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Ski racers who want to race in college, their parents, their club coaches, and the college coaches who recruit them.
No. Every athlete on the FIS points list, and every US Ski & Snowboard member aged 15 and up on the national list, already has one, built from the results the federations publish. You claim it.
Sign up, find yourself by name, and confirm your date of birth. An athlete without a FIS code confirms the ZIP code on their US Ski & Snowboard membership instead. Neither is ever shown to anyone.
A parent or guardian confirms the account with one click from an email before it goes live. To withdraw consent, email hello@skicommit.com and the profile returns to unclaimed list data.
Your date of birth or membership ZIP matched, and, if you are under 18, a parent said yes. There is no waiting on anyone else.
Public: name, birth year, nation, club, FIS points and ranks, race results, FIS code and USSA member number, which FIS and US Ski & Snowboard already publish. Private: date of birth, email, and your parent's details.
FIS publishes the points list and results every week; US Ski & Snowboard publishes the national list. SkiCommit shows those figures with their source and date and never changes them.
A college coach claims a seat on their program with a school email. Searching verified racers by roster fit, direct contact and messaging are next on the build list.
Club coaches verify with their US Ski & Snowboard coach membership, see their club's athletes on the list, and can vouch for a colleague's seat.
No. You sign in with Google or with a link we email you. If a link says it has expired, ask for a new one from the same screen.
Yes. Remove my profile is on the Settings page. The profile returns to unclaimed list data only. To have it hidden altogether, email hello@skicommit.com.
Video on the profile, the full recruiting packet with transcripts, test scores and recommendations, and coach messaging.
NCAA skiing is about 30 varsity programs racing in three conferences (EISA, RMISA, CCSA), with Division I, II and III schools on the same start list, school funding and, at some, athletic scholarships. USCSA is 170 or so teams, most of them clubs, scored as teams from their top finishers, and open to a much wider range of racers. SkiCommit lists both.
Not many. An NCAA school may give the equivalent of six to seven full scholarships, split across alpine and nordic, men and women, so most awards are partial. Division III and Ivy League schools give no athletic money at all, and neither do most USCSA schools, though merit aid is often larger than the athletic money would be.
It depends on the program. The strongest NCAA teams typically recruit racers with a best event in the 25 to 45 point range; other NCAA programs look at racers in the 60 to 80 range and beyond; USCSA teams take a far wider spread. Coaches read points in context, with field strength, course and trajectory. SkiCommit's fit call shows where your points sit against each roster today.
Earlier than most families think. Under the NCAA rules as published in September 2026, coaches may contact a recruit from June 15 after sophomore year and official visits start September 1 of junior year, and many rosters are largely set during junior year. Rules differ by division and change, so check the NCAA's current recruiting calendar and the school's compliance office. Sophomore year is the time to have your results in order and your profile claimed.
For NCAA Division I and II, yes: register before any official visit, and keep up with the core-course requirements. Division III and USCSA teams do not require it.
Older than you might expect. Under current NCAA Division I rules a racer's eligibility clock allows freshmen of 20 or 21 who took post-graduate years, and they are common, especially on the men's side. Eligibility rules differ by division and by sport, so a coach or the school's compliance office confirms what applies to you.
A lot. With athletic money scarce and partial, academics often decide between two racers with similar points, and they unlock merit aid and admission at the schools with no athletic scholarships.
Yes. Most USCSA teams welcome walk-ons, and NCAA teams take them when the points fit the roster. A claimed, verified profile is how a coach checks that in a minute.
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Sources: FIS points lists, US Ski & Snowboard national points, USCSA results, official team rosters, the NCAA's recruiting and eligibility pages (ncaa.org, as of September 2026) and USCSA's prospective-athlete guide.