Alumni Experiences

Catherine Cone                                '25

Catherine Cone, originally from Falmouth, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Vermont in 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a minor in Special Education. During her time at UVM, she served as a Freestyle Co-Chair and the Social Media/Marketing Chair for the club. Catherine was an active member of the freestyle figure skating team and performed with the Ice Cats at hockey games throughout her four years at UVM, serving as co-captain for her final two. She is incredibly grateful for the supportive community and lasting friendships she found through UVMFSC. Since graduating, Catherine now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, where she works in the childcare field. She continues to pursue her passion for figure skating and hopes to compete again at the adult level in both freestyle and solo ice dance.

Katie Roberts                                      '24

​Katie Roberts graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences, with a concentration in Environmental Health, in 2024. During her time at UVM, Katie acted as President of the UVMFSC, in addition to serving as co-captain of the Ice Cats and UVMSST. Katie is a current Master of Public Health student focused on Health Equity at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is a member of the Maryland Collaborative Student Advisory Board and Alumni Relations Chair for the Health Policy and Management Student Association. Katie is also the coach of the University of Maryland Figure Skating's Freestyle Team.

Anitra Conover                                '22

Anitra Conover is from Dartmouth, Massachusetts and graduated Class of 2022 with a B.A. in Global Studies as well as minors in Chinese, Economics, and Soil Science. She skated recreationally as a child but started training competitively in college, where she competed for the UVM Freestyle team. Since graduating, she has trained and competed across the country with Champlain Valley Skating Club, Washington Figure Skating Club, and Starlight Ice Dance Club. She continually draws inspiration from the adult skaters who compete well into retirement, and she looks forward to continuing her skating journey wherever she goes next.

Kate Mitchell                                      '17

Kate Mitchell was a part of UVMFSC for multiple years. UVMFSC was an incredibly important part of her time at UVM. It gave her a way to keep skating competitively, which had been a huge part of her life before college, while also giving Kate time to try other activities and participate in campus life in other ways. Kate says that her UVMFSC teammates were an amazing community. She was also lucky enough to spend two years on the team with her sister! Kate is now living in Boston and working in a museum education and visitor services role at the Boston Public Library.

Emily Adler                                            '16

Emily was a part of UVMFSC during her 3 years at UVM (2013-2016), and say's it was the best little skating community! She had transferred to UVM after her freshman year after missing skating direly from her previous school, she say's she was welcomed with open arms to UVMFSC. Emily was on the synchro team and also participated in a couple freestyle competitions. Skating has always and will always be a passion of her's, and she say's that it was so wonderful to share that passion with a group of equally passionate, silly, fun, and down to earth skaters. Emily recently moved to Anchorage, Alaska, partly because she fell in love with skating on wild ice! Emily works in the environmental field, and skates for fun on her time off.