The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame honors Alaskan athletes, coaches, contributors, recurring events, and historic moments that have significantly impacted the sporting landscape of Alaska. The Hall was established in 2006 and the first class was inducted in 2007, with new inductees announced in December and added in February. The museum is currently on display at the
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left o ...
Anchorage International Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, a U.S. senator from Alaska in office from 1968 to 2009. It is included ...
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History and organization
The Alaska Sports
Hall of Fame
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
inducted its first class of five people, two moments, and one event in 2007, a group including dog mushers
Susan Butcher
Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five s ...
and
George Attla
George Attla (August 8, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a champion sprint dog musher. Attla won ten Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Championships and eight North American Open championships with a career that spanned from 1958 to 2011. Attla was the su ...
, Olympic medalists
Tommy Moe
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Early years
Born in Missoula, Mon ...
and
Kristen Thorsness, and
National Hockey League
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Calder Memorial Trophy
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winner
Scott Gomez
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He was the assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Gomez had previously played in the NHL with t ...
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New members, events, and moments are nominated and voted upon by the public each fall, with the results determining which nominees reach the selection panel ballot. The inductees are chosen by a voting panel of 8 members of the media and longtime Alaskan sport contributors with the public voting results equivalent to one member of the panel. The inductees are honored with a ceremony each February in the
ConocoPhillips Building atrium.
Plaques for each inductee are displayed on level 0 of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Inductees
The 2012 nominees for induction will be determined by a public vote in Fall 2011.
The Class of 2020 inductees, two people (
Marcie Trent and
Matt Carle
Matthew Carle (born September 25, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Carle played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators. He was ...
), one event (
Yukon 800), and one moment (
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is a public university in Anchorage, Alaska. UAA also administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska: Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prin ...
Upset of
Boston College
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in the
1991 NCAA Hockey Tournament), had their induction ceremony postponed until April 2022 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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[Williams, Van (March 21, 2021]
"Class of 2020 Hall of Fame ceremony postponed to April 2022"
''Alaska Sports Hall of Fame''. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
The current members, events, and moments of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame are listed below.
["Alaska Sports Hall of Fame - The List"](_blank)
''Alaska Sports Hall of Fame''. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
References
{{State sports halls of fame
Halls of fame in Alaska
State sports halls of fame in the United States
All-sports halls of fame
Sports hall of fame inductees
2006 establishments in Alaska
Hall Of Fame
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
Awards established in 2006
Non-profit organizations based in Anchorage, Alaska
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport