Casey Scheidegger

Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988, in Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour.

Junior career

Scheidegger's junior career involved winning the 2009 Alberta Junior Curling championships with teammates Kalynn Park, littler sister Jessie and Jayme Coutts. The rink represented Alberta at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where they finished the round robin in 2nd place with a 9-3 record. However, they ended up losing the semi-final to Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes.

Women's career

Scheidegger has been playing in World Curling Tour events since the 2004-05 season. She has played in 12 Grand Slam events, including the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 editions of the Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which is no longer a Grand Slam event.

Scheidegger qualified for her first women's provincial championship in 2011 where she won two games before being eliminated after five matches. Sheidegger qualified for her second provincials in 2012 where she had the same result. She qualified once again in 2013 where she would again win her first two games, and then lose three straight. At the 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she improved upon her usual result, by winning three games before being knocked out of competition in the triple knock-out event. At the 2015 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she finally led her team to the playoffs, before she lost to Chelsea Carey. She was not as lucky at the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts where she was knocked out in the playoff qualifying game.

Scheidegger won her first grand slam event at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open, which was also the first major slam she played in. Later that month, at the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, she made it all the way to the semifinal, where she lost to Chelsea Carey.

Scheidegger and team played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, finishing the event with a 3-5 record. Later that season, at the 2018 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Scheidegger would win the B event in the triple knockout, putting her in the A vs B page playoff against Chelsea Carey. She would win that game and play Shannon Kleibrink in the final. In an extra end, she would steal the win, and the right to represent Alberta at the Scotties. At the national Scotties, Scheidegger would have a strong week, starting the tournament with a 7-1 record, but her team would take 3 key losses to finish the combined round robin at 7-4, just out of the playoffs.

Grand Slam record

Scheidegger won her first ever Grand Slam event (excluding defunct events, which are not counted by media reports) when she won the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open.

Personal life

Scheidegger is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge. She works as a teacher with Palliser Regional Schools. She is married to Duncan Koning and they have one child.^[1]

References

• Casey Scheidegger on the World Curling Tour database
• Casey Scheidegger on the CurlingZone database