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 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...
University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball star Eve Stephens is the Alaska Athlete of the Week after a week in which she received a national honor and then became the conference all-time kills leader. Stephens of Palmer led the Seawolves to a sweep of Western Oregon,...
Juneau football player Jamal Johnson's huge day helped lead the Huskies past the Colony High and earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The senior logged 337 rushing yards on 25 carries in a 42-13 victory in a battle of unbeaten schools. Combing strength and...
Anchorage golfer Jack Carr was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after his stirring victory at the Anchorage Open men's championship. The 17-year-old West High senior birdied Nos. 17 and 18 and fired a sterling 3-under 69 in the final round of the 36-hole course...
Colony High's Jack Nash made huge plays on both sides of the ball to lead the Knights football team to a 24-21 win over defending state champion East. His efforts also earned him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The junior from Palmer threw two touchdown passes,...
Anchorage golfer Greg Sanders was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning his 10th Alaska State Amateur golf championship Sunday in a playoff at Chena Bend in Fairbanks. It took a huge comeback for Sanders to earn his 10th title. Trailing by 7 strokes back at...
Palmer runner Christy Marvin earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after a record-breaking performance at the 37th Crow Pass Crossing. Marvin scorched the iconic Alaska backcountry footrace in a new course record of 3 hours, 25 minutes, 52 seconds, breaking one of...
Elizabeth Dubovsky earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after an impressive performance at the Resurrection Pass 50-mile footrace on July 30. The Anchorage runner not only won the women's division of the.point-to-point run from Cooper Landing to Hope, but she beat...
Anchorage runner Cody Priest was named Alaska Athlete off the Week after setting a course record at the Reckless Raven 50-mile Run in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Priest, 34, covered the challenging course in 8 hours, 13 minutes and 57 seconds, an improvement of more...
Anchorage basketball player Sayvia Sellers was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading TruGame, a U17Alaska travel team, to the title of Nike Tournament of Champions in Chicago. The dynamic 5-foot-7 guard and reigning Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year out of...
Jason Lamoreaux convincingly won the 2022 Hammerman Triathlon to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Six days after placing 33rd at Mount Marathon, the Anchorage triathlete used a dominant biking leg – his 57:42 in the cycling portion was nearly four minutes...
Two up-and-coming mountain runners made remarkable improvements over one year turned in outstanding performances in the 2022 Junior Mount Marathon race in Seward to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winner honors. Rose Conway, 14, and Coby Marvin, 15, both made...
Adam Hendrix of Anchorage bested 1,445 other players to seize the championship of the $1,600 No-Limit Hold ‘em event at the Wynn Summer Classic in Las Vegas and earn Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Or maybe we should say Sportsman of the Week. His second poker...
Jo Reid of Anchorage and Jeremy Johnson of Palmer recently helped Team USA win FootGolf's Jansen Cup in Orlando, Fla., to earn Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Team USA defeated Team United Kingdom 55-29 and Reid and Johnson performed well in both the two-person...
Emily McCutcheon is the Alaska Athlete of the Week after her hitting powered South Anchorage to the state high school softball title. McCutcheon, a shortstop, went 9-for-15 at the plate with three home runs, five doubles and seven RBIs in the state championship...
Daniel Abramowicz of West Valley High School swept the distance races and anchored the Wolfpack’s 4X400 relay to victory at the state Division I track and field championships. Abramowicz, who will run at the University of San Francisco this fall, won the 3200-meter...
The 19-year-old Anchorage goaltender Raythan Robbins earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors for his key role in guiding the Anchorage Wolverines to the precipice of the NAHL's Robertson Cup national title in the team's inaugural season. At the end of the week...
West High pitcher Caden Greenhalgh threw the 14th no-hitter in Cook Inlet Conference baseball history last week, earning him Athlete of the Week honors. The junior righty needed just 80 pitches to record 21 outs and make history at Mulcahy Stadium. This was the first...
Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage turned in a sparkling NHL playoff debut, earning him Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The Boston Bruins’ 23-year-old rookie goaltender stopped 24 shots Sunday afternoon to support a 5-2 Mother’s Day matinee win over the Carolina...