Karoline Søvik Myklebust Season 2013-14

Freshman (2014): Turned in one of the great freshman alpine campaigns in school history with eight top-10 finishes … earned All-American status in the giant slalom, an event she struggled with during the season, suffering four straight DNFs during the season … got her rookie campaign off to a great start with a fourth place finish in the slalom and a seventh place finish in the giant slalom at the Pat Miller Invitational in Utah … hit a tough patch where her only finish in her next six races was a sixth place showing in the slalom at the Montana State Invitational … got back on track with two superb slalom runs at the Jade Enterprises/New Mexico Invitational … was named the RMISA Women’s Alpine Skier of the Week for her efforts … opened the meet with a fourth place finish and then earned her first podium with a third place run … had her best finishes of the season at the RMISA/NCAA West Regionals with two podiums, second in the slalom and third in the giant slalom … finished seventh in the giant slalom at the NCAA Championships, earning Second Team All-America honors … her technically worst finish of the year, 28th in the NCAA slalom, might have been her most courageous, as she missed a late gate, and knowing UNM needed the points to stay in third place, climbed back up the mountain to the gate, went around it and finished the course, earning a huge ovation from the crowd on hand.

Prior to UNM: Graduated from Oppdal Vidergående Skole in Oppdal, Norway…skied for Haugen IL under coach Erik Skaslien…lists Harpefossen as her home ski hill…also played soccer in secondary school.

Personal: Born December 5 in Oslo, Norway to Bjørn Myklebust and Wenche Søvik Myklebust…has a younger sister, Synnøve Søvik Myklebust…chose to attend New Mexico because she talked to former Lobo skiers and they had only nice things to say about their time here…favorite athlete is Marcel Hircher…favorite food is tacos…favorite movies are The Lord of the Rings trilogy…undecided on a major.