Email from Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Updates on Alaska athletes making news around the world Visit Us! Become a Sponsor THE WEEK IN REVIEW Kramer finishes as national runner-up, earns All-American honors with Fordham and Prosser by Arielle Himelbloom | Nov 24, 2024 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running Every time Kendall Kramer competes, history is on the line. This time was no different. The UAF senior capped her illustrious collegiate cross-country running career in monumental fashion: national runner-up. Kramer covered the 6-kilometer course at the NCAA Division... Read More   Improbable 6-5 victory sends Wolverines out on the road in successful style by Matt Nevala | Nov 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey The Anchorage Wolverines are about to leave home for quite a while. Man, oh man, did they ever make a lasting impression on the way out the proverbial door. Inside an unusually warm Sullivan Arena and with an announced crowd of 1,927 looking on, Anchorage’s own Jason... Read More   Seawolves vanquish Vermont to win Shootout third-place game; Troy beats NDSU for title by Van Williams | Nov 24, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story This time, the Seawolves finished the job. One day after seeing Troy roar back in the second half, the UAA women's basketball team put together a complete effort to post a 68-52 wire-to-wire victory over Vermont in the third-place game of the ASRC/ConocoPhillips Great... Read More   Wasilla volleyball player Layla Hays named Alaska Athlete of the Week after dominant championship performance by Alaska Sports Report | Nov 19, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Volleyball Wasilla High School's Layla Hays was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after logging 23 kills and 9 blocks to lift the Warriors to a Class 4A state title after beating South High in the title game and if-necessary super set. The 6-foot-5 dual-sport star dominated... Read More   Knopp places fourth in ultra-competitive JFK 50 by Matias Saari | Nov 25, 2024 | Cover Story, Running At the 62nd running of the JFK 50, Tracen Knopp blitzed a time on Saturday that would have won 56 of the previous editions of the iconic Maryland race. In fact, the Anchorage runner’s mark of 5 hours, 31 minutes and 15 seconds — a pace of 6:36 per mile on the 50-mile... Read More   Complete YOUR Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Ballot VOTE HERE!   UAA volleyball’s win over Simon Fraser helps UAF move into second-place tie in GNAC by Van Williams | Nov 23, 2024 | Cover Story, Volleyball The Seawolves sent an early Christmas present up north. The UAA volleyball team swept Simon Fraser on Saturday in a victory coupled with UAF's win earlier in the day over Western Washington moved the Nanooks into a second-place tie in the GNAC on the final day of the... Read More   South supplies first four goals, earns lopsided 5-1 CIC win over rival Lynx by Matt Nevala | Nov 23, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Devin Berg made an impact only minutes into his first taste of the Dimond-South hockey rivalry, considered one of the best Anchorage can offer regardless of sport. “I was feeling pretty good,” the Wolverines freshman said. “It was all rather electric and seemed to get...Read More   Sellers scores career-high 24 points against No. 7 LSU by Van Williams | Nov 25, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Anchorage's Sayvia Sellers went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows on the basketball court Monday against seventh-ranked LSU. Moments after the University of Washington sophomore guard drained a step-back 3-pointer in a you-can't-stop-me highlight that...Read More   UAA heads off for five road games after Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Lake Superior State by Matt Nevala | Nov 25, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey More than a third of the way through its NCAA Division I independent schedule, the UAA hockey team manages to check a lot of boxes one wants from a legit competitor. Take this weekend’s home series versus Lake Superior State of the CCHA. On Saturday, Seawolves... Read More   Prosser qualifies for D1 nationals; Earl, Page earn all-region honors by Arielle Himelbloom | Nov 19, 2024 | Cover Story, Cross Country Running, Running Anchorage's Santiago Prosser is headed back to the national championships. The Northern Arizona senior sped to a 12th-place finish at the Mountain Region Cross Country Championships, conquering the snowy 10-kilometer course in 29 minutes, 37 seconds. And while the...Read More   Government Peak provides the stage and APU provides the stars as Alaska skiers get a head-start on the ski season by Beth Bragg | Nov 18, 2024 | Cover Story, Nordic Skiing Rosie Brennan swept the women’s races and Gus Schumacher and Zanden McMullen each claimed victories on the men’s side, but the big winner at the season-opening Race to the Outhouse ski series at Hatcher Pass was Alaska and its cross-country ski community. October’s...Read More   Seawolf men breaks 39-year-old school record in blowout win over PBC by Van Williams | Nov 23, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story The UAA men's basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak in style on Saturday, blowing the doors off Portland Bible College 93-30 at the Alaska Airlines Center. Anchorage native Hasaan Herrington led five UAA players in double figures with 13 points as the... Read More   Action-packed Week 4 awaits CIC hockey squads (plus leaders) by Matt Nevala | Nov 19, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Hockey business picks up in the Cook Inlet Conference with two games Tuesday, the first of 12 contests featuring the league’s seven teams during the fourth week of the high school regular season. Of the dozen scheduled games for the week, eight are of the non-league...Read More   UAA volleyball sweeps Western Washington to secure winning season by Alaska Sports Report | Nov 22, 2024 | Volleyball Junior outside hitter Tia Allen delivered 11 kills and 13 digs to help the UAA volleyball team clinch a winning season with Thursday's 25-22, 25-17, 25-17 sweep of Western Washington at the Alaska Airlines Center. Playing in front of a raucous crowd of 3,000 Anchorage... Read More   Former Wolverines’ Powell and Monrean make strides at NCAA DI level (plus AK updates) by Matt Nevala | Nov 20, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey While the junior players, from both Alaska and elsewhere, have enjoyed immense success with the Anchorage franchise 20-plus games into the North American Hockey League season, two former, local Wolverines who graduated to the NCAA Division I ranks took small, but...Read More   Alaska guards Johnson, Sellers, King stand out; Cockman has MVP homecoming (plus notes) by Van Williams | Nov 19, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Anchorage's Mikayla Johnson recorded her first collegiate double-double and drained some key free throws at crunch time to help the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team hold off Binghamton 61-56 in Vestal, N.Y. Johnson hit a couple free throws and grabbed... Read More     Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. 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