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For successful athletes, academics and sports merge

By Dave Geringer and Jamie Schanback, and Recreation
March 2005

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

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.0 or better, and 15 earned a perfect 4.0. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ'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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Director of Athletics Cory Schwartz. "I am especially pleased to see that we are successful both athletically and academically."

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 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 University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks. They have learned how to succeed in their sports and academically, and now they’re showing others the way.

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

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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 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ photos by Todd Paris unless otherwise noted.