Alexander Maurer

Position:
Nordic
Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska
High School:
Service
Prev School:
Alaska Winter Stars

World University Games (2023 Lake Placid)
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)
Laura Sharpe Flood Award (2022)
Two-Time Letterwinner (2022, ‘23)
Two-Time NCAA Championship Qualifier (2022, ‘23))

At Colorado: 2023 (Sophomore)—Maurer continued his solid skiing his sophomore season and in 10 races, he finished all 10 with five in the top 20 and two in the top 10 in his second collegiate season. He took 10th in the 20K classic race at the CU Invitational and bettered that a week later taking eighth in the 10K classic race at the DU Invitational. He had a stretch of six straight finished in the top 17 and finished all 10 races in the top 23, scoring for the Buffs on five occasions, including in the final race of his season in the 20K classic race at the RMISA Championships, where he took 14th place and scored 19 points. He lettered and qualified for the NCAA Championships and got it done in the classroom, as well, earning a mention on the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll. He also competed at the World University Games in Lake Placid in January.

2022 (Freshman)—Maurer showed promise in what turned out to be a brief freshman season. He took part in eight races on the season, the eight before participating in the World Junior Championships that were held the same time as the RMISA Championships. Mauer had an impressive showing to open his career at the U.S. National Championships. Three of those races counted as collegiate races and he had his best finish of seventh in the 15K classic race. Not counted as a college race was the 15K freestyle junior race, which Mauer won and that win earned him a nod for the Junior World Championships. At Utah, he also took 24th in the freestyle sprint race and 19th in the classic sprint race. The next week at the Montana State Invitational, he finished 21st in the freestyle and 23rd in the classic races. In three races in Alaska, he was consistent with a 15th-place freestyle and 20th-place classic showing at the UAF Nanook Invitational and an 18th-place freestyle finish at the RMISA Invitational. He earned his first letter and did qualify for the NCAA Championships, although he did not participate for the Buffs there. He also earned the team’s Laura Sharpe Flood Award at the conclusion fo the season.

Prior To CU—Maurer skied for the Alaska Winter Stars for six years and competed for Service High School for four years, where he was the school’s Most Valuable Skier in 2019, ‘20 and ‘21. He was the Alaska Region IV Champion and Skimeister in 2020 and ‘21 and won the state championship in 2020 and was the runner-up in 2021. His coaches were Jan Buron, Greta Anderson and Seiji Takagi. For the AWS, his top results included winning the U18 Besh Cup in 2018, taking seventh in the 10K freestyle race and second in the relay at the 2019 Junior National Championships and taking third in U18 and the 10th junior overall in the 10K classic race at the U.S. National Championships in 2020. He was in the top five for U18 at the Scandinavian Cup in 2020, was 16th in the freestyle spring race there while taking second in the 10K classic and was fifth of U18’s in the 5K freestyle race at the Junior National Championships in 2020. In 2021, he was the top U20 and ninth overall in the Besh Cup 10K classic race and second among U20 and sixth overall in the freestyle race at the Aleyska Hill Climb. He was a member of the U.S. National Training Group in both 2020 and 2021 and was the AWS Skier of the Year both seasons.

High School—Maurer graduated from Service High School in 2021. On top of being the school’s Most Valuable Skier his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, he was the state championship in 2020 and was the runner-up in 2021. He also ran cross country at Service and was the state champion in 2020.

In The Classroom—He is majoring in Civil Engineering at Colorado. He was a member of the National Honors Society in high school.

Personal—Alexander Maurer was born Aug. 15, 2002, in Anchorage, Alaska. His parents are Lisa and Erik Maurer. He has one older sister, Maddy. He would like to ski for a pro team or fo the U.S. National Team after college and join a civil engineering firm. His hobbies include freeskiing, playing the guitar, biking, playing soccer and drawing and painting. He played the guitar in a jazz band. His aunt, Cindi Hillemeyer was a member of the CU Ski Team from 1992-94. He volunteered at aid stations for various triathlons in Alaska and also at events through the Service High School National Honors Society.

Why Colorado?—”CU has the best ski team, Boulder is very nice and there is a lot to do here. CU has a great engineering school and resources for student-athletes.”