Archive of Athlete Spotlights

The Kevin Murnane Scholarship is given out in Kevin’s honor each year to up to two North Tahoe High School students who demonstrate selflessness, decency, and good nature within our community. All recipients have participated in at least one of any Nordic ski program at Tahoe XC, Auburn Ski Club, Far West, or the North Tahoe Middle and High School Teams. This year’s recipients are Daniel Joslin and Bergen Koijane.

Tahoe’s cross-country skiing community is small, but mighty. Recently it produced two athletes that headed off to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing: Hannah Halvorsen and JC Schoonmaker. Hannah grew up in Truckee, while JC is from Tahoe City (as were four generations behind him). They were both trained by a chain of local coaches, and heartily cheered on by the entire nordic community when they reached the big stage.

Tahoe Cross-Country Ski area believes in introducing children to cross-country skiing and helping them take their cross-country ski experience wherever they may have the desire to take it. Perhaps that might be learning about the sport and making it a part of their Tahoe lifestyle, or it may be taking it the next step up to becoming a ski racer. And hopefully for all of the kids, it will be the beginning of many decades of enjoying cross-country skiing, or as I always call it, the greatest sport on earth.