PETER HUFNGEL, LEAGUE DIRECTOR

Peter founded the Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League in 2014 and has served as League Director for the past ten years. In addition to the Virginia League, Peter has taught high school English and coached since 2005 at the Miller School of Albemarle. He has served as Dean of Faculty, Director of Discipline, Director of Special Programs, Director of Innovation & Marketing, and English Department Chair. Before becoming a teacher, Hufnagel earned his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Virginia, where he studied English Literature as a Bradley Fellow. While at UVA, Hufnagel raced for the cycling team, and in 2005 he won both the ACC Cycling Road Race Championship and the ACC Team Time Trial Championship.

He has had essays published in Studies in the Novel, Forum for World Literature Studies, the Norton Critical Edition of The Time Machine, Philosophy of the Olympics, and Libertarian Literary and Media Criticism: Essays in Memory of Paul A. Cantor. In addition, he gave a paper at the annual Renaissance Prose Conference at Purdue University in 2009 and spoke as a panelist on Shakespeare’s Roman plays at the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership. In 2015, he gave a paper on Dante's Inferno at the University of Virginia's Center for the Liberal Arts. He is the creator and curator of the digital archive of the work of literary and media critic Paul A. Cantor.

In athletics, Hufnagel continues to pursue road cycling, mountain biking, and triathlon. He has raced in the professional field at the LifeTime Fitness Leadville 100 MTB Race and has won the Charlottesville Olympic Distance, Sprint, and Xterra Triathlons. He holds a UCI Professional license in cross-country mountain biking.

As a coach, he has been VIC Coach of the Year in cross-country running. He is also the founder of the VAHS MTB Series, Miller School of Albemarle Endurance Team, and Cutaway Bike Camp. These programs have been featured in USA Today, C’Ville Weekly, Velo, Virginia Sportsman, and Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine. As a result of his work with youth and sports, Hufnagel was invited to the White House to discuss with the Obama administration initiatives to engage youth in outdoor activity and physical fitness.

Hufnagel lives near Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife Fashaya four dogs.