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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes.]]>NABC Release 2025-26Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:45:00 AKST213933https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/8/general-three-nanooks-earn-csc-academic-all-american-at-large-honors.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/8/general-three-nanooks-earn-csc-academic-all-american-at-large-honors.aspxGeneral, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

GREENWOOD, Ind. - The Nanooks had two male student-athletes and one female student-athlete named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America At-Large Teams. Lassi Lehti of the Nanooks ice hockey team and Rosie Fordham of the Nanooks Nordic skiing team earned spots on the First Team, while Ben Dohlby of the Nanooks Nordic skiing team garnered Third Team honors.]]>At Large Academic All-Americans 2025-26Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:00:00 AKST113932https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/7/general-20-nanooks-named-gnac-far-scholar-athletes.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/7/general-20-nanooks-named-gnac-far-scholar-athletes.aspxGeneral, Men's Cross Country, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Volleyball

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced their 2025-26 GNAC Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athletes, presented by Barnes & Noble College, with the Nanooks having 20 recipients.]]>All Student-Athlete Photo 2025Tue, 7 Jul 2026 12:13:00 AKST113931https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/6/womens-basketball-denae-skelton-joins-nanooks-womens-basketball-out-of-merrimack-college.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/6/womens-basketball-denae-skelton-joins-nanooks-womens-basketball-out-of-merrimack-college.aspxWomen's Basketball

FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team has announced the addition of Denae Skelton out of West Kelowna, B.C. Skelton is a 5-8 shooting guard and joins the Nanooks from Division I Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass.]]>Denae Skelton at Merrimack CollegeMon, 6 Jul 2026 12:00:00 AKST713930https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/2/womens-swimming-dancsok-and-schmiedel-named-2025-26-cscaa-scholar-all-americans.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/2/womens-swimming-dancsok-and-schmiedel-named-2025-26-cscaa-scholar-all-americans.aspxWomen's Swimming

FAIRBANKS – Dorka Dancsok and Cosima Schmiedel of the Alaska Nanooks swimming team were named to the 2025-26 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-Americans on Thursday. Schmiedel earns the honor for the first time, while Dancsok becomes a three-time Scholar All-American.]]>Cosima Schmiedel and Dorka DancsokThu, 2 Jul 2026 15:51:00 AKST1113929https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/1/womens-swimming-nanooks-named-cscaa-spring-2026-scholar-all-america-team.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/7/1/womens-swimming-nanooks-named-cscaa-spring-2026-scholar-all-america-team.aspxWomen's Swimming

FAIRBANKS – The Alaska Nanooks swimming team was selected as a Spring 2026 Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for their academic success during the Spring 2026 semester.]]>Swim during Blue/Gold Meet 2025Wed, 1 Jul 2026 16:11:00 AKST1113928https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/26/nate-pearsall-elected-to-d2sida-board-as-west-regional-representative.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/26/nate-pearsall-elected-to-d2sida-board-as-west-regional-representative.aspxGeneral, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Skiing, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Skiing, Women's Swimming, Women's Volleyball, Men's and Women's Rifle

FAIRBANKS - Alaska Nanooks Sports Information Director Nathan Pearsall has been elected to the Division II Sports]]>Nate Pearsall, D2CSC Cabinet/D2SIDA Board, 2026-27 GraphicFri, 26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 AKST113927https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/26/terrell-peter-joins-the-nanooks-mens-basketball-staff-as-assistant-coach.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/26/terrell-peter-joins-the-nanooks-mens-basketball-staff-as-assistant-coach.aspxMen's Basketball

FAIRBANKS - Alaska Nanooks men's basketball head coach Frank Ostanik has announced the addition of Terrell Peter to the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Peter returns to Fairbanks following two successful seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Washington State University, where he played an integral role in the Cougars' day-to-day operations, scouting, player development, and recruiting.]]>Terrell Peter Hiring, MBB, 2026-27Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:00:00 AKST213926https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/24/nanooks-mens-basketball-announces-jamayne-potts-as-next-assistant-coach.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/24/nanooks-mens-basketball-announces-jamayne-potts-as-next-assistant-coach.aspxMen's Basketball

FAIRBANKS - The University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Athletics and Alaska Nanooks men's basketball head coach Frank Ostanik has announced the hiring of Jamayne Potts as the program's newest assistant coach.]]>Jamayne Potts, MBB, Assistant Coach Hiring, 2026-27Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:00 AKST213925https://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/23/alyssa-woodberry-joins-nanooks-staff-as-assistant-athletic-trainer.aspxhttps://alaskananooks.com/news/2026/6/23/alyssa-woodberry-joins-nanooks-staff-as-assistant-athletic-trainer.aspxGeneral, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Skiing, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Skiing, Women's Swimming, Women's Volleyball, Men's and Women's Rifle

FAIRBANKS - Alaska Nanooks athletics has announced the addition of Alyssa Woodberry as the department's newest assistant athletic trainer.]]>Alyssa Woodberry Hiring Graphic, Assistant AT, 2026-27Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 AKST113923