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Conor Walsh was a four-year member of men’s Alpine ski team (1999-2002), serving as a team captain his final three seasons.
During his career, he skied on men’s teams that went a combined 40-0 in Empire Conference regular season races and won four conference team titles. Walsh won the individual Empire Conference crown three times (1999, 2001 and 2002) and was runner-up in 2000. He led the Saxons to berths in the United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSA) National Championships his final three seasons (2000-02).
He placed second in the combined individual standings at the 1999 and 2002 USCSA Mid-Atlantic Regionals and was third in the individual combined standings at the 2000 and 2001 regionals. In 2000, he won the individual slalom competition at the regional championships.
During his final two seasons, Walsh skied for his father, current AU head coach Kevin Walsh. He said his greatest thrill as an AU student-athlete was being part of teams that went unbeaten (40-0) in slalom and giant slalom events during conference races throughout his four-year career.
Walsh graduated from AU in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering. In 2004, he earned a master’s degree in ceramic engineering, also from Alfred University. He has worked at Corning Inc., in Corning, NY, since 2006 and currently holds the title of Forming Core Technology Leader. He previously worked as process engineer at AVX Corporation.
Walsh lives in Campbell, NY, with his wife, Nicole, and their two children, Teagan and Brynna.
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