Beloved Nordic ski coach Jon “JK” Kreamelmeyer has traveled the world for skiing. But he has never seen his name on the Wall.
Until now.
This summer JK joins three Team Summit coaches and athletes on the Team Summit Wall of Fame, honoring “trailblazing individuals whose impact on snow sports in Summit County and beyond has been profound and lasting,” according to the club.
JK has spent more than four decades coaching Nordic skiing at every level. In 1994 he won bronze at the Lillehammer Paralympics as a sighted guide for athlete Michele Drot. In 1998 he was named head coach for the U.S. Paralympic ski team, where he served until 2010.
Joining JK is Summit County native and U.S. alpine ski team member Jason Rosener, a two-time junior national champ who skied professionally from 1994 to 2000. He represented the U.S. at the 1997 World Championships and the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, where he finished 15th at men’s downhill.
Also making the Wall is elite moguls skier Mikaela Matthews Wilson. She trained at Team Summit before joining the U.S. freestyle ski team at 17 years old before a breakout year in 2016, when she took gold at World Cup dual moguls in Ruka, Finland, and claimed the U.S. national champion title. Today she is head moguls coach for Park City Ski and Snowboard Team.
Team Summit’s first head snowboard coach, Kerri Hannon Marsh, completes the class of 2025. She was defending world champion for three years 1986 to 1988, including a win at the inaugural World Cup snowboard event at Breckenridge.
The Team Summit Wall of Fame induction ceremony happens Friday, June 27 at 6 p.m. at the Rosener Human Performance Center in Copper, part of the Team Summit homecoming weekend.