2014 Athlete Alumni Ambassador (3A) award winners announced
U.S. Figure Skating
announced in May the 2014 Athlete Alumni Ambassador (3A) award recipients. The 3A award is a scholarship pro- gram that recognizes skaters who have achieved fi gure skating excellence while actively volunteering. To earn a 3A award,
skaters must have competed at the novice or junior level at the 2014 Prudential U.S. Fig- ure Skating Championships or the 2014 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. Can- didates are asked to submit an application detailing their volunteer work. The Athletes Advisory Committee selects one overall winner and one winner from each discipline (ladies, men’s, pairs, ice dance and synchronized). The overall winner receives $1,000, while the remaining fi ve honorees receive $500, which can be used at each skater’s discre- tion.
The 2014 3A award
recipients are: • Amber Glenn, Dallas FSC (overall)
• Carly Berrios, Greenville FSC (ladies)
• Kevin Shum, St. Moritz ISC (men’s)
• Jacob Simon, Skokie Valley SC (pairs)
• Eliana Gropman, Washing- ton FSC (ice dance)
• Ashley Moran, Skokie Valley SC (synchronized)
Amber Glenn
Bereswill cast in Disney on Ice Becky Bereswill will make her Disney on Ice de-
but this fall after being cast in the role of Elsa for the upcoming North American tour of “Disney on Ice presents Frozen.” Based on the 2013 3D computer-animated fi lm
Frozen, which won Academy Awards for Best Animat- ed Feature and Best Original Song (“Let It Go”), the tour is set to kick off Sept. 5–7 in Orlando, Fla. Bereswill, who is a student at the University of
Michigan, has been promoting the tour, including a live appearance on CNBC from the New York Stock Ex-
change. Bereswill is the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final cham- pion, 2012 U.S. Collegiate bronze medalist and fi nished 10th in the pairs event at the 2011 U.S. Championships with then-partner Trevor Young. Taylor Firth, who starred
as Lexi in the 2010 remake of the classic fi lm Ice Castles, will skate alongside Bereswill in the role of Elsa’s sister, Anna. Firth most recently competed at the 2009 U.S. Championships, where she placed 13th.
This month in SKATING history In May 2013, U.S. Figure Skating launched the
SKATING Magazine Archive, a fully searchable digital database that allows members and subscribers to ac- cess every story and photo published in the magazine since the inaugural December 1923 edition. Here’s a look at what made headlines in the summer issues dating back 10, 25 and 50 years ago:
2004: Coaches receive 2004 U.S. Figure Skating/ PSA Coach of the Year awards “U.S. Figure Skating and the Professional Skat-
ers Association honored the winners of their annual coaching awards at the 2004 PSA & ISI Joint Interna- tional Conference and Trade Show in San Diego in May. Priscilla Hill was selected as the 2004 Coach of the Year for her work with 2004 U.S. men’s champion Johnny Weir. This was a breakthrough year for Weir, who had to withdraw from the 2003 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships after sustaining an injury at the beginning of his free skate. Under Hill’s guidance he not only came back to win his fi rst U.S. senior title but he also placed fi fth in his fi rst trip to the World Figure Skating Championships. …”
1989: Franklin S. Nelson, new USFSA president “At the annual Governing Council meeting held
in Anaheim, Calif., in May, Franklin S. Nelson, M.D., F.A.C.S., was elected by the delegates as the new pres- ident of the United States Figure Skating Association. Dr. Nelson’s active involvement in the sport and his
dedicated service to the association spans more than 40 years. He has been a continuous member of the USFSA since 1945 and as a former national-level com- petitor, won the silver medal in junior (silver) dance in 1953 and the gold medal and U.S. title in 1954 with partner Sidney Ann Foster Arnold. The couple took the bronze medal in senior dance at the 1956 U.S. Championships and were members of the 1956 U.S. World Team in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. …”
1964: USFSA Meeting ... Recognition of Respon- sibilities “The U.S. Figure Skating Association has “defi -
nite public responsibilities and obligations, since it controls all amateur fi gure skating in the United States.” With this guideline stated by President F. Ritter Shumway, the USFSA took on the job of re- vamping many of its rules and policies at the annual meeting of the association’s Governing Council in Philadelphia, May 8–10. Among the many actions taken by the USFSA Governing Council was the unanimous approval of a new program off ered by the 1961 World Figure Skating Team Memorial Fund Committee. The program will aid civic ice skating rinks in the development of fi gure skating instruc- tion. John F. Groden, chairman of the Memorial Fund Committee, announced that the fund has started a pilot program in Boston. …” To read these articles in their entirety, visit the
SKATING Magazine Archive under the Members Only section of
USFigureSkating.org.
Leng, Shnapir announce partnership Simon Shnapir, the 2013–14 U.S. pairs champion, announced he
will compete with DeeDee Leng next season. Shnapir, who announced his split from former partner Maris-
sa Castelli in May, is a two-time U.S. champion, 2014 Olympian and helped Team USA earn a bronze medal in the inaugural fi gure skating team event at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Leng is a former U.S. junior ladies champion who teamed with Tim-
othy LeDuc to compete pairs in 2012. At the 2014 U.S. Championships, Leng and LeDuc fi nished third in the short program, en route to a sev- enth-place fi nish. Leng and Shnapir will train in Boston under Shnapir’s coach Bobby
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