Fans of Oregon cross country know Alexi Pappas as the young woman who burst onto the scene last fall as a transfer student, winning her second race as a Duck and becoming a key contributor on a team that won its first conference title since 1995 and claimed its first NCAA Championship since 1987.
Oregon's ski industry generated nearly half a billion dollars in economic activity across the state in 2010-11, according to a new report prepared by the University of Oregon.
