Middlebury College

Alice Tower Knapp, a member of the Class of 1981, excelled in Nordic skiing and cross country. 
 
Tower was a three-time First-Team All-American and four-time All-East First-Team honoree for the Panther Nordic squad. She was a member of two AIAW National Championship teams and a pair of National Championship relay teams. Tower placed third and fourth, respectively, at the 1979 and 1980 championships. She was undefeated in Eastern carnival races in 1979 and 1980 and won four of the five carnivals during the 1979 season. Tower has scored more points in the modern era (1968–present) for her team than any skier in Middlebury’s storied program. 
 
In cross country, Tower was the 1978 NESCAC runner-up. She was a consistent scorer in the lineup for the Panthers during the 1978 and 1979 seasons. 
 
Tower was selected as Middlebury’s first Deborah Parton ’76 Memorial Award winner in 1981. She was also honored as one of the John P. Stabile ’40 Memorial Trophy award recipients that same year. 
 
She was named to the United States Ski Team in 1981. Tower is active in officiating for the Nordic Skiing Association in Anchorage and has coached skiing in Alaska Native Villages.