GRiT Ambassador Program

The NICA GRiT Ambassador Program aims to engage female student-athletes in spreading the word about the GRiT Program within NICA leagues. The GRiT Ambassador will be a student-athlete representative for the GRiT Program, help raise awareness of the effort to get #moregirlsonbikes and, most importantly, be a local advocate and voice for what our female student-athletes want out of the GRiT Program. GRiT Ambassadors play a key role in recruiting and retaining more girls in NICA programs at the state level.

2025 GRiT Ambassadors

Seniors

Sara Beltran

MoCo Smores Composite

  • I speak spanish fluently.

  • I have been riding for 10 years and racing for 6 years.

  • I love to cook and bake.

Sydney Clasing

Gunpowder Mills Racers

  • I love participating in musical theater. This past year I was in Mama Mia!

  • My favoriate fruit ever is mango.

  • I am a social butterfly and will talk to everyone I can both on and off the trail!

Juniors

Fiona Bagley

Eastern Shore Composite

  • I have been homeschooled my entire life and discovered MICL through other Eastern Shore mountain biking homeschoolers.

  • Besides biking, my other favorite thing to do is creative writing and reading, specifically fantasy.

Ava Champney

Carroll County Composite

  • I play lacrosse and basketball.

  • I have been racing bikes since I was 5 years old.

  • I’ve been to Florida 5 times.

Kat Medellin

Monocay Composite

  • I saved a skunk from drowning in a pool.

  • I was diagnosed with Leukemia last year.

Ashley Pickles

Kent Island High School

  • I really like camping at races even tho I’ve only done it once.

  • I really like root beer.

Madelyn Sadera

North Baltimore County Composite

  • In the winter and spring, I do track and field.

  • I can speak Latin.

Allison Thrush

Garrett County Composite

  • I love to bake.

  • Summer is my favorite season

  • I enjoy sailing and tubing.

Sophomores

Piper Allee

Three Notch Trailhawks

  • I sing and do theatre

  • My older brother races on my team too!

  • I love dolphins.

Ava Anderson

Garrett County Composite

  • I am very passionate about ski racing and dance.

  • I also very much dislike pizza

Audrey Lewandowski

Trolley Trail Tacocats

  • Mountain biking is one of my main sports and one of the most exciting things about my summers.

  • I love cheering for people at the races.

Emma Nauman

Three Notch Trailhawks Composite

  • I participate in many theater productions.

  • I also enjoy playing the piano.

Freshmen

Allison Boyd

Catonsville Bolts

  • I have two golden retriever puppies.

  • I love to read.

  • I have been riding bikes sense second grade.

June Kraemer

Gunpowder Mills Racers

  • I can walk on my hands.

  • My birthday is in July.

  • I once solved a rubix cube.

Penny Levelle

Anne Arundel Blur

  • So far this year, I have made a new pair of earrings to wear to school every day.

  • My first 10k run, which I completed in less than an hour, was the Bay Bridge Run.

Abigail Mark

Monocacy Composite

  • I have 3 older brothers.

  • I caught a fish with my toes.

8th Grade

Noelle Harcum

North Baltimore County Composite

  • I do road and cyclocross along with mountain biking.

  • I am an actress and have acted in Shrek the musical and Addams Family.