The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame will be choosing its Class of 2020 soon, and the public has until the end of the month to be part of the voting.
Members of the public can make their choices known at the Hall of Fame’s website at alaskasportshall.org. Voters can choose from the people, events and moments featured on the website, or they can write in their picks.
The cumulative results of the public vote will then count as one vote during next month’s selection process. There will be 10 votes in all — nine from members of the selection panel, plus the public vote. All are given equal weight when deciding which people, events and moments will be enshrined at next year’s Class of 2020 induction ceremony.
You can place your vote here. Public voting is online only and must be done on a laptop or desktop computer.
Last year’s inductees were Olympic medal-winning trapshooter Corey Cogdell, Major League Baseball pitcher Chad Bentz, the Alaska Run for Women and Kodiak’s 2001 state basketball championship team.
Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees
People
George Attla
Chad Bentz
Carlos Boozer
Red Boucher
Holly Brooks
John Brown
Martin Buser
Susan Butcher
Mario Chalmers
Don Clary
Corey Cogdell
Janay DeLoach
Herb Didrickson
Rosey Fletcher
Scott Gomez
Jeannie Hebert-Truax
Virgil Hooe
Nicole Johnston
Reggie Joule
Nina Kemppel
Jeff King
Trajan Langdon
Wally Leask
Hilary Lindh
Lance Mackey
Dick Mize
Tommy Moe
Buck Nystrom
Nancy Pease
Kikkan Randall
Joe Redington, Sr.
Mark Schlereth
Bill Spencer
Rick Swenson
Vern Tejas
Kristen Thorsness
Norman Vaughan
Bradford Washburn
Chuck White
Events
Alaska Run For Women
Arctic Winter Games
Equinox Marathon
Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Races
Gold Medal Basketball Tournament
Great Alaska Shootout
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iron Dog
Midnight Sun Baseball Classic
Mount Marathon Race
Native Youth Olympics
Yukon Quest
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
Moments (with year of occurrence)
First Ascent of Denali (1913)
First Winter Ascent of Denali (1967)
Iditarod Photo Finish (1978)
Elliott Sampson’s Upset Victory (1981)
Libby Riddle’s Iditarod Victory (1985)
Les Anderson’s World Record King Salmon (1985)
Doug Herron’s 800 Meter Run (1985)
UAA Men’s Basketball Upset of Michigan (1988)
Vern Tejas’ Solo Winter Ascent of Denali (1988)
Tommy Moe Wins Olympic Gold (1994)
Dolly Lefever Becomes First American Woman to Complete the Seven Summit (1994)
Scott Gomez Brings Home the Cup (2000)
Chris Clark’s Olympic Marathon Trial Victory (2000)
Special Olympics World Games Comes to Anchorage (2001)
Kodiak Boys Basketball State Championship (2001)
UAF Wins Top of the World Classic (2002)
Michaela Hutchison Beats the Boys (2006)
Matt Carle Wins the Hobey Baker Award (2006)