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Yahoo
09-04-2025
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All-American skier dies from head injury at Lake Tahoe resort
A former NCAA All-American skier died in an accident on the slopes in the Greater Lake Tahoe area on Saturday, authorities said. Ellery "Ellie" Curtis, 26, of San Francisco suffered a head injury and was pronounced dead at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department received a distress call at 3:45 p.m., but Curtis was already dead by the time deputies arrived, according to sheriff's spokesperson Elise Soviar. Sheriff's officials did not provide any other details and directed inquiries to Palisades Tahoe. The ski resort did not respond to questions from The Times, but said in a statement that they were "deeply saddened" by the accident and referred to Curtis as a "beloved skier." Read more: A Tahoe snowboarder was 'buried alive' on the slopes. Lawsuit says the resort is to blame Matt Lorelli, a senior editor for the skiing and resort digital site Powder, wrote that Curtis suffered severe injuries while descending Ahhh Chute, "a challenging trail" on Palisades' famous KT-22 lift. Curtis' death is one of three fatalities that occurred in the area in the last two weeks. On March 29, Corona resident Roman Lacayo died in a snowboarding accident at the Kirkwood Ski Resort and 7-year-old Reno resident Adelyn Grimes was killed by a falling boulder at the Diamond Peak Ski Resort at Incline Village. While attending Dartmouth College, Curtis was a second team All-American in the giant slalom, placing eighth at the NCAA championships in March 2022 in Park City, Utah. Curtis' father, uncle and a cousin also attended the Ivy League school. Read more: Ski slopes seem to be getting more dangerous. The resorts don't want to talk about it "Ellie Curtis was a hardworking, passionate and driven student athlete whose passions went beyond the snow," her Dartmouth coaches, John C. Dwyer and Anny Jenny, said in an email. "Ellie was kind, caring and loved to be involved in many organizations and environmental projects." Curtis was also a three-time National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team member, meaning she earned a cumulative 3.5 grade point average and competed in one of three NCAA Regional Championships. Curtis worked as an analyst for the California Public Utilities Commission, according to her LinkedIn profile. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
09-04-2025
- Los Angeles Times
All-American skier dies from head injury at Lake Tahoe resort
A former NCAA All-American skier died in an accident on the slopes in the Greater Lake Tahoe area on Saturday, authorities said. Ellery 'Ellie' Curtis, 26, of San Francisco suffered a head injury and was pronounced dead at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department received a distress call at 3:45 p.m., but Curtis was already dead by the time deputies arrived, according to sheriff's spokesperson Elise Soviar. Sheriff's officials did not provide any other details and directed inquiries to Palisades Tahoe. The ski resort did not respond to questions from The Times, but said in a statement that they were 'deeply saddened' by the accident and referred to Curtis as a 'beloved skier.' Matt Lorelli, a senior editor for the skiing and resort digital site Powder, wrote that Curtis suffered severe injuries while descending Ahhh Chute, 'a challenging trail' on Palisades' famous KT-22 lift. Curtis' death is one of three fatalities that occurred in the area in the last two weeks. On March 29, Corona resident Roman Lacayo died in a snowboarding accident at the Kirkwood Ski Resort and 7-year-old Reno resident Adelyn Grimes was killed by a falling boulder at the Diamond Peak Ski Resort at Incline Village. While attending Dartmouth College, Curtis was a second team All-American in the giant slalom, placing eighth at the NCAA championships in March 2022 in Park City, Utah. Curtis' father, uncle and a cousin also attended the Ivy League school. 'Ellie Curtis was a hardworking, passionate and driven student athlete whose passions went beyond the snow,' her Dartmouth coaches, John C. Dwyer and Anny Jenny, said in an email. 'Ellie was kind, caring and loved to be involved in many organizations and environmental projects.' Curtis was also a three-time National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team member, meaning she earned a cumulative 3.5 grade point average and competed in one of three NCAA Regional Championships. Curtis worked as an analyst for the California Public Utilities Commission, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Sport
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How Paul Mainieri fared in first games with South Carolina
Former LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri is off to a perfect start with his new team. Mainieroi led South Carolina to a 3-0 record on opening weekend and a win on Tuesday. The Gamecocks took down Sacred Heart in the three-game series and recorded a win at Winthrop. In its home opener, South Carolina jumped out to a 3-0 lead and scored two runs late after Sacred Heart tied the score in the sixth inning. The Gamecocks put up a one-hit shutout in a 14-0 win on Saturday, then blanked the Pioneers once again with an 8-0 victory on Sunday. On Tuesday at Winthrop, both teams scored two runs, and the game was tied. In the home half of the fourth inning, Winthrop took a one-run lead, but the rest of the game belonged to the Gamecocks. They scored three unanswered runs between the fifth and sixth frames to seal the win. Mainieri's hiring was announced on June 11, 2024. Through his 15 seasons at LSU, he made five College World Series appearances and won six SEC Tournaments and 10 NCAA Regional Championships. He also led the Tigers to the 2009 National Championship and finished as the runner-up in 2017. The team won at least one championship in 11 of Mainieri's seasons. Through stops at St. Thomas, Air Force, Notre Dame, and LSU, Mainieri accumulated enough wins to rank him first among active Division I coaches with 1,505. He is a two-time SEC Coach of the Year and four-time National Coach of the Year honoree. Under Mainieri's watch, LSU players were recognized as First-Team All-Americans 13 times and chosen in the MLB Draft 90 times. This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: How ex-LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri is faring at South Carolina
