SPONSORSHIP
Thank you to our 2026-2027 Sponsors!
Our sponsors play an essential role in keeping MMRT/GLSA strong, accessible, and moving forward. Their support helps fund race equipment, coaching, training space, athlete awards, and scholarships for local families—all while helping keep membership costs affordable. Their generosity supports more than our racers. It strengthens our local ski community and helps athletes pursue opportunities from the local hill to state, regional, and national competition.
Please support the businesses that support our team—and when you do, tell them thank you from MMRT!
Our program has been dedicated to teaching the values of hard work, good sportsmanship and the joys of alpine skiing for the last 50 years. When you choose to sponsor our club, your generous donations are used to pay for equipment such as timing gear and race gates, provide scholarships to athletes and families in need of financial assistance and help with operating costs such as coaching staff, lane space and recognition and awards for our athletes. MMRT/GLSA sponsors make it possible for the organization to keep its membership fees as affordable as possible so as many local families as possible can participate in MMRT / GLSA.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Thank you for considering a sponsorship of the Marquette Mountain Race Team (MMRT) and Great Lakes Ski Academy (GLSA).
MMRT/GLSA is powered by a community that believes in our athletes. Sponsorships help provide the equipment, coaching, training opportunities, scholarships, and race-day resources that keep our program strong and accessible to local families.
By becoming a sponsor, your business isn’t just supporting a racing team. You’re investing in young athletes, helping grow our local ski community, and making it possible for the next generation of racers to find their start.
Your financial support contributes not only to the continuation of our program but will also aid in the continued success of our local ski community. Athletes that started skiing in MMRT/GLSA have qualified for state, regional and even national level ski events and even hold the title of first place regional and state champions! Just this last year we had athletes qualify for national events, three (3) individual High School State Champions, five (3) All- State Michigan first team school Skiers and our local woman won the Michigan Division 1 State Championship as a team and the men were runners up! All great accomplishments for a small program from the UP supported by local businesses such as yours.
Based at Marquette Mountain, our nonprofit organization has spent more than 50 years sharing the joy of alpine ski racing with athletes ages 6 through college. No prior racing experience is required—just a passion for skiing and a willingness to learn, work hard, and be part of a team.
More than 150 athletes participated in our 2025–2026 season, with many advancing to state, regional, and national competitions while proudly representing the greater Marquette community. Their success—and the continued growth of our program—is made possible in large part by the support of local businesses and community partners.
Sponsorship dollars directly support our athletes and program by helping fund essential race equipment, including timing gear and gates; scholarships for families needing financial assistance; coaching and lane space; and athlete recognition and awards. Most importantly, this support allows us to keep membership fees as affordable as possible so more local families can participate.
The impact of our program reaches well beyond Marquette Mountain. MMRT/GLSA athletes have gone on to compete and succeed at the state, regional, and national levels. This past season alone, XX athletes qualified for national events, three athletes became individual State Champions, five were named First Team All-State Michigan High School Skiers, and our local women’s team captured the Michigan Division 1 State Championship.
These are incredible accomplishments for a small Upper Peninsula ski program—and they are possible because of community partners like you.
On behalf of our coaches, athletes, and families, thank you for considering an investment in MMRT/GLSA and the future of alpine skiing in our community. Please reach out with any questions or to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
Sincerely,
Julie Kelly
Board President
Tom Dionne
Board Treasurer
Daniel Croney & Chris Coxon
Vice Presidents of Sponsorship