College Sports

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UAA signs point guard Taylor

UAA women's basketball coach Tim Moser announced Tuesday that point guard Kiki Taylor has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Seawolves in 2008-09.

South baseball player headed to Arizona college

Chris Schierhorn, a senior at South, will attend Phoenix College in the fall and play baseball for the Bears.

UAA releases hockey schedule

UAA released its 2008-09 hockey schedule Thursday. The 30th season of Seawolf hockey starts with the Kendall Hockey Classic Oct. 10-11.

BASKETBALL

Rhea averaged 10.3 points at Oregon St.

Former Alaska Class 4A high school basketball player of the year Talisa Rhea of Juneau finished her freshman year at Oregon State starting 12 of 30 games and averaging 10.3 points a game, third highest on the squad.

Bartlett basketball player chooses Eastern Washington

Kevin Winford wasn't sure which college he would attend until Eastern Washington swept him off his feet.

Former Bartlett star in NAIA softball tourney

Mountain State University and former Bartlett High softball standout Jenny Baker lost 1-0 to Tennessee Wesleyan in the opening round of the Region XII Tournament on Wednesday.

UAA ATHLETICS

Seawolves get recognized for good grades

Ten UAA track and field athletes -- seven men and three women -- have earned recognition on the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Seawolves track and field team cleans up

He was there at the beginning, pounding out workouts on school treadmills, pumping iron that had seen better days, sprinting on rubber-coated cement straightaways behind the hockey rink at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

Seawolves outstanding at conference meet

UAA's speedy track and field team mowed down more records on Friday and made some serious noise as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships got started in Ellensburg, Wash.

Registe is the top D-II long jumper in the country

UAA's David Registe had just outleaped the defending NCAA Division I long jump champion at a California meet, but there was still a glitch in his landing. He could go farther.

Returning from a knee injury, Carr sets GNAC record in 5-K

Coming off a knee injury that kept her out of UAA's fall cross-country season, Laura Carr wasn't sure what to expect as a distance runner during the track and field campaign.

Dimond graduate breaks record in the 400 hurdles

Jordan Burnette of Anchorage broke a 19-year-old record in the men's 400-hurdles last weekend at the Golden State Athletic Conference championships in Azusa, Calif.

Service-East goalie headed to Wisconsin-River Falls

Service-East goaltender Melissa Deardorff has committed to play Division III girls hockey for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Cooper named UAA's athlete of the year

Record-setting Aussie point guard Luke Cooper bagged another accolade Sunday night when he was named UAA Athlete of the Year to cap a brilliant basketball career that saw him break just about every assist mark in school and conference history.

East wrestler signs with Liberty

Andrew Wilson, the Class 4A heavyweight state champion from East, has signed on to wrestle for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., the school announced.

Going far and fast

David Registe had just out-leaped the defending NCAA Division I long jump champion at a California meet, but there was still a glitch in his landing. He could go farther.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Chugiak's Morse opts to go to NW Nazarene

Zach Morse, an outfielder and pitcher from Chugiak, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Northwest Nazarene, the school announced Friday.

COLLEGE HOCKEY

Nanooks sign trio

The UAF Nanooks signed three recruits to National Letters of Intent on Thursday. Cody Butcher of Anchorage, Carlo Finucci and Adam Cardwell join six other recruits from the early signing period.

Chalmers could be going pro

For the past two weeks, former Bartlett High basketball star Mario Chalmers has been too busy thinking about the future to spend much time reliving the past.

Photos: Chalmers' high school career

Photos: Super Mario in the NCAA Championship

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Dimond's Afusia signs with Montana college

Delvin Afusia, a senior at Dimond, has signed a letter of intent to play football next season at Carroll College in Helena, Mont. Afusia is a two-year letterman for the Lynx and was an honorable mention at defensive end in the Cook Inlet Conference.

TRACK AND FIELD

More honors roll in for Seawolves athletes

The accolades for UAA's track and field teams continued Monday as junior David Kiplagat and sophomore Kim Brady were named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Week.