For Sierra Afoa, school and sports have always been intertwined. Her coach/referee father Stan and her mom, Sarah - a two-sport athlete for the Seawolves, with two UAA education degrees - stressed that balance early. On Sunday afternoons, while Sarah graded homework in her classroom at Gladys Wood Elementary, the Afoa kids shot hoops in the school gym. Academics and athletics have been interconnected from the start.
In February, UAA junior Kendra Daniels capped the University of Alaska Anchorage Gymnastics Team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam as the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra.
Five years ago, Eva Gregg was in the process of divorcing her husband. She was 45, and had recently moved from her parents' into an apartment near O'Malley and Elmore roads."I had a window that looked over to O'Malley," she said. There, in a pensive moment, she had an epiphany: "I survived 30 years of alcoholism and drug addiction so I could help other people. I asked myself, 'How can I help them?'"
Meet Matt Anholt, current captain of the UAA hockey team. He's a top-tier athlete, having played every game since arriving in 2014. He led the team in assists and points this season, and was second in both columns last year, earning him two WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from UAA at fall commencement.
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