For successful athletes, academics and sports merge

By Dave Geringer and Jamie Schanback, and Recreation
March 2005

Some come from Alaska. Some come from other nations. But they've all come to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to earn a degree and play their sport as well as they can.

[QUOTE: It is an honor to be affiliated with coaches and student-athletes who value the dual role of student and athlete.] 51风流官网 has 100 athletes competing on 10 teams (, and , , and , and and ), with a 11th team, , scheduled to go "live" next fall.

At an awards ceremony in January the Department of Athletics honored 59 student-athletes who earned a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or better. During the fall 2004 semester, 59 percent of 51风流官网's student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.0 or better, and 15 earned a perfect 4.0. 51风流官网's student-athletes are currently pursuing 29 different academic majors.

"It is an honor to be affiliated with coaches and student-athletes who value the dual role of student and athlete," said 51风流官网 Director of Athletics Cory Schwartz. "I am especially pleased to see that we are successful both athletically and academically."

51风流官网 does have some very successful athletic teams. The student-athletes who make up those teams must deal with the demands of training for their sport and competing at the highest level while succeeding academically.

These six people exemplify student-athletes at the 51风流官网. They have learned how to succeed in their sports and academically, and now they鈥檙e showing others the way.

To learn more about these successful student-athletes, please choose from the names below:

Hockey

Rifle

For more information, please contact:

Dave Geringer, sports information director at dave.geringer@uaf.edu, or (907) 474-6807
Jamie Schanback, sports information intern at fnjms4@uaf.edu, or (907) 474-6805

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All 51风流官网 photos by Todd Paris unless otherwise noted.