Race-by-Race Results
Awards: 2022 National Women's Alpine Skier of the Year from the U.S. Collegiate Ski Coaches Association … 2022 First-Team All-American in both women's slalom and giant slalom … 2022 NCAA National Champion in women's slalom … 2022 All-RMISA First Team in women's alpine … RMISA Skier of the Meet for Women's Alpine at the 2022 RMISA Invitational ... 2022 DU Skiing's Alpine Team MVP ... 2022 Denver Athletics Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... 2022 Colorado Snowsports Museum Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year ... 2020 All-RMISA Alpine Second Team.
2022 (Senior): Named National Women's Alpine Skier of the Year by U.S. Collegiate Ski Coaches Association after placing on the podium in six-of-eight races that she participated in and in the top five in all seven events she finished … Won an individual national championship in women’s slalom at the 2022 NCAA Championships on March 11 in Park City, Utah … It was her second podium at her first-ever national championships after placing second in giant slalom the previous day on March 9 … Recorded her first collegiate win at the RMISA Invitational in giant slalom on Jan. 23 in Park City, Utah … Backed it up with a second GS victory the following day at the Utah Invitational in Park City on Jan. 24 … Registered a pair of second-place results in slalom on Jan. 20 at the RMISA Invite in Bozeman, Mont., and on Jan. 25 at the Utah Invite in Park City, helping her earn the Women's Alpine Skier of the Meet award … Finished fifth in GS in her season debut on Jan. 18 at the Montana State Invitational ... Did not finish her second run in slalom at the MSU Invite on Jan. 19 after producing the fastest time in Run 1 ... Did not race in the Denver Invitational (Feb. 18-21), RMISA Championships (Feb. 23-24) and RMISA Alpine Qualifiers (Feb. 17, Feb. 25).
2021 (Junior): Did not race collegiately in 2021 … Member of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team ... Participated in the FIS World Ski Championships.
2020 (Sophomore): Did not finish the first run of the giant slalom and finished eighth in the slalom at the Utah Invite … Finished 13th in the giant slalom and third in the slalom at the RMISA Championships … Picked up her first college podium at the RMISA Championships in slalom … Named to the All-RMISA Alpine Second Team.
2019 (Freshman): Finished 13th in the giant slalom and seventh in the slalom at the CU Invite … Took ninth place in a RMISA giant slalom qualifier on Jan. 17 … Recorded her first collegiate podium finish by taking third in the giant slalom at the Montana State Invitational … At the same MSU meet, she ended her freshman season with an eighth-place result in the slalom.
Olympics: Made her first U.S. Olympic Team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, becoming the first DU student-athlete to represent Team USA in alpine skiing since Eric Poulsen at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, and the first woman to do so since Gladys Werner in the 1956 Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy … Nominated to the U.S. Olympic Team on Jan. 21, 2022 … Competed in women’s slalom on Feb. 8, 2022, finishing 26th overall with a total time of 1:49.31.
International: Was in her fifth season on the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in 2021-22 ... Posted her best career finish on the FIS Alpine Wold Cup in 18th in slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 3, 2021 ... She raced seven Wold Cup competitions prior to the start of the 2022 college season, which included placing 28th in slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Jan. 9 ... Competed in 19 races over the previous four years on the Europa Cup ... Took part in two races last February at the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy ... Has raced at the United States National Championships in each of the previous four years and won the 2020 national championship in giant slalom ... Finished second in slalom and fourth in giant slalom at the 2022 U.S. National Championships at Sugarloaf, Maine ... Won bronze in slalom at both the 2020 and 2021 U.S. National Championships ... Silver medalist in the team event at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Before Denver: Named Olle Larsson Skier of the Year in 2015, 2017 and 2018 while at Rowland Academy … Received conditioning award in 2017.
Personal: Born on Dec. 1, 1999 in Redmond, Washington ... Daughter of Jeff and Kari Hensien … Majoring in marketing and minoring in entrepreneurship … Picked Denver because of the athletic and academic balance ... Moved to Park City, Utah, at age 15 ... Has been a volunteer coach at Keely's Ski Camp for Girls at Mt. Hood, Oregon.
