Bio

2022-23: GLIAC Academic Excellence Team… All-Region First Team 5km freestyle interval start and 20km classic mass start… All-Conference First Team… Helped the Huskies win the Butch Reimer Cup at the CCSA Conference Championships… Won the 5km freestyle interval start at the NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships… Won the classic interval start at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Won the freestyle interval start at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Won the 10km freestyle interval start at the GANC CCSA Invite… Had a runner-up finish in the 20km classic mass start at the NCAA Central Regional Skiing Championships… Placed second in the 20km classic mass start at the GANC CCSA Invite… Placed fourth in the 20km mass start at the CCSA Conference Championships… Placed fourth in the 10km freestyle interval start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed seventh in the freestyle sprint at the Pre-Nationals CCSA Invite/CXC Cup… Placed eighth in the freestyle sprint at the Salomon Cup - Duluth… Placed 11th in the 20km classic mass start at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 11th in the 32km classic mass start at the Seeley Hills SuperTour/CCSA Invite… Placed 14th in the 10km freestyle at the NCAA Skiing Championships… Placed 28th in the 20km classic mass start at the NCAA Skiing Championships… Placed 41st in the freestyle sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 80th in the Classic Sprint at the U.S. Cross Country Ski National Championships…

2021-22: USCSA All-Academic Ski Team… Earned All-Region honors in the 10k classic… Earned All-Region honors in the 20k mass start skate… Had a runner-up finish in the 20k mass start skate at the NCAA Regional… Had a runner-up finish in the 20k mass start skate at the CCSA Championships… Had a runner-up finish in the 10k classic at the CCSA Championships… Placed third in the 10k classic at the NCAA Regional… Placed third in the 15k skate at the CCSA Mt. Itasca CXC Cup… Placed fourth in the 15k skate at the CCSA MTU Invite & GLD CXC Cup… Had a top-five collegiate finish in the 15k freestyle at the Gitchi Gami Games… Placed 10th in the 20k skate at the NCAA Championships for All-America honors… Placed 20th overall and fifth U23 and eighth collegiately in the 30k skate at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships… Placed 21st in the men’s 10k classic at the NCAA Championships… Placed 31st overall and seventh collegiately in the 10k skate at the Duluth SuperTour… Placed 48th in the skate sprint at the Duluth SuperTour…  Placed 57th overall and 16th U23 in the 15k classic at the US Cross Country Ski National Championships… 

2020-21: USCSA All-Academic Ski Team… Earned All-Region in the 20k freestyle… Placed sixth in the 20k freestyle at the NCAA Regional… Placed sixth in the NMU Invitational 20k freestyle… Placed 11th in the CCSA Championship 20k freestyle... Placed 15th in the NMU Invitational 10k skate… Placed 16th in the 10k classic at the NCAA Regional… Placed 22nd in the CCSA Championship 10k classic... Placed 83rd in the skate sprint at the Duluth SuperTour...

Major: Materials Science

Before Tech: Skylar Patten had an absolutely solid competition season in 2019-20 as a postgraduate athlete with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. His 2019-20 ski season was highlighted with a fourth-place overall finish in the Boulder Mountain Tour! Skylar also skied to ninth-place U20 finishes in both the skate 15km and classic 10km races at the 2020 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships! Skylar is a two time All-American, having finished third in the classic 5km and seventh in the skate 5km at the 2017 U.S. Junior National Championships. We are confident the commitment and success Skylar has shown to his ski racing goals will transfer to his success as a student-athlete with our collegiate team!