Before he embarked on a prolific coaching career that took him all the way to the NBA, Mike Dunlap of Fairbanks made Alaska hoops history as a college player. In 1980, the senior point guard was on the Loyola Marymount University team that earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Dunlap was about to experience… Read more »
No matter how far hockey takes Anchorage’s Hunter Strand he never strays from his rink roots. His background drives him and defines him. “I don’t know if I’d be the person and player I am today if I didn’t grow up in Alaska,” he said. “Everyone is so dedicated to helping you get better. All… Read more »
When Long Island University decided to create a men’s swim team, the coaches put out a nationwide search for people interested in helping the program get off the ground. Kenai High senior Sorin Sorensen eagerly answered the call, hoping the NCAA Division I Sharks would give him a chance to compete at the highest level…. Read more »
Ava Earl of Girdwood has been one of Alaska’s best teenage runners over the last six years, collecting a bushel of medals from middle school and high school. She’s also a rising star as a singer songwriter, recording three albums and performing her own music at major festivals. “I write a lot of about running,”… Read more »
Anchorage’s Bret Congdon this weekend will return to the pool with the University of Colorado Mesa women’s swim team for the first time since March, when COVID shut down the sports world. The last seven months have felt like a roller coaster ride due to the pandemic, but she has done her best to manage… Read more »
The wait is finally over for Anchorage’s Sean Rash. After numerous close calls in the past, the 38-year-old won a World Series of Bowling title for the first time in his 11-year career. Rash beat top seed EJ Tackett of Indiana 229-215 in the championship match of the WSOB event in Centreville, Virginia. The Alaskan… Read more »
Anchorage’s Kris Thorsness had never rowed a boat before she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in 1979. And when she expressed interest to compete for the college’s women’s team, the so-called experts scoffed. She was considered too short, too thin, too small. It didn’t matter. Thorsness never paid attention to the doubters and went… Read more »
European league veteran Travante Williams of Anchorage is a relentless defender on the basketball court, continuously hounding ballhandlers and disrupting opponents. He makes the game uncomfortable. Maybe it’s because he’s used to being uncomfortable, having been on the move so much throughout his life. He attended five high schools, went to four colleges and has… Read more »
For more than 3 ½ days, Sam Hooper of Denali Park hiked alone on ATV trails, along caribou routes, over tundra and through marshes and swamps. When he wasn’t hiking, he packrafted various creeks and rivers and portaged around rapids when necessary. The former Denali National Park backcountry ranger struggled with nausea most of the… Read more »
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear scrubs and swing a mean stick like former University of Missouri-St. Louis softball player Morgan Hill of Anchorage. The 23-year-old next month will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and is eager to begin a career on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. “Somebody… Read more »
