Anchorage’s Noah Ottum of Colorado School of Mines wrestling team has been selected Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Summit Award winner for the second consecutive season. The Summit Award is given to one student-athlete in each RMAC sport of sophomore standing or above who has the top cumulative GPA at that sport’s championship tournament or meet,… Read more »
Anchorage skier Gus Schumacher wiped away decades of frustration for the US Ski Team by becoming the first American male to win a World Junior Championship. Schumacher used a killer kick over the final two kilometers to come from behind and snag the gold medal in the 10-K classic race in Germany by 4.5 seconds…. Read more »
Sydnee Kimber of Sitka capped her sensational sophomore season by winning two national titles – one on her own and one with McKendree University. It all went down at the Cliff Keen National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship in Aiden, Michigan. The 191-pounder went 3-0 in her weight class and did not allow a point, outscoring… Read more »
Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman was already one of college hockey’s top goalies, but over the last three weeks he has played like the No. 1 guy. The University of Maine netminder has posted three shutouts in his last five starts, including a 48-save gem to blank Providence 3-0 in the regular-season finale in Hockey East. Swayman… Read more »
Chugiak’s Cody Curfman had every reason to throw in the towel. The Northern State University right-hander trailed 6-0 after the first inning. He gave up six hits to the first nine batters and looked iffy. From shaky to sensational, the starting pitcher battled back to work five shutout innings and strike out 10 batters from… Read more »
Christian Hausinger of Anchorage set up others on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls hockey team all season, so it was fitting that the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference made the top individual award all about him. Hausinger was named player of the year and headlined the all-conference team after leading the the NCAA D3 league in… Read more »
Jaron Williams of Anchorage was recognized in a big way by the NWAC as the freshman for Spokane was picked Eastern Region Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team in addition to being named First Team All-Region. The 6-foot-4 guard led the league with 3.0 steals per game and… Read more »
Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin ripped down a game-high 13 rebounds and played 35 minutes as the Canberra Capitals beat the Southside Flyers 71-68 in Game 2 of the WNBL Grand Finals in Australia. The Capitals swept the best-of-3 series to secure back-to-back championships, giving Griffin four titles in eight WNBL seasons. Griffin was uncharacteristically quiet… Read more »
The state of Alaska has never had it so good in the Pac-12 Conference before the arrival of Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks and Alissa Pili of Anchorage. Now we’re spoiled. The two Alaskans dominated Pac-12 play and were among the 15 women’s basketball players from the league named to the All-Pac-12 Team. Hebard, a senior… Read more »
Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher wiped away decades of frustration for the US Ski Team by becoming the first American male to win World Juniors. He used a killer kick over the final two kilometers to come from behind and snag the gold medal in the 10-K classic race in Germany by 4.5 seconds. Schumacher’s gold at… Read more »
