The Alaska Athlete of the Week is selected by our panel each Monday. Have a candidate in mind? Email us at info@alaskasportshall.org.
Anchorage basketball player Alissa wrapped up a great week by making a game-tying 3-pointer and then driving through the lane for the winning layup in the final seconds as Utah outlasted UCLA 71-69 in a battle of nationally ranked Pac-12 teams. The Dimond graduate...
Grace Christian basketball player Sloan Lentfer was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after playing a key role in the Grizzlies' stunning upset of California powerhouse Heritage Christian in the Alaska Airlines Classic championship. The senior scored 17 points and...
Tikigaq High School hoops standout Joelian Lane put on a show at the Alaska Prep Shootout last weekend at Dimond High School in Anchorage. The senior from Point Hope scored 114 points in his three games, to set a new scoring record for the 29-year-old tournament and...
Destiny Reimers earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after her standout performance helped the University of Alaska Fairbanks snap a 28-game losing streak against the University of Alaska Anchorage in the 105th all-time meeting between Alaska’s two women’s college...
Dimond High School senior Xzavier Baker was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after earning Most Valuable Player honors and helping the Lynx boys basketball team to Cochrane Classic championship in Ketchikan last week. The power forward scored nine of 16 points in the...
Hunter Fejes's inspiring comeback from cancer earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The eighth-year pro hockey player for ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears played his first two games since being declared cancer-free following months of chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s...
Jakob Kvasnikoff's heroics on the basketball court earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The Kenai Central High School basketball player scored 25 points and nailed a buzzer-beater with .5 seconds remaining to lead the Kardinals to a miraculous 70-69 victory...
Pheonix Copley of North Pole was promoted to the NHL from the American Hockey League and promptly pocketed two road wins for the LA Kings, earning him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The 30-year-old made 31 saves in a 5-2 win at Ottawa to earn his first NHL win...
Eve Stephens has earned one more accolade. After being named the NCAA Division II National Player, the volleyball player from Palmer is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The University of Alaska Anchorage senior is already the most decorated volleyball player in school...
Mac Swanson, the 16-year old junior hockey rookie was named Alaska Athlete of the Week for his continued torrid play. The Anchorage forward has been on a heater all season long. He owns the longest current points streak in the country’s best junior league. Swanson has...
Santiago Prosser of Anchorage was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after his sparkling performance at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The sophomore out of Dimond High earned All-American honors and helped Northern Arizona to...
Emma Beck was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading Kenai Central High School to its first state volleyball championship after decades of competition. The junior was spectacular during Kenai's three-set championship match victory over Valdez, posting 18...
PJ Foy of Juneau was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after a dominant performance at the 2022 ASAA state swimming and diving championships. Despite not being able to practice due to illness all week leading up to the state meet,he Thunder Mountain High School junior...
Lars Arneson of Anchorage was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning his firstSpartan obstacle race in Ontario, Canada. Arneson prevailed in the 21-kilometer "Beast" event that featured 30 obstacles and more than 6,000 feet of elevation gain The native of...
University of Alaska Fairbanks runner Naomi Bailey was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals in University Place, Washington. The UAF sophomore bested a women’s field of 224 runners after posting a sizzling 6-K time of 20...
Colony High School's do-everything football star Jack Nash was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after his historic performance led the Knights over Bartlett in their ASAA Division I semifinal playoff game. The junior offense/defense stalwart finished with seven...
Chugiak High School running standout Campbell Peterson was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after her impressive showing at the ASAA First National Bank of Alaska Cross Country Running Championships. The senior completed an undefeated season, going 7-for-7 and...
Anchorage skater Max Helgeson was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after sparking his hometown team, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, to a big win in its return to NCAA play after more than two and a half years dormant. The former Seawolves stick boy, who...
Anchorage runner Anna Dalton earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after seizing her first national title by winning the USA Track and Field Half-Marathon Trail Running Championship in Cable, Wisconsin. Her time of1 1 hour, 30 minutes, 17 seconds put her more than...
Meg Inokuma was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after claiming the 59th Equinox Marathon on Saturday in Fairbanks. It was the biggest win of her career for the 42-year-old from Palmer. Her time of 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 29 seconds, the sixth fastest time in race...