She earned a medical waiver to compete in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup season following surgery in the wake of an April 2009 snowmobile accident where Uhelander shattered her kneecap.

Uhlaender was named, along with Kendall Wesenberg, to represent the U.S. in women's skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

[4] In July 2018, Uhlaender testified before the U.S. Helsinki Commission in Washington, DC, on the subject of doping in sports.

She is the daughter of Major League Baseball outfielder (and former Cleveland Indians coach) Ted Uhlaender.

In memory of her father, she wears his National League Championship ring from the 1972 Cincinnati Reds on a necklace.