| Alaska Nanooks | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Conference | GNAC (primary) Patriot Rifle Conference (rifle) RMISA (nordic skiing) Independent (ice hockey) |
| NCAA | Division II (primary) Division I (hockey only) |
| Athletic director | Dr. Brock Anundson |
| Location | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Varsity teams | 10 (4 men's, 5 women's, 1 co-ed) |
| Basketball arena | Alaska Airlines Gymnasium at the Patty Center |
| Other venues | Carlson Center |
| Mascot | Nook |
| Nickname | Nanooks |
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
| Website | alaskananooks |
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| Team NCAA championships | |
| 11 | |
| Individual and relay NCAA champions | |
| 19 | |
TheAlaska Nanooks are theintercollegiate athletics teams that represent theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks. The Nanooks name is derived from theInupiaq "nanuq", meaning polar bear. The school colors are blue and gold.[2] The Nanooks compete at theNCAADivision II level for all sports except men'sice hockey (NCAADivision I). The majority of Nanooks sports are members of theGreat Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC), the hockey team is anIndependent (after spending several years in theCCHA) and plays at the 4,595-seatCarlson Center located west of downtownFairbanks, while the women's swim team is a member of the Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference (PCSC), the men's and women's skiing teams are members of theRocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA), and the rifle team competes as a member of thePatriot Rifle Conference.
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Cross country | Cross country |
| Ice hockey1 | Skiing |
| Skiing | Swimming |
| Volleyball | |
| Co-ed sports | |
| Rifle | |
| 1 – competes inDivision I. | |
Intercollegiate men's ice hockey began in the 1925–26 season.[3] The team had competed as an independent team in Division I through the 1960s and Division II through the 1970s.[3] The Nanooks returned to the Division I level in the 1985–86 season and joined theGreat West Hockey Conference (GWHC).[4] The team won the 1987–88 GWHC regular season and 1988 playoff championship.[4] The team has also been a member of both theCentral Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) from 1995 to until its dissolution in 2013, where the Nanooks appeared in their first everNCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in 2010 before falling 3–1 toBoston College.,[5] as well as theWestern Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) from 2013 until its dissolution in 2021. Currently, the team plays as anindependent.
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The mixed rifle team has won elevenNCAA Rifle Championships (1994, 1999–2004, 2006–2008, 2023) and finished as runner-up seven times.[6] In addition to the team championships, Nanook riflers have won individual NCAA championships in air rifle and smallbore rifle 17 times.[6] In 2007 the university hosted the NCAA Rifle Championship, which saw the host Nanooks win their eighth title in nine years in front of a crowd of about 1,000.[7] The Nanooks rifle team most recently won the 2023 National Championship, bettering its last runner-up finish toWest Virginia University in 2015.[8]
In June 2013, the Nanooks became a charter member of thePatriot Rifle Conference.
The Nanooks were members of theCentral Collegiate Ski Association from 1992 to 2016. They joined theRocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association in the 2016–17 season.[9] Olympic cross-country skierTyler Kornfield competed for the Nanooks in bothNordic skiing andcross-country running.[10]
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