Carolina Nordh

Position:
Alpine
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sundbyberg, Sweden (Ostersund/Sollentuna SLK)

• Top Career Slalom Finish: Third (Twice, 2009 Seawolf Invitational/2010 RMISA Championships)
• Top Career Giant Slalom Finish: First (2009 RMISA Championships)

Honors

• 2009 First-Team All-RMISA
• 2009 Division I National All-Academic Team (3.5 GPA; appearance in regionals)
• 2009 RMISA Skier of the Week (RMISA Qualifiers)
• 2009 CU Athlete of the Week (Jan. 5-11; Alaska/Seawolf Invitationals)
• 2010 First-Team All-America (Slalom)
• 2010 Second-Team All-RMISA
• 2010 Division I National All-Academic Team (3.5 GPA; appearance in regionals)
• 2011 Second-Team All-RMISA
• 2011 4.0 Club (4.0 GPA in one or both of fall/spring semesters)
• 2011 Division I National All-Academic Ski Team (3.5 GPA, appearance in regionals)
• 2011 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large (3.2 GPA)
• 2012 Second-Team All-American (Giant Slalom)
• 2012 Second-Team All-American (Slalom)
• 2012 Second-Team All-RMISA
• 2012 RMISA Skier of the Week (RMISA Championships)
• 2012 Division I National All-Academic Ski Team (3.5 GPA, appearance in regionals)
• 2012 CU 4.0 Club

Career at Colorado—Nordh successfully completed one of the better women’s alpine careers in CU history, both on and off the mountain, in 2012. She saved her best for last and was a two-time All-American at the NCAA Championships. She finished her career competing in 52 races and she finished all 52. She ended her career with 46 top 20 and 34 top 10 finishes. She hit the podium five times and had one race victory, in the slalom race at RMISA Championships in 2009. She finished as a three-time All-American, four-time All-RMISA and four time Division I National All-Academic Ski Team member.

2012 (Senior)—Nordh saw action in 14 of 15 races and not only finished all 14, but finished each one in the top 20. She had nine top 10 finishes and three top five performances. She saved the best for last, as she earned two second-team All-America performances by finishing sixth in the giant slalom and seventh in the slalom at the NCAA Championships. The GS finish was arguably the best of her career given the stage, and likely at least her best since her freshman season in 2009. He finished 10th in the GS and fourth in the slalom at the RMISA Championships continuing her dominant performance there. She opened the 2012 season with a seventh place finish in a RMISA GS Qualifier race ahead of the Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational and then finished fifth in the slalom race as part of that meet. She continued the solid slalom runs, finishing sixth and fourth in two meets in Alaska. After taking 12th in a RMISA Slalom Qualifier, she finished her career with five straight finishes in the top 10, including all four in the postseason. On top of her two second-team All-America honors, she was second-team All-RMISA and the RMISA Skier of the Week for her performance at the RMISA Championships. She was named to the Division I National All-Academic Ski team for the fourth time in her career and made mention on CU’s 4.0 Club for a perfect 4.0 GPA in a semester, for the second straight season.

2011 (Junior)—Nordh saw action in 11 races, finishing all of them, in 2011 and had five top 10 finishes and a pair of top 5 performances. She skied for her native Sweden at the World University Games and missed the New Mexico Invitational. She had seven GS races and four slalom races. In her four slalom races, she finished in the top 12 in all four races, including a fourth place finish to open the season at the Utah Invitational and an 11th place finish, narrowly missing All-America mention, at the NCAA Championships, a critical performance in the Buffs trek toward winning the national championship. She has three top 10 performances in giant slalom action, including a clutch fourth place at the RMISA Championships, helping the Buffs to the regional championship. She earned second-team All-RMISA on the slopes and was honored on the Division I National All-Academic Ski Team and First-Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large teams for her work in the classroom and also earned a spot on CU’s 4.0 club.

2010 (Sophomore)—Nordh saw action in all 14 possible races in 2010 and finished them all, brining the Buffs 13 top 20 and 10 top 10 performances as one of the top alpine skiers in the west. She improve as the season wore on for the Buffaloes and in the final six races leading up to NCAA Championships, she took home a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth place finish. She brought home first-team All-America honors in the slalom by finishing fifth, a clutch performance along with Erika Ghent and Katie Hartman that brought the Buffs within striking distance headed into the final day and helped secure a second place finish at NCAAs. She finished a disappointing 25th in the giant slalom at the NCAA meet before rebounding for the top five finish, and other than that result, she didn’t finish outside the top 13 all season in either discipline. She took home top 10 performances in all seven of the slalom races on the season, saving the best for last with a podium appearance at the RMISA Championships and a fifth place at NCAAs. In giant slalom action, she three top 10 appearances in seven races, with two additional 11th and one 13th place finish. She was named second-team All-RMISA and by maintaining over a 3.5 grade point average and competing at the RMISA Championships, she was named to the Division I National All-Academic team.

2009 (Freshman)—Nordh had an immediate impact on the program after a whirlwind adventure getting to Boulder and quickly emerged as CU’s strongest female on the alpine side. She came to the Buffs straight from European racing and met the team in Alaska for two meets where she brought home two podium appearances and three top five finishes in four races. Less than a week later, the Buffs hosted the CU Invitational in Eldora and she brought home another podium appearance before really settling into her surroundings. In all, she tallied a team-high 10 top 10 finishes, including four podium appearances on the year. Her first career win came in the giant slalom on the final day of the RMISA Championships where she rallied to set the fastest time in the second run and take first place out of 33 skiers. Nordh earned CU Athlete of the Week honors after her performance in Alaska and was tabbed RMISA Skier of the Week following the RMISA Qualifier races. She was easily an All-RMISA first-team selection and went into the NCAA Championships as CU’s top seed. Proving to be dominant in both disciplines all season, Nordh ran into some troubles on the eastern snow and didn’t have the showing at nationals that she would have liked, taking 22nd and 29th in the GS and slalom, respectively.

Club—Before joining the Colorado program, Nordh skied for the Sundbybergs IK club team for 16 years before switching to Sollentuna SLK in 2002. She also spent four years as a part of the Swedish Junior National Team from 2003-06. She competed for the first time in the National Championships in 2004 where she placed third in the parallel slalom in Huddinge, Sweden. A year later, at Nationals in Huddinge, she took first place individually in the combined slalom and downhill event and second place in the slalom. In 2006, She attended the Junior World Championship in Quebec, Canada where the Swedish National Team took first place in the parallel slalom event.

High School—Nordh attended Stjerneskolan high school in Torsby, Sweden and skied for coach Johan Wallner. During her high school tenure, she won five gold medals in the 2002 Swedish National Junior Championship. As a freshman, she earned the “Lions Award” for being an outstanding athlete as well as an exceptional student in the classroom.

In the Classroom—Nordh is pursuing a degree in business finance at Colorado.

Personal—Carolina Nordh was born on February 1, 1986. She is the daughter of Jan and Anita Nordh of Sundbyberg, Sweden. She has one brother, Fredrik, 26. Aside from skiing, Nordh enjoys playing just about any sport and staying active.