University of New Hampshire Athletics
2008-09 Men's Skiing
Roster
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Sean McNamara
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
- High School:
- Honeoye Falls-Lima
• Siblings: Kevin
• Major: Kinesiology: exercise science
• High school: Honeoye Falls-Lima
• Ski club: WVA
• Awards: WVA Headmasters Award … WVA MVR (twice)… NH State Team
• UNH results: 2008-- Named an All-American witha 10th place finish in the giant slalom at the NCAAChampionships... grabbed a 13th place finish in the slalom at theNCAA’s… was named to the All-East Second Team…finished 4th in the slalom and 17th in the giant slalom at the EISAChampionships with times of 1:31.62 and 1:58.77,respectively… earned second in the giant slalom atboth the Williams and the St. Lawrence carnivals… at theDartmouth Carnival, he finished fourth in the giant slalom to helpthe Wildcats to a first-place GS finish (97 points)…UNH’s top finisher in the slalom at Dartmouth (11th). 2007--12th place overall and top UNH skier in the slalom at the NCAA SkiChampionships; also finished 29th overall (second Wildcat) in thegiant slalom at the NCAAs ... six top-15 finishes, including fourin the top 5, during the carnival season ... 12th place and second'Cat in the slalom at the EISA Championship ... fourth place andwas the top Wildcat skier in the second of two slalom competitionsat the Dartmouth Carnival ... the Vermont Carnival featured twogiant slalom races and he earned fourth and fifth place finishes;he was the fastest UNH skier both days ... fifth place and secondWildcat in the slalom at the UNH Carnival ... 13th place and second'Cat in the giant slalom at the St. Michael's Carnival. 2006-- Fifth place overall and top Wildcat skier in both the slalomand the giant slalom at the NCAA Ski Championships ... recorded 10top-10 performances, including six in the top 5, during thecarnival season ... fourth place in the slalom and eighth place inthe giant slalom at the EISA Championship; was UNH's top performerin both events ... in his collegiate debut at the Colby Carnival,placed third in the slalom and fifth in the giant slalom ...followed that effort with another third place in the slalom andseventh in the giant slalom at the St. Lawrence Carnival ... placedfourth in the SL and eighth in the GS at the Vermont Carnival ...sixth place in the GS at the Dartmouth Carnival ... third place inthe SL at the Williams Carnival.
• Collegiate honors: 2007-- All-East Second Team. 2006-- All-America in slalom and giant slalom ... All-EastSecond Team ... All-Academic Ski Team.
• Favorite event: Slalom
• Favorite trail: Sizzler
