Ivy Eski

Position:
Nordic
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska
High School:
West Anchorage/Team Alaska

Best Career Classic Finish: 15th (2021 CU Invitational)
Best Career Freestyle Finish: 11th (2021 CU Invitational)

Honors

Two-Time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

Career—After one season of collegiate competition, Eski has finished all 10 possible races with six top 20 performances, three apiece in classic and freestyle action.

2022 (Sophomore)—Eski did not race in 2022.

2021 (Freshman)—Eski had a solid beginning to her college career in the strange 2021 season, finishing all 10 races with six top 20 performances, three apiece in both classic and freestyle disciplines. She opened the season at the RMISA Invitational at Utah, earning a 19th place finish in the freestyle race and was 24th in the classic race. She improved to take 15th in freestyle and 19th in classic at the DU Invitational and then took another step at the CU Invitational, finishing 11th in the freestyle sprint race and 15th in the classic race, both season bests. She finished between 20th and 23rd in the final four races of the season in Utah, taking 20th in the classic and 23rd in the freestyle at the RMISA Championships. In the classroom, she was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

Prior To CU—She has been a member of the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Team for the past seven years and a member of Team Alaska for the last three years. In 2020, she won the Besh Cup, a series of six races throughout the season for U18 skiers in Alaska. In 2019, she placed second in the Besh Cup. She skied at the U.S. National Championships in 2018 at Kincaid Park, participating in both the freestyle spring and 10K freestyle races. From 2018-20, she had eight top 30 finishes in FIS-sanctioned races.

High School—Eski graduated from West Anchorage High School in 2020. West Anchorage won three State Championships in her time there, her freshman through junior seasons, and took third her senior year with a much younger team than previous years. She played third at the Alaska State Championships as a junior and fourth as a senior. She was named the MVP of the ski team as a senior, when she also placed second in REgionals. West Anchorage had the fastest female cross country team in the nation for three years ina row.

In The Classroom—She is interested in majoring in Integrative Physiology at Colorado and would like to be a Physical Therapist. She was a member of the National Honors Society, in the Highly Gifted program and on the Honor Roll every semester in high school.

Personal—Ivy Catherine Eski was born July 4, 2002, in Anchorage, Alaska. Her parents are Wayne and Joey Eski. She has two younger brothers, Ethan and Luca, both also Nordic skiers. Her hobbies include mountain biking, running in the mountains and spending time outside with family and friends. She enjoys reading, listening to music, watching Netflix and getting chai tea and frozen yogurt with friends. She volunteered as a part of the National Honors Society and also volunteered for local kids clubs in Anchorage, coaching mountain biking, downhill skiing and Nordic skiing. She has helped with trail maintenance to keep the trails in Anchorage clean and usable.

Why Colorado?—”I have always thought Colorado, Boulder specifically, was a beautiful place with lots to do. It reminds me of a warmer version of my home in Anchorage with mountains and endless adventures. I wanted to leave Alaska for college, but couldn’t live without the mountains, and Colorado seemed like the perfect place for me.”