Spencer Nelson

Position:
Alpine
Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Winter Park, Colo.
High School:
Middle Park

High School: Nelson skied for the Winter Park Competition Center from 1997-2009 and he has represented the Colorado All-Star Team, Rocky Mountain Division Regional Team, Rocky Mountain Division J2 National Team and the Rocky Mountain Division U.S. National Championship team at some point in his prep career. He owns a career-best fourth place finish in the downhill event in a 2009 FIS race in Aspen, Colo. Though not a collegiate skier, Nelson entered a pair of collegiate series races as an individual in 2009 and earned an 11th place finish at the DU Invitational in Winter Park and a top-10 finish at CU's home invitational at Eldora. Nelson took 10th in the CU Laura Sharpe Flood Memorial, which was an impressive finish after starting 50th in a field of mostly collegiate skiers.

In the Classroom: A four-time Silver Honor Roll member, Nelson plans to enroll in the Business school at CU.

Personal: Spencer Nelson was born on March 16, 1990 and is the son of Peter Nelson and Peggy Smith. He has one brother, Connor (17) who is a junior in high school. Other than skiing, Nelson enjoys mountain biking, weight lifting, hiking and rafting. He is a second-generation Buffalo and has climbed 16 14ers to-date. Despite suffering a life-threatening trauma accident which required him to have spleen embolization surgery in May of 2009, Nelson is ready to kick-start his collegiate skiing career as a Buffalo this winter.