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.