2018 Skiing Roster
Ketterer, David
David Ketterer
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bad Durrheim, Germany
- High School:
- Gymnasium Isny
- Prev School:
- German European Cup Team
Bio
Last updated on Aug. 2, 2018
2018 (Sophomore)—He missed the first two meets of the season while racing on the FIS World Cup circuit, but returned to compete in the final nine races that included his second NCAA Championship experience. There he earned a pair of second-team All-America honors when he placed sixth in the slalom and tied for seventh in the giant slalom at the national championships. He had a pair of fifth place slalom races, he highest finish on the NCAA circuit.
2017-18 (International Competition)—He made nine FIS World Cup starts, one European Cup start as well as nine NorAm Cup starts. He earned his first World Cup points in just his fourth slalom start, finishing 26th at Val d’Isere, France, to gain 5.0 points. In the Dec. 7, 2017 FIS Points List for the slalom he ranked 31st, and of everyone in the top 31, he was one of only just 13 in there that scored points within the first four World Cup starts of their careers.
2017 (Freshman)—He was named the USCSCA National Skier of the Year. He became just the fifth skier in NCAA history (and third Buff) to sweep the giant slalom and slalom national titles in the same year. He also joined two other Buffaloes as the only trio to win their first two NCAA races, though he is the first alpine skier to accomplish the rarity. He became just the eighth CU skier to have a pair of podium finishes (top three) in his first two NCAA races. He became the 13th different Buffalo to win the slalom national championship and the 10th to win a giant slalom title. His win in the giant slalom on the first day of the championships made him the ninth Buffalo to earn a title in his first-ever NCAA Championship race (the fifth in an alpine race, all giant slaloms). In addition to his pair of first-team All-America accolades he earned at the NCAA Championships, he was also the men’s alpine MVP after earning the most points in the RMISA, the RMISA Skier of the Year for men's alpine in a vote by the league coaches and a first-team All-RMISA selection. He won a total of seven races on the season, tying the school record for most race victories by a CU alpine skier (male or female). Of this seven wins, five were in the slalom. That broke the men’s program record previously held by John Skajem (who won four slalom races in both 1986 and 1987) and tied the overall CU co-ed record (Lucie Zikova won five slalom races in 2006). He also collected RMISA Skier of the Week honors after his first collegiate meet and was a three-time CU Athlete of the Week selection. He won his first giant slalom race of the season at the RMISA Championships before going on to win again at the NCAA Championships. In 13 races on the collegiate circuit, he finished no worse than sixth place every time and was on the podium nine times. At end-of-the-year CUSPY Awards, he was named CU’s Male Freshman Athlete of the Year.
2016-17 (International Competition)—He was the slalom champion in the 2016-17 NorAm Cup series, winning the event by 275 points; the second largest winning margin in the cup in the last 20 years. In all, he won 5 of 8 slalom races he competed in during the NorAm series and became the first CU alpine skier under 27-year head coach Richard Rokos to win a NorAm Cup race. He also placed 17th in the giant slalom standings, despite only competing in three of the eight possible GS races. His biggest stage he raced on during the year came in the men's slalom at the FIS World Cup on Jan. 22 and 24 in Kitzbühel, Austria. There he did finish in the top 25 in either of the two slalom races (only the top 25 qualified for the second run). His NorAm Cup victory earned him start positions in next seasons 2017-18 FIS World Cup.
Club—Ketterer enters his collegiate career with 16.82 FIS points in the slalom and 17.60 in the giant slalom. He was a member of the German European Cup Team from 2012-16. In 2013 at the Junior World Championships he finished fourth in the slalom. In January of 2016 he placed fourth in the slalom in a FIS Race at Hinterreit, Austria and he had a second-place finish in the giant slalom in April of the same year at Aal Skisenter, Norway.
In the Classroom—Ketterer is studying physics engineering at Colorado.
Personal—Ketterer was born on June 22, 1993 in Donaueschingen, Germany to parents Sabine and Hans-Peter Ketterer.
*both RMISA Qualifiers were giant slalom races and both races at New Mexico were slalom races
- Top Career Slalom Finish: First (5x, last at 2017 NCAA Championships)
- Top Career Giant Slalom Finish: First (2x, last at 2017 NCAA Championships)
- 2x National Champion (2017 Slalom & Giant Slalom)
- 2017 Men’s Alpine National Skier of the Year (USCSCA)
- 2x First-Team All-American (2017 Slalom & Giant Slalom)
- 2x Second-Team All-American (2018 Slalom & Giant Slalom)
- 2017 RMISA Men’s Alpine MVP
- 2017 RMISA Skier of the Year (Men's Alpine)
- 2017 RMISA Individual Champions (Giant Slalom)
- 2017 First-Team All-RMISA
- 2017 CUSPY Male Freshman Athlete of the Year
- 2017 Buddy Werner Memorial Award
- 3x RMISA Skier of the Week (MSU 2017)
- 3x CU Athlete of the Week (Jan. 9-15, 2017; Feb. 20-26, 2017; March 6-12, 2017)
2018 (Sophomore)—He missed the first two meets of the season while racing on the FIS World Cup circuit, but returned to compete in the final nine races that included his second NCAA Championship experience. There he earned a pair of second-team All-America honors when he placed sixth in the slalom and tied for seventh in the giant slalom at the national championships. He had a pair of fifth place slalom races, he highest finish on the NCAA circuit.
2017-18 (International Competition)—He made nine FIS World Cup starts, one European Cup start as well as nine NorAm Cup starts. He earned his first World Cup points in just his fourth slalom start, finishing 26th at Val d’Isere, France, to gain 5.0 points. In the Dec. 7, 2017 FIS Points List for the slalom he ranked 31st, and of everyone in the top 31, he was one of only just 13 in there that scored points within the first four World Cup starts of their careers.
2017 (Freshman)—He was named the USCSCA National Skier of the Year. He became just the fifth skier in NCAA history (and third Buff) to sweep the giant slalom and slalom national titles in the same year. He also joined two other Buffaloes as the only trio to win their first two NCAA races, though he is the first alpine skier to accomplish the rarity. He became just the eighth CU skier to have a pair of podium finishes (top three) in his first two NCAA races. He became the 13th different Buffalo to win the slalom national championship and the 10th to win a giant slalom title. His win in the giant slalom on the first day of the championships made him the ninth Buffalo to earn a title in his first-ever NCAA Championship race (the fifth in an alpine race, all giant slaloms). In addition to his pair of first-team All-America accolades he earned at the NCAA Championships, he was also the men’s alpine MVP after earning the most points in the RMISA, the RMISA Skier of the Year for men's alpine in a vote by the league coaches and a first-team All-RMISA selection. He won a total of seven races on the season, tying the school record for most race victories by a CU alpine skier (male or female). Of this seven wins, five were in the slalom. That broke the men’s program record previously held by John Skajem (who won four slalom races in both 1986 and 1987) and tied the overall CU co-ed record (Lucie Zikova won five slalom races in 2006). He also collected RMISA Skier of the Week honors after his first collegiate meet and was a three-time CU Athlete of the Week selection. He won his first giant slalom race of the season at the RMISA Championships before going on to win again at the NCAA Championships. In 13 races on the collegiate circuit, he finished no worse than sixth place every time and was on the podium nine times. At end-of-the-year CUSPY Awards, he was named CU’s Male Freshman Athlete of the Year.
2016-17 (International Competition)—He was the slalom champion in the 2016-17 NorAm Cup series, winning the event by 275 points; the second largest winning margin in the cup in the last 20 years. In all, he won 5 of 8 slalom races he competed in during the NorAm series and became the first CU alpine skier under 27-year head coach Richard Rokos to win a NorAm Cup race. He also placed 17th in the giant slalom standings, despite only competing in three of the eight possible GS races. His biggest stage he raced on during the year came in the men's slalom at the FIS World Cup on Jan. 22 and 24 in Kitzbühel, Austria. There he did finish in the top 25 in either of the two slalom races (only the top 25 qualified for the second run). His NorAm Cup victory earned him start positions in next seasons 2017-18 FIS World Cup.
Club—Ketterer enters his collegiate career with 16.82 FIS points in the slalom and 17.60 in the giant slalom. He was a member of the German European Cup Team from 2012-16. In 2013 at the Junior World Championships he finished fourth in the slalom. In January of 2016 he placed fourth in the slalom in a FIS Race at Hinterreit, Austria and he had a second-place finish in the giant slalom in April of the same year at Aal Skisenter, Norway.
In the Classroom—Ketterer is studying physics engineering at Colorado.
Personal—Ketterer was born on June 22, 1993 in Donaueschingen, Germany to parents Sabine and Hans-Peter Ketterer.
| 2017 | GS | SL |
| Montana State Invitational | 4 | 1 |
| Utah Invitational | 2 | 1 |
| RMISA Qualifiers | 6 | 1 |
| Seawolf Invitationals | - | 2 |
| Alaska Anchorage Invitational | 5 | 1 |
| RMISA Championships | 1 | 4 |
| NCAA Championships | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | GS | SL |
| Montana State Invitational | — | — |
| Utah Invitational | — | — |
| New Mexico Invitational* | 19 (SL) | 10 |
| Denver Invitational | 14 | 5 |
| RMISA Qualifiers* | — | 14 (GS) |
| RMISA Championships | t9 | 5 |
| NCAA Championships | t7 | 6 |
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