2010-11 Vermont Women's Skiing Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS: 2010 First-Team All-East ... 2010 Strength and Conditioning All-American ... 2009 Strength & Conditioning All-American ... 2008 Strength & Conditioning All-American ... 2008 Second Team All-East.
AS A SENIOR (2011): Posted six top-10 finishes in nine races … Earned a spot on the podium at the EISA Championships GS race with a third-place finish … Also added a seventh-place finish in the slalom at the EISA Championships.
AS A JUNIOR (2010): Kechian won a pair of races on the season and earned First-Team All-East honors ... Had seven top-10 finishes ... Earned Strength and Conditioning All-American honors … Took fifth place in the slalom at the St. Lawrence Carnival on Jan. 16 ... Was fifth in the giant slalom at the Vermont Carnival on Feb. 5 ... Skied to a sixth-place finish in the slalom and was first in the GS at the Dartmouth Skiway on Feb. 12 and 13 ... Won again the following weekend at the Williams Carnival by taking first in the giant slalom ... Finished fourth in the GS at the Eastern Championships … Was 20th in the GS and 16th in the slalom at the NCAA Ski Championships.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Kechian was named a NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American for a second straight season ... Started the season with a 14th-place finish in the giant slalom and a ninth-place finish in the slalom at the Bates Carnival on Jan. 23 and 24 ... Finished fifth in the giant slalom and 10th in the slalom at the New Hampshire Carnival on Jan. 30 and 31 ... Was 13th in both the giant slalom and slalom at the Dartmouth Carnival on Feb. 13 and 14 ... Finished 12th in the giant slalom and 11th in the slalom at the Middlebury Carnival on Feb. 20 and 21 ... Posted a 13th-place finish in the slalom and a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the EISA Championships hosted by Colby.
AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Kechian earned Second Team All-East honors and was named a NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American ... Had seven top-10 finishes on the EISA Circuit ... Skied to a ninth-place finish in the giant slalom and a 10th-place finish in the slalom at the Bates Carnival on Jan. 12 and 13 ... Finished 11th in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at the St. Lawrence Carnival on Jan 18 and 19 ... Earned a fifth-place finish in the giant slalom at the Vermont Carnival on Feb. 2 ... Posted a 14th-place finish in the giant slalom and a sixth-place finish in the slalom at the Dartmouth Carnival on Feb. 8 and 9 ... Was 11th in the giant slalom and sixth in the slalom at the Williams Carnival on Feb. 15 and 16 ... Skied to a 17th-place finish in the giant slalom and a sixth-place finish in the slalom at the EISA Championships on Feb. 22 and 23.
BEFORE VERMONT: Attended Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vt., and was a member of the alpine ski team and the captain of the soccer team.
PERSONAL: Valerie Osanna Kechian the daughter of Richard and Sonia Kechian of Tuxedo, N.Y. ... She lists Florence Griffith-Joyner as one of her favorite athletes ... Has an older sister Stephanie who graduated from UVM in 2007 and a younger brother Richie ... Lists volleyball, jetskiing and waterskiing as hobbies ... Majoring in nutrition and food science.
