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From the Alaska Sports Report:<\/a> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Five athletes, one team and a man who widened horizons for Alaskans with disabilities have been selected as the 2024 recipients of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame\u2019s Directors Awards.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Fame\u2019s Board of Directors picked the winners from a pool of nearly five dozen nominees.<\/p>\n

Four of the winners received the Pride of Alaska Award as athletes of the year. Two others won the Trajan Langdon Award for leadership, integrity and sportsmanship, and one was honored with the Joe Floyd Award for last and significant contribution to Alaska sports.<\/p>\n

All seven will be honored Tuesday, April 30, at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Anchorage Museum, where they\u2019ll share the stage with the four-member Class of 2024, which was announced late last year.<\/p>\n

The Directors Award winners are:<\/p>\n

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  • Emily Robinson, Pride of Alaska girls winner. The teenage musher from Nenana ran with the big dogs and beat them, winning her first mid-distance race by topping a Knik 200 field that included two recent Iditarod champions. Robinson followed up by capturing her third straight Junior Iditarod crown, becoming the first musher since 1984 to three-peat.<\/li>\n
  • PJ Foy, Pride of Alaska boys winner. He swam to five gold medals at the Western Zone regional meet last summer and then capped his high school career at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau by breaking his own records in two events at the state championships. More recently, he became the 13th Alaskan in history to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.<\/li>\n
  • Alissa Pili, Pride of Alaska women\u2019s winner. In a year when women\u2019s basketball captivated the country, Pili had a starring role. She was named to four All-America teams and set a single-season school scoring record with 727 points while leading Utah to a 23-11 record and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Her season included a trip home for the Great Alaska Shootout, where she drew adoring crowds.<\/li>\n
  • Gus Schumacher, Pride of Alaska men\u2019s winner. The 23-year-old rocked the cross-country ski world by becoming the first American man to win a World Cup distance race since 1983. Schumacher\u2019s stellar season also included a victory in the American Birkebeiner, two top-10 finishes in the Tour de Ski and the No. 15 ranking in the overall World Cup standings.<\/li>\n
  • Doug Keil, Joe Floyd Award. Keil, who became Alaska\u2019s first Paralympian in 1980, introduced the world of adaptive sports to thousands of Alaskans with disabilities. He founded Challenge Alaska more than 40 years ago, and though the early emphasis was on skiing, the nonprofit organization now provides access to dozens of sports and outdoors activities. It also teams up with the Anchorage School District to bring wheelchair sports to schools.<\/li>\n
  • Tyson Gilbert, Trajan Langdon Award adult winner. Open-heart surgery cost him one season and a torn Achilles tendon cost him another, but Gilbert battled back to lead the UAA men\u2019s basketball team in scoring for two straight seasons. This season he averaged 15.3 points a game to earn first-team all-conference honors and lead the Seawolves to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years.<\/li>\n
  • The Petersburg boys basketball team, Trajan Langdon Award youth winners. A Cinderella run through the postseason carried the Vikings to the Class 2A state championship, a fitting reward for a team that embraced the concept of teamwork, made contributions to its community and showed compassion for a sick classmate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It\u2019s also fitting that the sport of basketball produced both of this year\u2019s Trajan Langdon Award winners.<\/p>\n

    The award is named for the East High basketball star whose skills and composure helped put Alaska basketball on the map back in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n

    Langdon was Alaska\u2019s first five-star recruit, and he went on to a brilliant college career at Duke, a short career in the NBA and a long career in Russia. Known for his smarts, work ethic and integrity, he\u2019s currently the general manager of the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA.<\/p>\n

    Petersburg coach Rick Brock said the Vikings didn\u2019t have a big star like Langdon to lead them this season. And maybe that\u2019s why the movie that inspired them wasn\u2019t \u201cAir,\u201d the film about Michael Jordan, but \u201cThe Boys on the Boat,\u201d the film about the Olympic champion men\u2019s-eight rowing team.<\/p>\n

    The team watched the movie twice, once on a road trip to Anchorage and again at a late-season team dinner. The idea that success comes when everyone works together, trusts each other and sacrifices for each other resonated with the players, Brock said. \u201cGive me 40, Dan!\u201d \u2014 the coxswain\u2019s repeated cry as he urged the rowers to an unlikely victory \u2014 inspired a team T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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    The Petersburg boys basketball team returned home with some hardware. Photo courtesy Rick Brock.<\/p><\/div>\n

    The Vikings were a .500 team for most of the season and were 11-10 going into their final two regular-season games. They won both to spark a seven-game winning streak that carried them to the state championship.<\/p>\n

    Two wins came at the regional tournament, where they beat Metlakatla in the championship game to avenge three straight losses to the Chiefs. Three more wins came at the state tournament, including a title-game showdown against defending champion Hooper Bay.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe believed, but nobody else would\u2019ve picked us to win state or regions,\u201d Brock said.<\/p>\n

    The Vikings performed well off the court too, compiling a 3.67 team GPA, putting on a free clinic for middle-schoolers and hosting their annual cancer-awareness fundraiser.<\/p>\n

    The cancer-awareness game has become more meaningful in recent years, Brock said. Joseph Tagaban, a junior who grew up playing basketball, was diagnosed with cancer as an 8th grader and has spent the last couple of years going back and forth to Seattle for treatment. Tagaban is back in school this year and served as the team\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n

    At UAA, Tyson Gilbert missed two years of basketball to deal with his physical setbacks, which began almost as soon as he joined the team as a junior. He collapsed during his first open-gym session with his new teammates, a scary moment that led to the discovery of a heart defect.<\/p>\n

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    Tyson Gilbert. Photo courtesy UAA Athletic Department<\/p><\/div>\n

    \u201cThere were many times Tyson could have quit,\u201d said UAA sports information director Nate Sagan.<\/p>\n

    Instead, the 6-foot-2 guard chose to contribute.<\/p>\n

    \u201cEven while recovering, he was a positive presence on the team every day, motivating teammates and coaches through his challenges,\u201d Sagan said. \u201cOnce he recovered, he became our best player on the floor (and) our best all-around contributor off the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

    During four years at UAA, Gilbert completed one undergraduate degree and started another while compiling a 3.58 cumulative GPA, and he logged nearly 500 hours of community service.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI am sure Trajan would take pride in having his award represented by Tyson Gilbert,\u201d Sagan said.<\/p>\n

    Pride of Alaska Award<\/h4>\n

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    GIRLS<\/strong>
    \nWinner<\/strong>
    \nEmily Robinson, Nenana
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nEmma Beck, Kenai, volleyball
    \nMai Mateaki, Dimond, soccer\/flag football
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nOurea Busk, Unalakleet, track\/cross country
    \nNadia Chernich, Delta\/Fairbanks, softball\/baseball
    \nHallie Clark, Colony, basketball
    \nLayla Hays, Wasilla, basketball
    \nCaylin Jones, Chugiak, hockey
    \nClare Mullin, Sitka, track\/cross country
    \nOlivia Soderstrom, Service, skiing
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Sayvia Sellers
    \n2022: Lydia Jacoby
    \n2021: Lydia Jacoby
    \n2020: Hailey Williams
    \n2019: Kendall Kramer
    \n2018: Alissa Pili<\/p>\n

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    BOYS<\/strong>
    \nWinner<\/strong>
    \nPJ Foy, Juneau
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nColton Paul, Kipnuk, Native sports
    \nUatahouse Tu\u2019ifua, Utqiagvik, football\/wrestling
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nMurphy Kimball, West Anchorage, skiing
    \nLiam Lierman, Eagle River, baseball
    \nCoby Marvin, Palmer, mountain running
    \nFischer Adams, Palmer, cross country
    \nAaron Concepcion, South Anchorage, wrestling\/football
    \nJohnny Figgins, Colony, soccer\/football
    \nMuhammad Subally, East Anchorage, basketball
    \nMac Swanson, Anchorage, hockey
    \nAJ Szewczyk, Eagle River, track
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Finnigan Donley
    \n2022: Obed Vargas
    \n2021: Tristian Merchant
    \n2020: Hayden Lieb; Aeyden Concepcion (co-winners)
    \n2019: Jersey Truesdell
    \n2018: Gus Schumacher<\/p>\n

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    WOMEN<\/strong>
    \nWinner<\/strong>
    \nAlissa Pili, Anchorage, basketball
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nLydia Jacoby, Seward, swimming
    \nChristy Marvin, Palmer, mountain running
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nRosie Brennan, Anchorage, cross-country skiing
    \nJordyn Bruce, Eagle River, heptathlon
    \nAva Earl, Girdwood, track\/cross country
    \nMeg Inokuma, Palmer, mountain running
    \nKendall Kramer, Fairbanks, cross country\/skiing
    \nMikayla Lantto, Wasilla, hockey
    \nAllie Ostrander, Soldotna, cross country\/track
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Alissa Pili
    \n2022: Clair DeGeorge
    \n2021: Rosie Brennan
    \n2020: Ruthy Hebard
    \n2019: Caroline Kurgat
    \n2018: Kikkan Randall; Roxie Wright (co-winners)
    \n2017: Morgan Hooe
    \n2016: UAA basketball team; Allie Ostrander (co-winners)
    \n2015: Allie Ostrander
    \n2014: Kikkan Randall
    \n2013: Nunaka Valley softball team
    \n2012: UAA basketball team<\/p>\n

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    MEN<\/strong>
    \nWinner<\/strong>
    \nGus Schumacher, Anchorage, skiing
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nDallas Seavey, mushing
    \nJeremy Swayman, hockey
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nAndrew Kurka, Palmer para skiing
    \nIsaiah Moses, Anchorage basketball
    \nBrandon Pili, Anchorage football
    \nSantiago Prosser, Anchorage track\/cross country
    \nEdefuan Ulofoshio, Anchorage football
    \nIsaac Updike, Ketchikan track
    \nSpencer Woods, Shungnak wrestling
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Jeremy Swayman
    \n2022: Scott Patterson
    \n2021: Dallas Seavey
    \n2020: Gus Schumacher
    \n2019: Keegan Messing
    \n2018: Andrew Kurka
    \n2017: David Norris
    \n2016: Dallas Seavey; Soldotna football team (co-winners)
    \n2015: Erik Flora
    \n2014: Trevor Dunbar; Eric Strabel (co-winners)
    \n2013: Mario Chalmers
    \n2012: Alaska Aces<\/p>\n

    Trajan Langdon Award<\/h4>\n

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    YOUTH<\/strong>
    \nWinner <\/strong>
    \nPetersburg Vikings basketball team
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nFairbanks high school ski teams
    \nManusiu Muti, Utqiagvik wrestler
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Geremu Daggett and Colton Merriner
    \n2022: Jeremy Lane
    \n2021: West Anchorage Legion baseball team
    \n2020: Houston High football team
    \n2019: South High boys basketball team
    \n2018: Brenner Furlong<\/p>\n

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    ADULT<\/strong>
    \nWinner<\/strong>
    \nTyson Gilbert, UAA basketball
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nMatt Failor, Willow, mushing
    \nOliver and Wilson Hoogendorn, Nome, adventurers
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Vanessa Aniteye
    \n2022: Hannah Halverson
    \n2021: Billy Strickland
    \n2020: Israel Hale
    \n2019: Andy Beardsely and Larsen Klingel
    \n2018: DaJonee Hale
    \n2017: Damen Bell-Holter
    \n2016: Laci Effenberger
    \n2015: Aliy Zirkle
    \n2014: Marko Cheseto
    \n2013: Paul Tandy
    \n2012: Chugiak High football team<\/p>\n

    Joe Floyd Award<\/h4>\n

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    Winner <\/strong>
    \nDoug Keil, Challenge Alaska founder
    \nOther finalists<\/strong>
    \nJohn Lindquist, Kodiak swim coach
    \nDick Shellhorn, Cordova official\/broadcaster
    \nOther nominees<\/strong>
    \nRoman Dial, Anchorage, wilderness adventurer, educator
    \nRafael Echavarria, Anchorage track coach
    \nChrista Hayes, Mat-Su PE teacher
    \nMichelle Lackey Maynor, Alaska Raceway Park owner
    \nAnne Thomas, Mat-Su store owner and event organizer
    \nPast winners<\/strong>
    \n2023: Kathleen Navarre
    \n2022: Beth Bragg
    \n2021: Richard Knowles
    \n2020: Cristy Hickel
    \n2019: Brush Christiansen
    \n2018: Jim Mahaffey
    \n2017: Ma\u2019o Tosi
    \n2016: Dennis Sorenson
    \n2015: Mike Friess
    \n2014: Dick Mize
    \n2013: Don Dennis
    \n2012: Steve Nerland and Don Winchester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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