GRiT Student Ambassadors

“I want to be a GRiT Ambassador to get more girls on bikes. I want to show other girls that girls can mountain bike. I know coming into this sport is scary and I want to help provide a safe space for girls on my team and others.”

What is a GRiT Ambassador?

The NICA GRiT Ambassador Program engages current NICA student-athletes to recruit new female student athletes and welcome them into NICA programs to get #moregirlsonbikes. As a student-athlete representative for NICA, the MICL, and the GRiT program, the GRiT ambassador is expected to exemplify NICA’s core values and be committed to NICA’s mission. Ambassadors should encourage girls of all ages to join their local teams and advocate for more girls on bikes across their region. Ambassadors are tasked with listening to the concerns of other girls in the community and voicing these needs to help make the NICA community more welcoming to and accepting of female student athletes. Most importantly, ambassadors should be committed to sharing their love of mountain bikes with other girls!

A GRiT Ambassador should be a female student-athlete currently riding and committed to attending league events in the MICL. GRiT Ambassadors will be chosen based on their personalities, dedication, ability to inspire other girls to join and ride, communication style, years in the league and location in the state.

AMBASSADOR QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

1. A GRiT Ambassador should be willing to engage in conversations about NICA, the benefits of mountain biking, participating in MICL League programming and GRiT in general with people she doesn’t know yet.
2. A GRiT Ambassador should commit to attending as many of the MICL events as possible and encourage the girls in her local area to participate. 
3. A GRiT Ambassador will work with the league’s GRiT Coordinator and her team coaches to help plan programs, outreach and recruiting events.
4. A GRiT Ambassador will help plan GRiT tent activities to help build a sense of community and connection for female athletes.
5. A GRiT Ambassador must set an example in leadership and community engagement.
6. A GRiT Ambassador has to have participated in at least ONE NICA SEASON and be in high school for the fall season.
7. A GRiT Ambassador must love mountain biking! You don’t have to be the fastest, strongest, or a top rider. We are just looking for girls who want to share their spirit of adventure and the love of our league with others!

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MAY 1, 2025!

“I was also nervous being a girl and doing a “boy sport”. When I told people I mountain bike they would tell me it’s something that boys do. I want to be that person that tells girls growing up that it’s okay to feel scared and nervous to compete and bike but you can do anything you set your mind to, and not to let others tell you different.”