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2024-25 Skiing Roster

Elle Murphy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Glenwood Springs, Colo.
  • High School Colorado Connections Academy

Biography

SENIOR (2025): Top finish on the season was 17th in Slalom at the Utah Invitational (Feb. 10) ... Finished 22nd in Slalom and 23rd in Giant Slalom at the RMISA Championships (Feb. 22, Feb. 20) ... Took 27th in Giant Slalom and Slalom at the Seawolf Invite (Feb. 19, Feb. 21) ... 29th in Giant Slalom at the Denver Invitational (Jan. 7) and in Slalom at the Montana State Invitational (Feb. 4).

JUNIOR (2024): Competed in seven meets this season ... Placed 24th and 17th overall in giant slalom at the Western Region Tech Elite Series (Jan 9) ... Saw her highest finish in the first day of slalom in the Westminster Invitational placing 29th (Jan. 17) ... Saw her highest finish at the RMISA Championships in slalom, placing 30th (Feb. 24). 

SOPHOMORE (2023): Competed in five races this season... Finished 36th in race two of slalom at the Westminster Invitational... Posted a 56.22 first run in the giant slalom at the Montana State Invitational... Placed 37th in the giant slalom at the Montana State Invitational... Earned 49th and 50th place finishes in the slalom races at the Denver Invitational... Placed 33rd in giant slalom and 33rd in slalom at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational... Finished 30th in giant slalom and 38th in slalom at the RMISA Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
First attended Glenwood Springs HS for her freshman year and finished out the last three years at Colorado Connections Academy graduating in 2020... Three-sport letter winner in cross country (2016), alpine skiing (2016-2017), and mountain bike racing (2016)... Was a part of the Colorado State Championship Skiing team and placed fifth overall as a team and a part of the Colorado State Championships for mountain biking and finished 15th... Attended the  FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Davos Switzerland (2018), the European Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Bosnia (2019), the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Narvik, Norway (2020)... Apart of the Irish Alpine Ski Team... Represented Ireland at the Junior World Championships in 2018, 2019, 2020... Selected as a finalist for selection to represent Ireland in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics... Selected as Flag Bearer for Ireland at the European Youth Olympics in Bosnia Herzegovina (2019)... A member of the Irish Adaptive Ski team as a race guide for visually impaired racers. 

PERSONAL
Daughter of Ken and Jill Murphy... Has one sister Kailey... Chose Nevada because of the ability to ski division 1 and attend a larger campus... Was being recruited by St. Lawrence University... Says her sports hero is Alice McKennis... Most memorable experience in her career was being chosen to be Ireland's flag bearer at the European Youth Olympic Games in Bosnia... In her free time she enjoys painting, freelancing floral arrangements with her small business BoneDry, playing the piano, and mountain biking.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior