championship event for the best skiers of his age group in the Western Region of the US.
Cook, a veteran with the US Ski Team competed in the 2006 Olympics and the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. Cook placed an evening phone call to Kramer at his home in Whitefish to personally notify him of his award.
See this about Stacey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Cook and this: http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1044
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