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St. Lawrence Hires New Alpine Coach
Canton, NY: Willi Steinrotter, alpine ski coach and men’s soccer coach at Clarkson University, has been named alpine ski coach at St. Lawrence University.
Steinrotter, a native of Sodus, NY and a three sport athlete at Hobart College, will take over a St. Lawrence program which is a charter member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association and produced its first NCAA alpine champion in Lindsay Cone, who won the giant slalom this past March. Steinrotter, a 1989 graduate of Hobart and a skier/coach on the Hobart and William Smith club ski teams while in college, has the most wins as a coach in Clarkson soccer history in a 19-year career as coach of that sport and has taken several of his alpine ski teams to the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboarding Association national championships.
Steinrotter’s men’s and women’s alpine teams have been consistently among the best in the Adirondack region of the USCSA and his 2008-09 team produced two USCSA All America skiers. A former president of the USCSA, he took teams to five straight national championship meets from 2000-2004 and had a sixth place finish in the 2007 national championships. His alpine skiers tied for seventh in the combined competition this past March.
St. Lawrence competes in the EISA as one of six Division III schools in the 11-team association. Skiers who qualify through earning points in EISA Carnival competitions advance to the NCAA Championships in both alpine and Nordic competition.
Steinrotter, a native of Sodus, NY and a three sport athlete at Hobart College, will take over a St. Lawrence program which is a charter member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association and produced its first NCAA alpine champion in Lindsay Cone, who won the giant slalom this past March. Steinrotter, a 1989 graduate of Hobart and a skier/coach on the Hobart and William Smith club ski teams while in college, has the most wins as a coach in Clarkson soccer history in a 19-year career as coach of that sport and has taken several of his alpine ski teams to the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboarding Association national championships.
Steinrotter’s men’s and women’s alpine teams have been consistently among the best in the Adirondack region of the USCSA and his 2008-09 team produced two USCSA All America skiers. A former president of the USCSA, he took teams to five straight national championship meets from 2000-2004 and had a sixth place finish in the 2007 national championships. His alpine skiers tied for seventh in the combined competition this past March.
St. Lawrence competes in the EISA as one of six Division III schools in the 11-team association. Skiers who qualify through earning points in EISA Carnival competitions advance to the NCAA Championships in both alpine and Nordic competition.
Article by Joe Kennison, St. Lawrence Athletics Sports Informaiton contact for skiing