Hailey Williams, who won seven individual state championships before she was even a high school senior, missed her final year of competition due to the coronavirus closures. She plans to run for Duke University next.
Merchant, who will be a high school senior in the fall, broke the 9-minute mark in a 3,200-meter time trial at Bartlett High.
Proffitt, a Chugiak High skier, joins Prosser, a Dimond runner, and Glover, a Kodiak hockey player, in earning DI scholarships
Vreeman, who since 2014 has battled cancer and heart failure, received a new heart May 3.
Hayden Lieb of Bethel and Aedyn Concepcion of South High shared the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s award for the top male high school athlete of the year.
Nix signed a letter of intent with UCLA last year but will go pro instead of joining the Bruins.
The winners will be announced May 6 by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.
Elaina Mack, a two-time Class 1A Player of the Year, averaged 40 points a game this season for the undefeated King Cove Rookies.
The Fairbanks senior won 14 individual state championships during four years at West Valley High, even though her senior season of track was canceled.
A guard headed to UAF, Reimers is Alaska’s Gatorade Player of the Year and the Class 3A Player of the Year.
All events in sports, art, music and esports are canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With events canceled all over the globe to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, three high school tournaments were held in Anchorage, drawing hundreds of fans.
The tournaments, which draws thousands of players and spectators from all corners of Alaska, were scheduled to start next Wednesday in Anchorage.
An induction ceremony is scheduled for May 3 in Anchorage.
Last year, Alaska’s state high school basketball tournaments drew more than 32,000 spectators during two weeks of games at the Alaska Airlines Center.
Quintin “Muggie” Peter, his mother and three others were killed in a Yute Commuter Service plane crash last month.
Kincaid Park is hosting three days of cross-country ski racing from Feb. 20 to 22 to decide the winners of the ASAA State Championships.
Kendall Kramer won her third Skimeister title and Service’s Alexander Maurer claimed his first Friday at Kincaid Park.
It was the 13th individual state championship for West Valley senior Kendall Kramer, who owns six in track, four in skiing and three in cross-country running.
Matthew Patchin scored the game-winning goal midway through the second 8-minute overtime.
