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Pride of Alaska adult finalists named, AK’s top male and female athlete to be named April 5
Men and women succeeding on the national level and beyond are the finalists for the 2023 Pride of Alaska awards. NCAA champion swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward, NCAA Division II volleyball player of the year Eve Stephens of Palmer and All-America basketball player...
Pride of Alaska youth finalists named for to prep athletes, winners announced April 5
A teenager who ruled the ski slopes and five who reigned as state champions are in the running for the 2023 Pride of Alaska youth awards. The six were chosen from a field of 24 athletes and one team nominated for the annual awards presented by the Alaska Sports Hall...
Jessica Moore, Reggie Tongue, Joe Floyd highlight Class of 2023
Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore (now Waldrop) of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak...
Matt Carle, Marcie Trent inductions highlight 2022 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame ceremony
Given college hockey’s freshly-minted national champion, Matt Carle couldn’t help but feel like a bit of a warm-up act Thursday on a night belonging to him and a galaxy of Alaska sports greats. Carle’s younger brother David coached the University of Denver to its...
2022 Directors’ Awards Winners to be honored at ceremony on April 21st
The 2022 Directors' Awards winners will be presented with their plaques recognizing them as Alaska's most outstanding athletes of this past year at the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame ceremony and banquet, April 21st, 7-9pm at the Anchorage Museum atrium. The event is free...
Hebard, Schumacher headline 2020 Directors’ Award winners
NCAA All-American basketball star Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks and junior World Champion cross-country skier Gus Schumacher of Anchorage have been selected as 2020 Pride of Alaska Award winners by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. Hebard recently wrapped...
Cheseto, Fletcher, Schumacher lead charge for Pride of Alaska
Two runners and a cross-country skier from Anchorage are up for the men’s Pride of Alaska Award after Marko Cheseto, Aaron Fletcher and Gus Schumacher were named finalists by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. The Pride of Alaska Award since 2012 has...
Hebard, Kimber, Maubet Bjornsen finalists for Pride of Alaska
Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks, Sydnee Kimber of Sitka and Sadie Maubet Bjornsen of Anchorage were picked by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors as finalists for the 2020 women’s Pride of Alaska Award. Since 2012, the Pride of Alaska Award has been given to...
Hale, Messing, Seppilu are finalists for Trajan Langdon Award
Israel Hale of Kotzebue, Carol Seppilu of Nome and Keegan Messing of Girdwood have been named as finalists for the 2020 Trajan Langdon Award by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. The Trajan Langdon Award is given to a person or group of people who have...
Griffin, Hickel, Strabel named finalists for Joe Floyd Award
Milo Griffin of Fairbanks, Cristy Hickel of Anchorage and Ed Strabel of Palmer have been named by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors as finalists for the 2020 Joe Floyd Award. The Joe Floyd Award is based on significant and lasting contribution to...