“I came to Northwood halfway through freshman year, originally on the ski racing team. I premediated a plan starting in seventh grade to go to a ski academy that did not have a freestyle team but had racing because I was good at that. I wanted to secure a position at a set place, then branch off into a freestyle skier.
“During my first year here, Raychel West pushed me to create a freestyle team. It was difficult in the beginning trying to make a name for ourselves because of how many other big ski academies there are in the East for freestyle. Nevertheless, I made sure to advocate for Northwood freestyle at all the competitions I went to and always tagged the team in my ski posts on social media. In the end it all worked out as I am now a senior and started the team with just me, but it has grown to 8 Northwood freestyle athletes.
“I love to go home and go cruising in my car, ski with my friends, work out, mountain bike, travel, and hang out with my parents and dogs. When here in Lake Placid, I like to hike Cobble, practice flips out on the field and go to the jumping complex. I have an alter ego named Crash out Clay or “CC” for short. I am interested in psychology and like to express myself through my words. I am interested in sales and hope to work in that profession later in life. A fun fact about me is that I deadlift 500 pounds.
“In my perfect world, I would head over to the University of Madison-Wisconsin and get my bachelor’s in business administration. At that point I would have to make the decision to get my master’s or not. Hopefully, I will end up in Chicago as a broker, and for the first ten or twenty years I would love to climb up the corporate ladder and one day start a business of my own. I hope to live just outside of the suburbs of Chicago around the lakes, which I adore.”
As told to Yosef Spear ’26. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge.
