The Alaska Athlete of the Week is selected by our panel each Monday. Have a candidate in mind? Email us at info@alaskasportshall.org.
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman got the start in Game 1 of a Stanley Cup playoff series for the first time in his NHL career and delivered 35 saves, the most he's made in a playoff game. His performance in Saturday's 5-1 home-ice victory over the Toronto Maple...
University of Denver hockey coach David Carle was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after guiding the No. 3-ranked Pioneers to their second NCAA championship in the last three years with Saturday's 2-0 victory over No. 1-ranked Boston College in St. Paul, Minn. The...
Alev Kelter is our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout performance for Team USA at the World Rugby Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong. The Eagle River native proved she's still one of the best players in the world over the weekend, outscoring Fiji and France by...
Girdwood’s Ava Earl was selected as the Alaska Sports Report's Alaska Athlete of the Week after crushing her her outdoor season-opener in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays, clocking 15 minutes, 46.51 seconds — a sizzling 5:04 per mile — to finish eighth overall. The...
Wasilla High's Mylee Anderson and Nome-Beltz High's Finn Gregg turned in command performances on Alaska's grandest basketball stage to lead their respective teams to state titles. The basketball standouts are our Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winners. Anderson, a...
Mushing star Dallas Seavey is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The 37-year-old Talkeetna resident became the first person to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race six times. Seavey and his team finished the 52nd Iditarod at 5:16pm on Tuesday, March 12th, in a time of 9...
Aryanna Watson was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a turning in a sparkling performance in the Cook Inlet Conference basketball tournament that was capped off by a dramatic game-winning shot. The Service freshman phenom, who has been touted all season as...
University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after logging another standout performance at the Big 12 Championships in Morgantown, W.V. The sophomore from Seward outkicked the lead pack to win the women’s 100-yard breaststroke to...
Sophomore skiers Olivia Soderstrom and Vebjòrn Flagstad were selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winners after earning Alaska Skimeister honors for their standout performances at the 2024 ASAA Nordic Ski State Championships. The coveted Skimeister award...
Gus Schumacher of Anchorage was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after making history by winning the 10-kilometer freestyle Nordic World Cup race Sunday in Minneapolis. The Service High School graduate became the first American men’s distance World Cup...
Jordyn Bruce of Eagle River was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after placing runner-up in the inaugural edition of the women’s indoor heptathlon held in France. Bruce and set an unofficial American heptathlon record with a total of 5,226 points. Her...
After a tough couple of years, Palmer native Andrew Kurka is back atop the World Cup Para Alpine podium. He is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. Know for his fearlessness and technical savvy, Kurka won gold at both the 2018 Paralympics in South Korea and 2017 World...
Isaac Updike didn't compete in track and field in high school track because his spring sport at Ketchikan High School was soccer. On Saturday became the fastest miler in Alaska history when he clocked 3 minutes, 55.17 seconds at Boston University's John Thomas...
Allie Ostrander was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a standout perfmance at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Richmond, Va. The Soldotna native worked her way through the field and stormed to the finish line Saturday to seize fourth place among...
In an eight-day span, the Boston Bruins' Jeremy Swayman made four starts and five appearances, and went unbeaten in regulation (2-0-3), a performance earning the Anchorage goaltender our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The 25-year-old also was named to the NHL...
Emily Robinson, a 16-year-old musher from Nenana, topped a stellar field to win the Knik 200 race on Sunday, garnering her our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Robinson, the two-time defending Junior Iditarod champion, was only allowed to participate because the...
Anchorage native Edefuan Ulofoshio was front and center alongside Heisman Trophy finalist Michael Penix Jr. for the awards ceremony Monday night after No. 2 Washington held off No. 3 Texas 37-31 at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. His performance on the defensive side...
Anchorage's Jaron Williams stepped up by dropping in a season-high 29 points on Hawaii Pacific University to spark UAA’s 77-72 road win at the Shark Tank in Honolulu. His performance earns him our Alaska Athlete of the Week accolades. The former East High all-state...
Wrestlers Aaron Concepcion and Kenton Cooke were selected as co-winners of our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after capping identical 29-0 seasons by winning state championships. South High’s Concepcion won his championship match with a first-round pin. East High’s...
The best day of Anchorage Nordic skier JC Schoonmaker's racing career earned him a World Cup bronze medal. It also garnered him our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The 23-year-old became one of a handful of U.S. men to reach the podium in the history of sprint...