Briana Perkins

Position:
Nordic
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Breckenridge, Colo. (Summit/Ski Club Vail)

Career at Colorado—Perkins ended up never competing for the Buffaloes but was on the roster during the 2011 national championship season. She sat out the season to better accumulate to college life and take care of business in the class room. She attended Colorado Mountain College in 2009 but did not participate on their ski team.

Club—Perkins was a member of Rocky Mountain Division from 2003-09 and had three top four finishes at the Junior Olympics, including a second and third place in the freestyle and freestyle spring races, respectively, in 2009. She skied for Ski Club Vail and the Summit Nordic Ski Club, as well.

High School—Perkins graduated from Summit High School in Breckenridge, Colo., in 2008, where she was a member of the Nordic ski team and the cross country team. Summit won the Nordic Colorado State Championship each of her four years there from 2005-08 and she was a four-time state champion individually, as well, in 2007 and ’08 in both the classical and freestyle disciplines. She was named first-team All-State and all-league. As a cross country runner, she earned All-State and all-league honors, as well.

In the Classroom—Perkins is interested in majoring in psychology at Colorado and is also interested in Sports Medicine and she would like to pursue a career as an athletic trainer.

Personal—Briana Perkins was born August 31, 1989 in East Islip, N.Y., and she lists Breckenridge, Colo, as her home town. She is the daughter of Brian and Karen Perkins. Her sister, Brittany, skied at Western State College before they disbanded their ski team. She has aspirations to ski for the U.S. Ski Team after college and lists her hobbies as skiing, running, downhill biking and dirt biking. She selected Colorado because she loves Boulder and the great group of people associated with the ski program.