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 October and added in February. The museum is currently on display at the Ted Stevens

Ted Stevens

Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history...

 Anchorage International Airport.

History and organization

The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

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 inducted its first class of five people, two moments, and one event in 2007, a group including dog mushers Susan Butcher and George Attla, Olympic medalists Tommy Moe

Tommy Moe

Tommy Moe is a former alpine ski racer. He is now retired from international competition and lives in Wilson, Wyoming...

 and Kristen Thorsness

Kristen Thorsness

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, and National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 Calder Trophy winner Scott Gomez

Scott Gomez

Scott Carlos Gomez is an American ice hockey center of both Mexican and Colombian descent, currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

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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

Conoco-Phillips Building

The Conoco-Phillips Building is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Alaska at . Located in downtown Anchorage at 700 G Street, it has 22 floors and was completed in 1983. The Conoco-Phillips Building, along with the nearby Robert B...

 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 current members, events, and moments of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame are listed below.

Hall of Fame Member	Sport	Induction Year
George Attla	Dog Mushing Mushing Mushing is a general term for a sport or transport method powered by dogs, and includes carting, pulka, scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled on snow or a rig on dry land...	2007
Carlos Boozer Carlos Boozer Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...	Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...	2008
H.A. “Red” Boucher	Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...	2009
Susan Butcher	Dog Mushing	2007
Rosey Fletcher Rosey Fletcher Gabrielle Rose Fletcher is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...	Snowboarding Snowboarding Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...	2010
Scott Gomez	Ice Hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...	2007
Reggie Joule Reggie Joule Reggie Joule is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 40th District since 1996. Before the beginning of the 26th Legislature in January 2008 Representative Joule, along with Democrats Rep. Bryce Edgmon and Rep. Bob Herron, began caucusing with the Republicans...	World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Eskimo Indian Olympics The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics is an annual event held over a four-day period in July or August, designed to preserve cultural practices and traditional survival skills essential to life in circumpolar areas of the world...	2010
Nina Kemppel Nina Kemppel Nina Kemppel is an American cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 14th twice, both earned in 2001....	Nordic Skiing Nordic skiing Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....	2009
Trajan Langdon Trajan Langdon Trajan Shaka Langdon is a retired American professional basketball player. A 210 lb. shooting guard, he gained fame in the U.S. while playing college basketball at Duke University with the Duke Blue Devils.-Biography:...	Basketball	2008
Wally Leask	Basketball	2009
Hilary Lindh Hilary Lindh Hilary Lindh is a former alpine ski racer.Born in Juneau, Alaska, Lindh was just 14 when she was named to the U.S. Ski Team. By 16, she had become the first American to win a World Junior Championships downhill title. All this was done while with Kathy Miklossy and Alex Mitkus in Utah, away from...	Alpine Skiing Alpine skiing Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...	2009
Lance Mackey Lance Mackey Lance Mackey is an American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska, who is a four-time winner of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest and four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.-Career:...	Dog Mushing	2010
Tommy Moe	Alpine Skiing	2007
Kikkan Randall Kikkan Randall Kikkan Randall is an American cross-country skier from Anchorage, Alaska. She is the niece of former cross-country skiing Olympians Betsy Haines and her brother, Chris Haines...	Nordic Skiing	2011
Joe Redington Sr. Joe Redington Joe Redington, Senior was an American dog musher and kennel owner, who is best known as the "Father of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race", which runs 1,049 miles¹ across the U.S. state of Alaska.-Early life:...	Dog Mushing	2008
Mark Schlereth Mark Schlereth Mark Frederick Schlereth is a former professional football player and current television sportscaster. Schlereth played guard in the NFL for 12 seasons with the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN on NFL Live, Sportscenter, and other programs...	Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...	2008
Rick Swenson Rick Swenson For the Saskatchewan politician see Rick Swenson .Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", , is an American dog musher who has won the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska more times than any other competitor...	Dog Mushing	2008
Kristen Thorsness	Rowing Rowing (sport) Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...	2007
Norman Vaughan Norman D. Vaughan Colonel Norman Dane Vaughan was an American dogsled driver and explorer whose first claim to fame was participating in Admiral Byrd's first expedition to the South Pole...	Explorer	2009
Bradford Washburn Bradford Washburn Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. He established the Boston Museum of Science, served as its director from 1939–1980, and from 1985 until his death served as its Honorary Director .Washburn is especially noted for exploits in four...	Mountain Climber Mountaineering Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists... , Explorer	2010
Chuck White	Basketball	2011

Hall of Fame Event	Description	Induction Year
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race	Annual dog mushing race covering 1,161 miles (1,868 km) from Willow, AK to Nome, AK.	2007
Great Alaska Shootout Great Alaska Shootout The Great Alaska Shootout is an annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage, Alaska that features colleges from all over the United States. The University of Alaska Anchorage hosts the tournament every Thanksgiving. Tournament games are played at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage...	Collegiate basketball tournament Tournament A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...  hosted annually by the University of Alaska Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage.... .	2008
World Eskimo Indian Olympics	Annual event featuring traditional Eskimo Eskimo Eskimos or Inuit–Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia , across Alaska , Canada, and Greenland....  and Indian games based on ancestral hunting and survival techniques.	2009
Midnight Sun Baseball Classic Midnight Sun Game The Midnight Sun Game is a baseball game played every summer solstice at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Because the sun is out for almost 24 hours a day, the game starts at about 10:30 at night and completes around 1:30 the next morning...	Annual baseball game played in Fairbanks, AK on the night of the summer solstice using no artificial lighting.	2010
Mount Marathon Mount Marathon Race The Mount Marathon Race is a mountain race that is run every Fourth of July in Seward, Alaska.-Race:The race begins downtown, on Fourth and Jefferson, in front of the First National Bank, and ends a block south of where it began, on Fourth and Adams. The halfway point is a stone marker atop Mount...	Annual footrace in Seward, AK dating back to 1915.	2011

Hall of Fame Moment	Description	Induction Year
First Ascent of Mount McKinley Mount McKinley Mount McKinley or Denali in Alaska, United States is the highest mountain peak in North America and the United States, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve.- Geology and features :Mount McKinley is a granitic pluton...	Walter Harper Walter Harper Walter Harper was the first person to reach the summit of Mount McKinley/Denali, the highest mountain in North America. Harper, an Alaska Native, was part of the mountaineering team of Hudson Stuck... , Hudson Stuck Hudson Stuck Hudson Stuck with Harry P. Karstens co-led the first expedition to successfully climb the South Peak of Mount McKinley.Stuck, an Episcopal Archdeacon, was born in London and graduated from King's College London... , Harry Karstens and Robert Tatum became the first to reach the highest peak in North America on June 7, 1913.	2007
1985 Iditarod Victory by Libby Riddles Libby Riddles Libby Riddles is an American dog musher, noteworthy as the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Riddles was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Willard and Marry Riddles, and moved to Alaska just before her 17th birthday. Her first race was the Clines Mini Mart Sprint race in 1978, when...	Riddles recorded the first victory by a woman in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.	2007
Tommy Moe's 1994 Olympic Gold Medal in the Downhill Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held near Lillehammer, Norway. The speed events were held at Kvitfjell and the technical events at Hafjell, from February 13-27, 1994.-Downhill:February 13, 1994-Super G:February 17, 1994...	Moe's surprise victory led to the cover of Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...  and guest appearance on Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night... .	2008
First Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1967	Art Davidson, Ray Genet Ray Genet Ray Genet, often referred to by the nickname Pirate, was an accomplished mountaineer whose many distinctions included having been the first guide on Mount McKinley in Alaska - the highest mountain in North America....  and Dave Johnston, over a 42 day period, reached the peak of Mt. McKinley in the winter of 1967.	2009
Doug Herron's Track Performance in 1985	Herron, an Anchorage high school student, shattered the Alaska State High School 800-meter run record with a 1985 national best time of 1 minute, 49.2 seconds.	2009
Iditarod Photo Finish in 1978	Dick Mackey Dick Mackey Dick Mackey is an American dog musher who won the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska in 1978 by the closest margin in the history of the event. His son, Rick Mackey, became the first legacy winner when he won the race in 1983...  defeated Rick Swenson by one second in a sprint finish at the end of the 1978 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.	2010
Elliot Sampson's Upset Victory in 1981	Sampson, an Eskimo high school student from Noorvik, AK, claimed the 1981 Alaska State High School Cross Country Running championship.	2010
Scott Gomez Brings the Stanley Cup Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...  to Alaska.	Ice hockey player Scott Gomez brought the Stanley Cup to Anchorage, AK in the Summer of 2000 after winning the National Hockey League championship with the New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... .	2011