Ali Gunesch

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sandy, Ore.
High School:
Sandy

At Brown: 2017: Named Second Team All-American in both the slalom and giant slalom at the USCSA National Championship, finishing 11th in both races ... Won the giant slalom at the USCSA Eastern Regional Championship and placed third in the slalom ... Named MacConnell Division Skier of the Year for the second-straight season ... Made the ECSC All-MacConnell Division Team, finishing the season first in the division standings ... Won both events at the St. Anselm Carnival ... Reached the podium in six of the team’s 10 races on the year. 2016: Won the USCSA Eastern Regional Slalom Championship … Named ECSC MacConnell Division Skier of the Year and selected to the USCSA ECSC All-MacConnell Division Team … Finished first in the overall USCSA ECSC MacConnell Division individual standings … Reached the podium in nine of the 10 regular season races, posting three victories and three runner-up performances … Competed in all 10 races on the season. 2015: Won the giant slalom at the Clarkson Carnival … Recorded two second place finishes and one third place finish in the giant slalom … Also had four top-four finishes in the slalom … Made the All-MacConnell Division Team … Placed third in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom at the USCSA Eastern Regional … Finished 16th in the giant slalom and was Brown’s top finisher at the USCSA National Championship.

Secondary School Information: Graduated Valedictorian from Sandy High School in Sandy, OR … Attended Mt. Hood Academy in the winters … Four years varsity track, one year cross country … Qualified to compete at J2 Skiing Nationals twice … Second at Western J1/J2 Regional Championships … Winner of Northwest Cup Super G and Downhill.

Personal: Daughter of Bill and Mary Gunesch … Younger brother Nathan … Resident of Government Camp, Ore. … Concentrating in Applied Mathematics-Biology.