24-25 Savage Squirrel Awardees Named

DCWST alpine team members Alexa Hester and Gavin Grunseich were named the 2024 – 2025 Savage Squirrel Awardees at the annual end of season DCWST Banquet. 

This Savage Squirrel Award, named after a combination of the race hill (Squirrel Cage) and and the original park (the Savage Terrain Park),  is given annually the skiers and/or snowboarders who most embody the DCWST ethos of sportsmanship, positive attitude, athletic achievement, and an overall love of the sport. As model DCWST athletes the Savage Squirrel Awardees are not only recognized at the annual team banquet, but they also add their name to the Savage Squirrel helmet and have their names engraved on the Savage Squirrel plaque displayed in the Mulderig Training Center. 

Alexa and Gavin join the esteemed group of Savage Squirrels which includes the past recipients listed below. 

2023-2024: Kaitlyn Allen and Maddie Allen 

2022-2023: Finn Roche and Ashlyn Anderson 

2021-2022: Bayden Copley and Nikki O’Donnell

2020-2021: Maraid Johnson and Walter Brands

2019-2020: Emma Lynch and Marcus Schmidt

2018-2019: Sydney Willig and Demetri Engel

2017-2018: Jaclyn Yoder and Casey Fuller

2016-2017: Jaclyn Jacobs and Jack Phelps

2015-2016: Gregory Morris and Lexi Orenstein

2014-2015: John Yoder and Lizzie Kinnard

2013-2014: Trey Rouse and Ashley Wilhelm

2011-2012: Lauren Morris and John Wagner

2010-2011: Nicole Walch and Aryne Riley

2009-2010: Cara Stough and Colin Lynch

2008-2009: Jack Havens

2007-2008: Kyle Rouse and Danielle White

2006-2007: Tom Wallisch and Elizabeth Green