OUT OF THE GATE
The Southern Alpine Racing Association (SARA)
has announced that Mallory Crandall, a first-year J1
racer from Nelson County, Va., is the first winner of
the Kober Award. The award is to be given annually
to a 15- to 19-year-old member of SARA best demon-
strating the character traits of leadership, sportsman-
ship, teamwork, respect, ambassadorship, and exper-
tise over the course of their career as an alpine ski
racer with SARA. It’s named for late Sepp Kober, “The
Father of Southern Skiing,” who was inducted into the
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2010.
“Mallory has been a dominant force in the south for
the last ten years, and always represents SARA well
when racing on the larger stage of Eastern Cham-
pionships and Junior Olympics,” said Sean McKee,
SARA’s president and J1/2 chair. “In 2010, Mallory
was on the Eastern Championships podium twice for
Super G, but beyond her racing success, she leads
by example, displaying the hard work needed to per-
form at this level and mentoring younger racers. She
demonstrates grace in victory and poise in defeat, and
she’s not afraid to hike on those rare instances when
she misses a gate.”
SARA is building an endowment fund to provide fu-
ture scholarships, and tax deductible contributions to
this fund can be directed to Southern Alpine Race As-
sociation, Kober Fund, P.O. Box 6043, Kingsport, TN
37663, Attention John Patrick, Treasurer.
Mallory Crandall Wins First Kober Award
Sean McKee presents
the Sepp Kober award to
Mallory Crandall.
Mallory Crandall
HEIDI CRANDALL; MARSHALL TATE/CRYSTAL IMAGES
World Cup Supply, Ski Racing Development
and Shred Optics To Award the 2011
“Fast Skier” Junior Alpine Scholarship
Ski Racing Development, World Cup
Supply and Shred Optics have an-
nounced the third year of the “Fast Skier”
Junior Alpine Scholarship Fund. The pur-
pose of the fund is to provide monetary
assistance to a deserving junior alpine
ski racer. A total of $1,000, an SRD race
suit, WCS start parka and a Shred helmet
and goggle package will be awarded to
the USSA J3 athlete who exhibits the per-
sonal characteristics required for success
both on and off the hill.
“The response to the scholarship the last
two years was fantastic,” said Brad Wil-
liams of World Cup Supply, Inc. “So much
so that we were a bit overwhelmed with
applications that arrived at the 11th hour.”
Last year’s winner, Karina Schwartznau
of Bonney Lake, Wash. — a second-year
J3 at Crystal Mountain Alpine Club — was
chosen from a pool of close to 200 ap-
plicants. She is “a shining example of the
type of athlete and person the scholarship
is intended to help,” said Williams.
This year the Scholarship will be award-
ed at the end of April and will again rec-
ognize dedication, talent, skill, integrity,
and a passion for ski racing. Academic
achievement and community involvement
will continue to be an important factor in
the selection process, as well. “Our goal
is to develop our grassroots support pro-
gram starting with these highly motivated
young athletes as they progress towards
the U.S. Ski team and possible collegiate,
World Cup and Olympic-level competi-
tion,” said Barry Levinson of Ski Racing
Development.
Interested athletes may find the applica-
tion by visiting junioralpinescholarship.
com. The application deadline is March
31. Questions can be sent to info@world-
cupsupply.com with the word “Scholar-
ship” in the subject line.
SkiRacing.com MARCH 17, 2011 | 10
