Set to begin his fourth season at the helm of the Colby-Sawyer men’s and women’s alpine ski racing teams, Garrett Lashar looks to continue the early success that he has brought the program.
Last season, the women's team placed seventh, while the men placed fifth at the USCSA National Champtionship.
In 2009, Coach Lashar made his mark in the Colby-Sawyer record book by leading the men’s team to the program’s first United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championship. The women had a top-3 finish for the third straight season, finishing third overall.
In his first season, Lashar led the women’s team to a second place finish at the USCSA National Championships. The women tied their best-ever finish with the second place. The men placed fourth overall.
In addition to the team’s success on the mountain, the Chargers also had a lot of individual accomplishments. The program has totaled 32 All-American Awards in Coach Lashar’s first three seasons.
Garrett currently holds a position on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Alpine Racing Association (NHARA) as the College Represenative.
Lashar has spent the last several years at Carrabassett Valley Academy in Carrabassett, Maine in several different roles with the men's alpine program, most recently as the men's alpine Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) coach.
Coach Lashar was also a member of the National Development System coaching staff in 2006.
Prior to his work at Carrabassett Valley, Coach Lashar was the assistant ski coach for the boys and girls at Waterville Academy for the 2004-05 ski season. He was also a four year competitor at Plymouth State University (2000-04) in Plymouth, N.H. He was a team captain for his junior and senior seasons (2003 and 2004) and helped lead the Panthers to a second place finish at the 2004 U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships, just ahead of Colby-Sawyer.
For his efforts at Plymouth State, Coach Lashar earned the Ski Team Panther Award in 2003 and 2004, an award given to team's most valuable skier.
Coach Lashar graduated from Plymouth State in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a minor in Economics and General Management.
