University of Nevada ski team returns after 12-year hiatus

University of Nevada ski team returns after 12-year hiatus

RENO, Nev. – At Reno-Tahoe International Airport, five million annual travelers pass a towering 20-foot bronze skier. Titled Giant Slalom and sculpted by Douglas Van Howd in 1996, the statue honors the University of Nevada’s ski teams, which produced four Olympians, five national titles, and 39 All-America honors. Ironically, the statue was installed in 2012—two years after the university cut its NCAA ski program for the second time. That irony …