The Alaska Athlete of the Week is selected by our panel each Monday. Have a candidate in mind? Email us at info@alaskasportshall.org.
David Norris of Fairbanks and Klaire Rhodes of Anchorage are our Alaska Athlete of the Week co-winners after impressive performances at the Mount Marathon Race. The tandem continued their dominance of the iconic Seward mountain race at the 98th edition of the event....
Chugiak High rising senior Benjamin Hiestand launched a school-record 183 feet, 6 inches in the discus at the USATF Pacific Northwest Association Junior Olympic Championships to earn our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The defending state champion topped his...
Obed Vargas was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after becoming the first Alaskan to play in the World Cup after taking the field in the 70th minute for Mexico to close out a 1-0 win over South Korea in Guadalajara. The 20-year-old midfielder more than held his own in...
Ketchikan Post 3 baseball player Ace Asper pitched a 2-hit shutout and carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in a 2-0 win over Eagle River. The durable pitcher/infielder, who is a 2026 Ketchikan High School graduate, struck out seven batters and threw 89...
Juneau-Douglas High School baseball player Marcus Mendoza was clutch at crunch time to earn our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The senior Crimson Bear hit a single as part of a sixth-inning, go-ahead rally, and came out of the bullpen to pitch 3.2 scoreless...
Despite growing up in small towns without a track to train on, Taylor Eddington of Healy and Boomchain Loucks of Wrangell closed out decorated careers by dominating the competition at the Track & Field State Championships. Each were named ASAA’s DII Outstanding...
Dimond's Nevaeh Watkins was a quadruple winner at the Region IV Track & Field Championships, garnering her our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. The junior won the 100 (12.29), 200 (25.68), 100 hurdles (15.52) and high jump (5-3) to become a three-time region...
Adarra Hagelund was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after soaring to new heights in Fargo, N.D., clearing a jaw-dropping 5 feet, 11.25 inches to win the NDSU Tune Up. The Dickinson State senior from Soldotna reset her own program record, conference record and...
Service baseball player Rilen Niclai earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after hitting two home runs in a game for the second time this season. The senior now has five homers on the season to break the Cook Inlet Conference single-season record. The Arizona...
Tri-Valley High School runner Taylor Eddington was spectacular at the Colony Invite, netting triple wins in the sprints. The senior from Healy sped to 44.18 seconds in the 300 hurdles — No. 3 in Alaska prep history and the state’s fastest time in 10 years. Eddington...
Riley Howard was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after putting on a clinic at the 130th Boston Marathon. The 28-year-old Service High graduate sped to a jaw-dropping time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 37 seconds to place 49th. His effort qualifies him for the...
Anchorage runner Brady Burrough was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a lights out performance in the 800 meter race at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The Fort Lewis senior sped to a blistering time of 1 minutes, 48.88 seconds to win his heat, breaking the...
Allie Ostrander was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after winning the Austin Cap10K — Texas’ Largest 10K — in a scorching 32 minutes, 45 seconds. Competing against the deepest field in the race’s 49-year history, the runner from Soldotna slashed 58 seconds off...
University of Washington pitcher Liam Lierman was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after shutting down ninth-ranked Oregon State in his first start of the season. The freshman left-hander from Eagle River allowed just one run in 5.1 innings to earn the win as the...
Dickinson State University baseball player Sawyer Bryner from Petersburg earned Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after setting a school record with seven stolen bases in a 9-6 win over Mayville State in North Dakota. In the first, fifth and sixth innings he stole...
Barrow boys basketball player Alex Fruean was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after averaging 33 points in three games at the Class 3A state tournament, highlighted by a career-high 46 points in a 98-97 triple-OT loss to Mt. Edgecumbe in the title game. The...
Jacob Strausbaugh and Elijah Larsen share our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after the Alaska wrestlers each won national collegiate championships. Strausbaugh of Soldotna won the NCAA Division II title at 133. Larsen, a Colony High graduate from Wasilla, won a...
Palmer sit-skier can boast a full set of Paralympic medals after capturing the bronze medal in the super-G in Cortina, Italy. His achievement followed by his announcement of retirement from the sport garnered him flag-bearing honors at the closing ceremony. It also...
Kendall Kramer was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after enjoying a huge breakthrough Sunday in Falun, Sweden, where she more than held her own against some of the best in the world. The cross-country skier from Fairbanks grabbed ninth place in the 20-kilometer...
Gus Schumacher earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after his historic performance at the Milan Olympics in Italy. The Anchorage skier teamed up with Vermont's Ben Ogden to claim the silver medal in the team sprint. It was the third medal in Olympic history...