{"id":2457849,"date":"2020-04-29T22:48:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T22:48:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:48:01","slug":"avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"AVSC goes virtual for awards banquet, Hanna Faulhaber takes home biggest honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6591760299625\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-325085-421\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1024x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy | The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club went virtual for its annual awards banquet this season due to the novel coronavirus. Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber was given the Andy Mill Award, the club's highest individual honor.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club went virtual for its annual awards banquet this season due to the novel coronavirus. Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber was given the Andy Mill Award, the club&#8217;s highest individual honor.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1024x1024.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1024x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club went virtual for its annual awards banquet this season due to the novel coronavirus. Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber was given the Andy Mill Award, the club's highest individual honor.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1-1024x685.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber, seen here before February's Aspen Freeski Open at Buttermilk Ski Area, was awarded the Andy Mill Award on Tuesday, the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club's highest honor. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber, seen here before February&#8217;s Aspen Freeski Open at Buttermilk Ski Area, was awarded the Andy Mill Award on Tuesday, the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club&#8217;s highest honor. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1-1024x685.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/avscawards-atd-043020-1-1-1024x685.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber, seen here before February's Aspen Freeski Open at Buttermilk Ski Area, was awarded the Andy Mill Award on Tuesday, the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club's highest honor. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Hanna Faulhaber understands the role the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club has played in making her into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/\">one of the country\u2019s best young halfpipe skiers<\/a>. That\u2019s why it meant so much when the club recognized her accomplishments like it did earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty big. My whole life I\u2019ve been skiing with AVSC,\u201d Faulhaber said. \u201cThey\u2019ve helped me out so much, especially the past few years. I\u2019ve been progressing so much and my coaches have been helping me along the way. It\u2019s been meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Faulhaber, 15, was given the Andy Mill Award on Tuesday by AVSC, the highest individual honor the club hands out each year. This year was a bit different, however, as the awards banquet went virtual amid the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of the usual in-person affair, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/412440504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AVSC posted a roughly 36-minute video online<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i> that announced all of its award winners for the 2019-20 season, finishing with Faulhaber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s not what we necessarily would have scripted, but I think the coaches and everyone did a great job recognizing the athletes for their hard work throughout the year,\u201d AVSC executive director Mark Godomsky said. \u201cIt was different. Had a little character to it. Everyone had their own personality show up in their own little presentations. I thought it was pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While there are some standalone awards, most of the honorees were divided up by the four main disciplines the club offers: Alpine, Nordic, freestyle and snowboard. The biggest awards for athletic accomplishments are the Pursuit of Excellence Awards, with the Andy Mill Award winner being chosen from among those four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This year\u2019s Pursuit of Excellence winners included Faulhaber for freestyle, Shayne Sandblom for snowboard, Jake Morgan \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-teen-jake-morgan-headed-to-slovenia-for-first-ski-races-overseas\/\">who represented the U.S. in Slovenia this winter<\/a> \u2014 and Tanner Perkins for Alpine, and Kate Oldham for Nordic. Oldham was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/kate-oldham-given-avscs-biggest-award-at-end-of-season-banquet-friday-at-buttermilk\/\">last year\u2019s Andy Mill Award winner<\/a>. Cassidy Jarrell, who got his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspens-cassidy-jarrell-enjoys-first-x-games-experience-despite-missing-finals\/\">first X Games start this winter<\/a>, won the Andy Mill Award the two years prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s a big accomplishment \u2014 a lot of recognition. She really stood out,\u201d AVSC freestyle program director Eric Knight said of Faulhaber. \u201cWhen she came back from the Youth Olympic Games, she seemed so confident. You could see it in her skiing. It was really neat to see and it was really rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Faulhaber, who is wrapping up her sophomore year at Basalt High School, has exploded onto the scene over the past two seasons. This winter included Faulhaber earning her first World Cup starts, including when she made her first World Cup final, finishing seventh in Mammoth. She won the season-long Nor-Am Cup title for women\u2019s halfpipe skiing, one of her biggest goals entering the year, which gives her starting rights in all World Cup events next winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Her favorite moment? That was winning bronze at the Youth Olympic Games in January in Leysin, Switzerland. She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/beck-faulhaber-to-represent-roaring-fork-valley-at-youth-olympic-games\/\">one of only two girls selected to represent the United States<\/a> in the prestigious youth event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cBy far Youth Olympics. It was just such a cool experience and being able to live in this village with everybody and being able to luckily get third there just topped it all off,\u201d Faulhaber said. \u201cThe year before this season was pretty big, and then this season was just like the next step and was also a very big year for me competing in my first World Cups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The pressure will grow by leaps and bounds the next two winters, with the 2021 World Championships slated for next season and the 2022 Winter Olympics to follow only a year later. Faulhaber is hardly guaranteed a spot in either, but her rapid rise certainly makes her a legit contender. Her main goal next season is to at least be named an alternate for X Games Aspen, if not earn a starting spot in the hometown event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn a way it\u2019s kind of the beginning of the qualifying season for the Olympics, which probably won\u2019t happen, but you never know,\u201d Faulhaber said. \u201cNervous, excited \u2014 it kind of feels weird, too. Flashback to when the World Cup was here at Snowmass. I rode up the chairlift with Maddie Bowman and Cassie Sharpe, and I was completely fangirling over them. And now I\u2019m competing up against them, so it\u2019s a big reality check and kind of insane. I don\u2019t think my head has quite wrapped around what is going on yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">SAM COFFEY\u2019S LEGACY<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The only new award handed out by the AVSC this winter was the Sam Ryan Coffey Memorial Award. It was named after Coffey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/hundreds-gather-atop-aspen-mountain-to-remember-sam-coffey-and-his-larger-than-life-character\/\">an Aspen skier who died last spring due to medical complications while vacationing in Mexico<\/a>. He grew up with the club and was an all-American ski racer in college. He was best friends with World Cup skier and Aspen Olympian Wiley Maple, serving as his ski technician during the 2018-19 World Cup season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen Sam passed a year ago there were a number of people in the community that felt he was an important part of the history of AVSC and he was such an avid skier and a great athlete who had come up through the club,\u201d Godomsky said. \u201cSo Mike Maple and Wiley were behind part of it, then the club took it over. It\u2019s going to be an annual award that goes to an Alpine FIS-level ski racer that kind of embodies who Sam was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This year\u2019s winner was Tanner Perkins, who comes from Crested Butte and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/stapleton-training-center-at-aspen-highlands-has-earliest-opening-in-history-thanks-to-cold-temps\/\">trained with the Aspen club for a handful of winters<\/a>. On top of an aspen leaf belt bucket, Perkins was gifted a $2,500 grant for summer training. Perkins is among those pushing the threshold of possibly making the U.S. Ski Team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-goes-virtual-for-awards-banquet-hanna-faulhaber-takes-home-biggest-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club went virtual for its annual awards banquet this season due to the novel coronavirus. Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber was given the Andy Mill Award, the club&#8217;s highest individual honor.Courtesy Halfpipe skier Hanna Faulhaber, seen here before February&#8217;s Aspen Freeski Open at Buttermilk Ski Area, was awarded the Andy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 21:24:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}