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2026 Skiing Roster

University of Denver Athletics

Nicola Rountree-Williams

  • Position Alpine
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Edwards, Colorado
  • High School Vail Mountain School
  • Prev Team Colorado Mountain College / U.S. Ski Team / SSCV

Biography

Race-by-Race Results

Honors & Awards:
2025 All-RMISA Honorable Mention (Women’s Alpine) … National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2025) … DU Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award (2024-25)
 
2025: Qualified for her first career NCAA Championships but was not able to compete due to injury … Took part in each of the first four races of the season, registering top-10 results in each one and earning two top-five finishes … Recorded a then-personal best in fourth place in slalom in the season-opening RMISA Alpine qualifier at Loveland Ski Area on Jan. 6 … Placed eighth in slalom on the first day of the Denver Invitational on Jan. 7 at Loveland before earning a third-place finish among collegiate athletes in the giant slalom on Jan. 8 at Copper Mountain, marking her first career podium … Finished in ninth in giant slalom at the Montana State Invitational on Feb. 3 at Bridger Bowl Ski Area before being forced to miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury … Recorded a pair of top-10s in slalom at the Nor-Am Cup in Norquay, Alberta, on Jan. 29-30.
 
2024 (Colorado Mountain College): Captained Colorado Mountain College and recorded career bests with five results in the top 10 and two top-five finishes … Finished the season with four straight top-10 results, including recording personal highs with a pair of fifth-place finishes—the first of her college career … After coming in 15th in the first slalom event of the Denver Invitational on Feb. 5, picked up her first top five in fifth place in the second slalom of the DU Invite on Feb. 6 … Had her best giant slalom races back-to-back, coming in eighth in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Montana on Feb. 22 before bettering it the next day in fifth place at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 23 … Wrapped up the college season by finishing sixth on Feb. 24 in the RMISA Championships’ slalom … Began the year with a DNF in slalom at the Westminster Invitational … Placed 13th in slalom at the Utah Invite on Jan. 18 … Picked up her first top 10 of the year and began a stretch of four consecutive races in the top 15 by coming in ninth in the Westminster Invite’s giant slalom on Jan. 19 … Was 11th in the Utah Invite GS on Jan. 12, placed 12th in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier GS in Steamboat on Feb. 1 and 15th in the Colorado Invite GS on Feb. 2 … Did not finish the CU Invite’s slalom on Feb. 3.
 
2023 (Colorado Mountain College): Recorded three top 10s and placed inside the top 20 in six of the final seven races of the season … Made her collegiate debut at the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 26 with a 30th-place finish in the first slalom but did not finish the second slalom of the day … Came in 24th in the first giant slalom race of the season at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Montana … Did not finish the first GS of the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 9 before picking up her first career top 20 in the same discipline on Day 2 of the meet on Feb. 10 … Recorded a then-career best with consecutive seventh-place results in the two slalom events at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 11-12 … Came in 10th in the Alaska Anchorage Invitational’s giant slalom on Feb. 21 but DNF’d in the RMISA Championships GS on Feb. 22 … Finished the season by coming in 15th in slalom at the UAA Invite on Feb. 23 and 17th in the same event on Feb. 24 in the RMISA Championships.
 
Before College: Previously competed for the U.S. Ski Team (2019, 2021, 2022) and Ski and Snowboard Vail … Raced in two FIS World Cup events in Croatia and Slovenia in January 2022 … Placed fifth in giant slalom at the 2021 U.S. Alpine National Championships at Copper Mountain … Had four top-10 finishes at U.S. Nationals from 2019-2021 … Recorded two top-10 finishes for Team USA at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, placing eighth in giant slalom and sixth in the team parallel slalom in Switzerland … Competed at three FIS Junior World Championships (2020 Norway, 2021 Bulgaria, 2022 Canada).
 
Personal: Has a younger sister … Born in North Carolina before moving to Colorado in middle school … Attended high school at Vail Mountain School before going to Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs … Made the President’s List (2023) and Dean’s List (2024) at Colorado Mountain College … Majoring in psychology at DU … Would like to work in a psychology-related field and do something involving wildlife conservation after college … Is an avid hiker and mountaineer, including climbing Denali in summer 2024 … Also enjoys reading and writing … Earned the Les Streeter Award in 2018 with Ski and Snowboard Club Vail and Team Athletes Giving Back Award in 2021 with the U.S. Ski Team … Donated to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) through the Athletes Giving Back Award … Passionate about climate change and water rights … Spent two weeks while in high school installing long-lasting water filters in rural Bolivia … Is a licensed drag racer … Also participated in soccer, tennis and horseback riding (show jumping and cross country) when she was a kid.
 
Why DU: “I chose DU because the alpine team has a lot of depth as well as fantastic resources. The psychology program is really good too with a ton of options for specialization and many skilled, experienced professors.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Junior

    Alpine
    5'4"
  • 2026Senior

    Alpine
    5'4"