Ryan Schiemo, a 2006 graduate of Eden Prairie High School, was named the National Student Patroller of the Year by the National Ski Patrol. Additionally, Schiemo had received the local Buck Hill Ski Patrol Student Patroller of the Year award in 2005. The National Ski Patrol has 24,000 members, “of which a small percentage are student patrollers,” according to a news release. “Buck Hill Ski Patrol has one of the largest Student Patroller groups of all the Western Region ski areas, boasting eight Student Patrollers out of a total of 85 patrollers. There are 11 divisions across the country and Europe.”