Five Nanooks named to Capital One Academic All-District At-Large teams
May 17, 2013
Chris Brooks
907-474-6805
A record five Alaska student-athletes were named to Capital One Academic All-District® At-Large Teams on Thursday afternoon, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Student-athletes are selected based on a combination of athletic performance as well as academics.
The selected Nanooks, which represent three separate at-large squads within the program were hockey senior Adam Henderson (Whitehorse, Yukon/Business Administration), sophomore shooter Ryan Anderson (Great Falls, Va./Biology), senior skier, Lex Treinen (Anchorage, Alaska/Northern Studies), sophomore swimmer Danielle Lyons (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan/Biological Sciences) and sophomore skier Alyson McPhetres (Chugiak, Alaska/Spanish & Geological Engineering).
Henderson, who just received his Master's degree in business administration, was selected to the Region 8 Division I men's team, and Anderson and Treinen were tabbed to the Division II men's team while Lyons and McPhetres were put on the Division II women's team.
“It is indeed an honor to have five student-athletes in our Alaska Nanooks athletics program recognized by receiving this prestigious award,” director of athletics Dr. Gary Gray said. “It demonstrates the high level of commitment our student-athletes have toward academic excellence.”
Henderson, who served as the hockey program's captain this past season held a 3.86 cumulative grade-point average and received his post-graduate degree in just one year after claiming his Bachelor's degree last spring in business administration. The CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year played in all 37 games as a senior and ranked 22nd in the country with 364 faceoff wins. He was part of nation's fourth-best penalty kill squad and was a Senior CLASS Award nominee.
Anderson, who holds a 3.88 GPA, was a National Rifle Association First Team All-American for smallbore as well as a Second Team All-American in air rifle this past year. He led the team in both areas at the national match to lead the Nanooks to a fourth-place finish. Following the collegiate season, Anderson went on to take the gold medal in the three-position and prone smallbore events while also taking silver in the air rifle at the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships.
Treinen, who had a 3.78 GPA as an undergraduate and holds a 4.0 in his graduate program, took runner-up in the 15-kilometer freestyle at the NCAA Central Region Championship to help the men's skiing program take second. He was also third in the 20-kilometer classic at the conference championship to help the Nanooks to a third-place team finish. Prior to this year, Treinen was a two-time NCAA All-American and has qualified for the NCAA Championship three times. He was also a member of the U.S. U-23 World Championship Team in 2011.
Lyons, a 3.94 student, produced NCAA B-cut times in both the 100 and 200 freestyle events this year. She secured All-Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference status in the 400 and 800 free relays as well as the 400 individual medley at the 2013 conference meet and was a member of the 400 medley relay that set a varsity record during the season. She was a member of Alaska's three All-America relays at the 2012 NCAA Championship and was part of the first group to be named Great Northwest Athletic Conference FAR Scholar-Athletes last summer. Despite battling mono and pneumonia during the season, she still won nine events during the dual-meet season.
McPhetres, a dual-sport athlete who double majors in Spanish and geological engineering, holds a solid 3.92 GPA. She was one of two women's skiers for the Nanooks to qualify for the 2013 NCAA Championship after winning both events at the Central Region Championship to lead the Nanook women to the team title. She was also the conference champion in the 15-kilometer freestyle skate and was honored on the All-Central Collegiate Ski Association Second Team. As a member of the cross country program, she was a 2011 NCAA Championship participant and earned a spot on both the GNAC and USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams.
All five Nanooks now advance to the national ballots to determine this year's Capital One Academic All-America At-Large Teams, which will be selected the first week of June.
Men's At-Large Teams
Women's At-Large Teams
For more information, contact Chris Brooks , Media Relations Assistant, at cpbrooks@alaska.edu.