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2025 Skiing Roster

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University of Denver Athletics

Thomas Hoffman

  • Position Alpine
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Manly, New South Wales, Australia
  • High School Burke Mountain Academy
  • Prev Team Burke Mountain Academy / Australian National Team

Biography

Race-by-Race Results

Honors & Awards:
2025 Second-Team All-American in Giant Slalom ... 2024 Second-Team All-American in Slalom … 2025 NCAA West Regional Champion (Men’s Slalom) … 2025 All-RMISA First Team (Men’s Alpine) … 2024 All-RMISA Second Team (Men’s Alpine) … RMISA Skier of the Meet for Men’s Alpine (2024 RMISA Championships) ... 2x National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2023, 2024) ... DU Skiing’s 2025 Alpine Most Improved Skier

2025 (Junior): Recorded his best collegiate season by earning three podiums, five top-10 finishes and winning his first career race while also earning All-American honors for the second-straight year … Finished 11-of-14 events during his junior campaign … Won men’s slalom at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 22 in Girdwood, Alaska, marking the first individual men’s alpine victory since Cooper Cornelius in giant slalom at the 2024 Colorado Invitational and the first in slalom since Tobias Kogler at the 2020 conference championships in Montana … Finished the season with a season-best result in giant slalom by coming in ninth at the NCAA Championships on March 7 in New Hampshire … Battled rainy conditions to place 20th in slalom on March 5 on the first day of the National Championships … Began the season by matching a then-career best in second place in slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifiers at Loveland Ski Area on Jan. 6 … Came in ninth in slalom at Loveland and 13th in GS at Copper Mountain during the Denver Invitational on Jan. 7-8 … Was second in slalom at the Montana State Invite on Feb. 4 after not finishing the giant slalom the previous day … Was 19th in GS in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Utah on Feb. 7 and 26th in the same discipline to the start of the UU Invitational on Feb. 8 … Was disqualified in run 2 in slalom at the Utah Invite on Feb. 10, as well as in GS at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 20 … Came in 20th in the Alaska Anchorage Invitational giant slalom on Feb. 20 and tied for eighth in the meet’s slalom race on Feb. 21.

2024 (Sophomore): Picked up his first career podium and posted five top-10 results while finishing 12-of-14 races … Came in the top 15 eight times, including in six of the last eight events of the season … Began the year by coming in 17th in slalom at the Westminster Invitational on Jan. 17 and placed 15th the next day in the same technical event at the Utah Invite on Jan. 18 … Did not finish the Westminster Invite’s giant slalom on Jan. 17 and was 24th in the Utah Invitational’s GS on Jan. 24 … Began three races in Steamboat Springs, Colo., by placing 22nd in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier giant slalom before coming in 13th in the Colorado Invite’s GS on Feb. 6 … Had his then-best career finish in sixth in the CU Invitational’s night slalom on Feb. 3 and improved that performance two days later with his first career top five in fourth in the first slalom race at the Denver Invite on Feb. 5 at Loveland Ski Area … Did not finish the second slalom race at DU’s home meet on Feb. 6 … Came in 14th in giant slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier in Big Sky, Mont., on Feb. 22 before posting two top 10s at the RMISA Championships … Earned his best career performance in giant slalom by finishing seventh on Feb. 23 before picking up his first career podium as the runner-up in slalom on Feb. 24 at the conference meet in Montana … Made his first NCAA Championship squad and came in 19th in GS on March 6 and was sixth in the night slalom on March 8 to earn second-team All-American accolades.

2023 (Freshman): Placed in the top 15 in all five races he finished during the season … Made his collegiate debut on Jan. 27 at the Westminster Invitational in Snowbird, Utah, coming in 15th in the first slalom before recording his best result of the season in the discipline by finishing 11th in the second race … Was 15th in giant slalom at the RMISA Alpine Qualifier at Eldora on Feb. 8 … Did not finish either giant slalom race at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 9-10 or the two slalom races at the Denver Invitational on Feb. 11-12 … Also did not finish the giant slalom on Feb. 21 or slalom on Feb. 23 at the Alaska Anchorage Invitational … Was Denver’s top men’s alpine scorer in both races at the RMISA Championships … Had his best result of the season in eighth place in GS at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 22, including recording the fastest second run of the day … Placed 14th in slalom at the RMISA Championships in Alaska on Feb. 24 to conclude his season …. Named to Australia’s National Alpine ‘B’ Team on June 15, 2023.

Before Denver: Previously competed for Burke Mountain Academy and has been an Australian National Team member since 2019 … Was seventh in slalom at the Canadian National Championships on March 17, 2022 … Placed 21st in giant slalom at the FIS Junior World Championship on March 8, 2022 … Came in fourth in slalom in a national junior race at Smugglers Notch Resort, Vt., on Feb. 23, 2021 … Participated at the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne and Les Diablerets, Switzerland … Enters DU with experience in eight races at the university level as a non-collegiate invitee.
 
Personal: Older sister Madison won two national championships at Utah ... Also has two younger brothers, with one currently skiing at Utah ... Goal is to compete on the World Cup for his home country of Australia … Also likes biking … Intends to major in finance at DU.
 
Why DU: "I chose the University of Denver because of its proximity to the mountains. Attending DU will allow me quick and easy access to training and competition venues."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Alpine
    5'11"
  • 2024Sophomore

    Alpine
    5'11"
  • 2025Junior

    Alpine
    5'11"