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.

2024 GRiT Ambassadors

Seniors

Ashlynn Anderson

Garrett County Coyotes

  • I am a member of my high schools track team.

  • I've been skiing since I was one year old.

  • I’ve danced on the Grand Ole Opry Stage.

Anna Cucuczzella

Mount Hebron High School

First Year Ambassador

  • I like going on hikes with my dog.

  • I also enjoy rock climbing

Emerson Eatough

Catonsville Bolts

  • I do pole vault as my other sport.

  • I love going to concerts.

  • I can ride a unicycle.

Ruby Frank

Monocacy Composite

  • I have been biking with MICL for 5 years.

  • My favorite color is blue.

  • I am also on the track and field team where

    I compete in pole vault.

Megan Jones

Three Notch Trailhawks

First Year Ambassador

  • I love fossil/sea glass hunting and animals!

Sophia Papadakis

Mountain Lions Composite

  • I love to ski and have been skiing for 12 years.

  • My favorite food is anything chocolate.

  • I am a member of my schools robotics team.

Ava Tine

Mount DeSales Academy

  • I love to act and participate in musicals.

  • My favorite TV show is The Chosen.

  • My favorite books are (ironically), Anne of Green Gables and The Hunger Games

Juniors

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!

Audra Mikalauskas

Monocacy Composite

  • I play lacrosse and field hockey.

  • My dream career is to be a dentist.

  • I learned how to ride my bike without training wheels on my 4th birthday.

Sophomores

Fiona Bagley

Eastern Shore Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • 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

First Year Ambassador

  • 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

First Year Ambassador

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

  • I can speak Latin.

Allison Thrush

Garrett County Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • I love to bake.

  • Summer is my favorite season

  • I enjoy sailing and tubing.

Freshmen

Piper Allee

Three Notch Trailhawks

First Year Ambassador

  • I sing and do theatre

  • My older brother races on my team too!

  • I love dolphins.

Ava Anderson

Garrett County Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • I am very passionate about ski racing and dance.

  • I also very much dislike pizza

Audrey Lewandowski

Trolley Trail Tacocats

First Year Ambassador

  • 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

First Year Ambassador

  • I participate in many theater productions.

  • I also enjoy playing the piano.

Elizabeth Slade

Monocacy Composite

  • I do ballet.

  • I have owned 10 guinea pigs total and 6 of them were fosters.

  • My favorite color is purple.

8th Grade

Allison Boyd

Catonsville Bolts

  • I have two golden retriever puppies.

  • I love to read.

  • I have been riding bikes sense second grade.

Etta Frank

Monocacy Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • I play volleyball.

  • I have a bunny that is 12 years old

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

First Year Ambassador

  • 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.

Elle Simner

Gunpowder Mill Racers Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • I ride dirt bikes.

  • I love mountain bikes!

7th Grade

Noelle Harcum

North Baltimore County Composite

First Year Ambassador

  • I do road and cyclocross along with mountain biking.

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

We have a gorgeous night for this event! Gorgeous summer heat and low humidity! Come out and join us!!! #miclgrit #micl
Come check out the new trails at Windy Ridge in Mount Airy! This GRiT ride is open to any female athlete from 6th grade to adult. Sign up link is in our bio! #moregirlsonbikes #micl #miclgrit #windyridgetrails
Last Call - GRiT Ambassador Applications for 2024 are due today! If you would like to be a part of this phenomenal group of young women, it all starts with an application! Applications can be found at marylandmtb.org/ambassadors or click the link i
Ambassadors Ruby Frank and Allison Boyd shared their experiences with GRiT at the MICL Coaches Summit and totally crushed it! I am so proud of these girls! #micl #miclgrit #gritambassador #marylandmtb #moregirlsonbikes
Applications for the 2024 GRiT Ambassadors are now open! The link to the application and more information is in our bio and also at marylandmtb.org/ambassadors! Applications are due by Sunday, March 17.
⏰ Time for a spring weekend of fun & friends? April 20 & 21st will be the GRiT Adventure Weekend at Raystown Lake, Hesston, PA! There will be:⁠ 📍on and off-the-bike activities,  📍campfires and laughs,  📍smiles and miles, 
One of my favorite activities at our finals is thank you cards! Student athletes are encouraged to write a thank you to a coach, friend, parent, teammate, volunteer, etc. who has helped them have a great year! To see these and other great photos, c
Celebrating Senior Ambassador Caroline ( @_carolinehuber ) today! Thank you for your many years working behind the scenes to make GRiT an awesome program! We wish you the best of luck and many more happy trails! #micl #miclgrit #marylandmtb #moreg
We’re ready with all the fun at the GRIT tent today!! ❤️#micl #miclgrit #marylandmtb #moregirlsonbikes