Kristen Bourne enters her second season on the St. Scholastica nordic ski staff in 2021-22.
Bourne was selected as one of ten recipients of the Women’s Sports Foundation VanDerveer Fellowship in 2021. The program, named for revered Stanford University Basketball coach, Tara VanDerveer, aims to increase representation of women in coaching at the collegiate level through the development of the rising generation. This is the first time that the award has been granted to a cross country ski program.
The former Northern Michigan University standout was a four-time NCAA qualifier and competed for the U.S. World Junior Team and U.S. U23 World Team. Bourne was a First Team All-CCSA choice in 2018 and was named Northern Michigan’s Most Improved Skier in 2015.
Prior to St. Scholastica, Bourne trained and raced competitively with Lyn Ski and Team Obos in Oslo, Norway. During the summer of 2020, she was an intern assistant for Green Racing Project based in Vermont, where she assisted with biathlon and junior level training.
With the Saints, Bourne will assist with daily workouts and training plans as well as coordinate travel for travel and competition.
Bourne received her Sports Science Degree from Northern Michigan in May of 2018.
