University of New Hampshire Athletics
2017-18 Women's Skiing Roster
Roster
Sohvi Virkkula
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Alpine
- Hometown:
- Salla, Finland
- Major:
- Mathematics
Accolades
Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National Collegiate Athletic Honor Society in 2018
2018 NSCA All-Academic Team
2018
Finished 9th at Williams College Carnival in the GS (33 points).
Finished 20th in the GS (23 points) and 13th in the GS (28 points) in the Dartmouth Carnival.
Finished 6th at UVM Carnival in the GS (37 points).
Finished 15th in the GS at St. Michaels Carnival (29 points).
Finished 8th at Colby Carnival in the GS (66 points).
2017
Finished 24th in the GS at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival.
Finished 18th in the GS and 20th in the Slalom at the St. Lawrence Winter Carnival.
Finished in the top 25 of GS at the UNH Carnival.
2016
Finished 17th in the Slalom at UVM. Also competed in the GS.
Finished 9th in the GS and 14th in the Slalom at Colby College.
In the season opener at the Bates Carnival, finished 14th in Giant Slalom and competed in the Slalom.
Finished 16th in the GS and 18th in Slalom at Dartmouth.
Before UNH
Started skiing at the age of 4 and racing at 12... went to high school in Kuusamo, as part of the Ruka Alpine Racing School... competed for Finnish National Junior team for three years... after high school, trained and raced in Sweden in the Tärnaby ski-academy for a year... in 2015, raced on the Skisport Finland Level 1 team... sustained knee injury in spring 2015 that ended season prematurely... transferred from University of Lapland in Finland... raced one World Cup race in Levi, some Europa Cup races and represented Finland twice in the World Junior Championships and twice in the Winter Universiades... won five National Championship medals and 14 National Junior Championship medals
