Anchorage’s Edefuan Ulofoshio is the most productive University of Washington Huskies defensive player from Alaska in 30 years. The All-Pac-12 linebacker has averaged 10.2 tackles over his last nine games after making 13 stops against Michigan in a 31-10 road loss. Ulofoshio has surpassed the century mark for his career with 114 tackles in 22… Read more »
Josh Cummings of Fairbanks went to the house the first time he touched the ball. And his day just kept getting better from there. By the end, the Western Colorado University running back had racked up a career-high 124 yards – which is believed to be the third-highest rushing total for an Alaskan at the… Read more »
The ultimate pocket passer, Conor Feckley of Anchorage picked apart defenses on the gridiron with surgical precision. The quarterback threw for nearly 12,000 yards in high school and college combined – the most for a player from Alaska at both levels. His 2016 season at the University of Dubuque was one for the ages. His… Read more »
Anchorage’s Alex Nowka of the University of Jamestown has anchored her soccer team’s 3-0 start to the NAIA season. The junior goalkeeper has allowed only one goal while posting two shutouts as the Jimmies have outscored the opposition 8-1 so far. Nowka, of South High fame, has posted 13 shutouts and a sparkling 0.92 goals… Read more »
After not having a women’s GNAC Cross Country Runner of the Week for almost a decade, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has claimed two in a row. Fairbanks’ own Naomi Bailey took home this week’s honor to give the Nanooks back-to-back recipients after another Fairbanks runner, Kendall Kramer, won week one. Bailey, of West Valley… Read more »
Juneau’s Sadie Tuckwood posted her first college victory for the Gonzaga University cross country team at the Clash of the Inland Northwest in Cheney, Washington. The freshman seized control early and never relinquished it with a wire-to-wire win in a women’s field of 72 runners from surrounding schools. Tuckwood’s time of 14:15 was the fifth-fastest… Read more »
Palmer’s Eve Stephens was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading the University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball team back from the dead in a wild five-set victory over Biola. Down two sets to none, the Seawolves rallied behind the 6-foot-1 All-American from the Mat-Su Valley as she slammed 15 of her 20 kills over the… Read more »
Anchorage’s Danae Stokes carried the Multnomah University Lions to a four-set win over Warner Pacific in NAIA volleyball. The 5-foot-9 outside hitter hammered 20 kills for a .239 attack percentage on 46 attempts to finish the match as the top offensive player. She added seven digs and an ace. She finished one shy of her… Read more »
They won a state title together in high school, but now Anchorage’s Tristian Merchant and Blake Bennett are on different sides in college. They faced off for the first time at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff, Arizona. Both former ACS standouts landed in the top 10, but Merchant earned bragging rights as the top… Read more »
Senior tight end Sione Tuifua of Utqiagvik has never lost a season-opening game in his four years with the Morningside University football team. This time he got into the scoring act in a 63-7 win over Concordia with a touchdown in the third quarter of the NAIA matchup in Sioux City, Iowa. Tuifua caught two… Read more »
