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ABOUT US
About USCSA
The United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association is THE sports federation for collegiate TEAM ski racing and snowboarding in America. You can be part of a team at any college in the United States. The USCSA has an alpine, Nordic, snowboard or freeski collegiate competition program for you. If your college does not have a team, we can assist you in getting one started!
The USCSA believes that student-athletes of ALL levels and abilities should have access to a quality and exciting venue of competition. Our organization also recognizes "student" comes before "athlete," and for our members to be successful individuals, academics should take priority.
Why USCSA
Team performance is emphasized within the USCSA, a departure from the typical individual or World Cup scoring format in skiing. Teams field five or more racers, with the top three performances used for the team score. Most former USCSA athletes agree that the USCSA’s team orientation has been the seed for developing and nurturing a team approach in other aspects of their lives and careers.
Overall team performance is considered separately for each discipline, so a college can field any single or combination of women’s alpine, men’s alpine, women’s cross country, men’s cross country, women’s snowboarding, men’s snowboarding, women’s freestyle, men’s freestyle, women’s jumping and men’s jumping.
By the Numbers
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140+ Member Institutions
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4,800+ Annual Student-Athletes
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250+ Alpine Ski Teams
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100+ Snowboard & Freeski Teams
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40+ Nordic Teams
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11 Conferences and 6 Regions
Mission & Core Values
The mission of the USCSA is to be the national governing body of collegiate team ski and snowboard competition in the United States; to promote and increase awareness of and participation in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, free skiing and snowboarding; and to provide competition and development opportunities for student athletes in a team atmosphere leading toward U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard National Championships in each discipline.
The core values of USCSA mean something different to everyone and are prioritized differently for each athlete, institution, alumni, volunteer or partner.Instead of arranging our core values in a list or chart, which would imply a ranking or certain order of importance, we purposefully designed our values to exist in a circle that anyone can “spin” to arrange the core values in the order in which they are most significant to them.
Strategic Plan
In September 2026, the USCSA Board of Directors approved a new strategic plan. The 2026-2029 Strategic Plan aligns with the election of USCSA's current President, Sarah Geiger, and provided USCSA the opportunity to assess progress made within our inaugural strategic plan from 2022, take into account our current environment, and revise and update our planned initiatives. After several workshops at the 2026 Annual Conference, Board of Directors meetings, and Coordinator meetings, the result was a new, three-year plan that reveals USCSA's update vision statement and aligns with the organization's mission and core values.
Vision Statement
The USCSA seeks to build a high-caliber experience for all student-athletes and organizational members that is resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.