BOULDER—Ten Colorado Buffaloes were named to the At-Large Academic All-District teams presented by College Sports Communicators, the organization announced Wednesday.
The at-large team consists of several sports, including golf, lacrosse and skiing for the Buffs, and each school is allowed to nominate five men and five women for the honor. As long as the student-athletes are past their first year in residence at CU and possess above a 3.5 grade point average, they will automatically be named Academic All-District and be placed on the ballot for Academic All-America consideration.
The 10 Buffs that earned the honor are Hanna Abrahamsson (Nordic skiing), Jacob Dilling (alpine skiing), Elena Exenberger (alpine skiing), Louis Fausa (alpine skiing), Filip Forejtek (alpine skiing), Lauren Gooding (women’s golf), Emma Hammergaard (alpine skiing), Oyvind Haugan (Nordic skiing), Will Koch (Nordic skiing) and Charlie Rudy (lacrosse).
Abrahamsson is a sophomore studying environmental engineering and finished the 2023 season as a two-time first-team All-American at the NCAA championships, finishing in the top five in both the classic and freestyle races. On the season she didn’t finish lower than seventh in any race with nine top five finishes, seven podiums and one race win.
Dilling is a sophomore majoring in communication at CU and had a solid season with five top five performances including three podiums and a race win. A two-time All-American, he has qualified for NCAA Championships both seasons and is a two-time All-RMISA performer.
Exenberger is a sophomore majoring in psychology and media studies and finished the 2023 season with 10 top 20 performances in 11 finished races including three top 10s. She has qualified for the NCAA Championships twice and was a World University Games participant in 2023, as well.
Fausa is a junior studying business finance at Colorado. He finished 10 races in 2023, all in the top 20 with seven top 10 and five top five including three podiums. A first-team All-American in the GS race, he finished runner-up to Forejtek as the Buffs went 1-2 in the race.
Forejtek is a graduate student earning a master’s in data science at CU. He successfully defended his individual national championship in the giant slalom on 2023 and in all, had five top five with four podiums and…
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