Thomas Bye
Thomas Bye
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Eden Prairie, Minn.
  • High School:
    Eden Prairie

Bio

College: Ski Team Captain in 2016, 2017, and 2018 ... Central Regionals Podium, All-Conference CCSA, Top Scorer NCAA Championships, Top Scorer CCSA Championships, and Ski Team Co-Most Valuable Player in 2017 ... NCAA Championships Participant, All-Region Central, and NCAA All-Academic in 2015 and 2017 ... US Ski Team Junior Worlds Member and Ski Team Rookie of the Year in 2015 ... Finished among the top three juniors at the US Nationals, earning a spot on the US Ski Team at the World Juniors in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

High School: Two time All-Lake Conference selection … Two time All-State selection … Five-time Junior National All-American ... Nordic Ski Team State Champion ... Finished second in the 15K race at the 2014 Junior Nationals … Placed second in the 2013 Minnesota State Ski Championships … Involved in marching band and is an Eagle Scout ... Three-time Cross Country, Nordic Ski and Marching Band Letter ... Two-time Track and Field Letter.

Personal: Enjoys nordic skiing, of course! Also enjoys biking, hiking, watersports, cooking, playing games, and walking dogs ... Son of Charles and Elizabeth Bye … Born on April 6, 1995, in Clearwater, Fla. … Has two sisters, both older … Majoring in Exercise Science ... Conduct Respiratory Fatigue Research in Dr. Elmer's Exercise Physiology Laboratory ... Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Fellow in 2017 and 2018 ... American Physiology Society Research Fellow in 2017 and 2018 ... Portage Health Foundation Research Fellow in 2016 and 2017 ... KIP Department Scholar in 2017 ... Actively involved in KIP and Athletics Outreach.