ANCHORAGE – After leading his team to a 20-win season and an NCAA Tournament berth, Alaska Anchorage men's basketball senior Hasaan Herrington was honored Sunday with the 2025-26 University of Alaska Anchorage Athlete of the Year award, presented at the athletic department's annual end-of-year banquet at Wendy Williamson Auditorium.

A 6-3 guard, Herrington was a unanimous First Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference pick and the first Seawolf to earn GNAC Defensive Player of the Year. The former East Anchorage High School star was also an NABC Second All-District Team honoree, recognizing him as one of the top 10 players in the 35-team NCAA Div. II West Region.

Herrington ranked No. 3 nationally and led the GNAC with a 3.26-to-1 assist-turnover ratio, posting numbers of 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He was the only player in the GNAC to finish top 10 in both assists and steals, helping UAA tie for second in the regular-season standings and a runner-up finish at the GNAC Championships.

Among his big games, Herrington had a career-high 24 points (8-12 FG, 4-5 3FG) and nine assists in UAA's home win over MSU Billings, plus 13 points and a career-high 14 assists – the most by a Seawolf in 10 years – in a home win over Central Washington.

On UAA's career lists, he finished No. 5 with 124 steals and No. 12 with 258 assists, while becoming the only Seawolf this decade to appear in two NCAA Tournaments. His 3.3-to-1 assist-turnover ratio was also No. 2 on UAA's single-season list, behind only 2007-08 UAA Athlete of the Year Luke Cooper.

Herrington is the 11th men's basketball player and seventh Alaskan to be named UAA Athlete of the Year since the award was inaugurated in 1985.

In addition to the AOY honor, the department also issued major awards to women's basketball standout Elaina Mack and a trio of academic stars.

Mack received the GCI Alaska Born & Raised Award, presented to a graduating senior who has lived in Alaska more than half of his or her life, graduated from an Alaska high school, and demonstrated outstanding contributions to his or her team. The King Cove native helped the Seawolves to a 16-11 mark as their lone returning player, while notching school-record scoring and three-point efforts, and finishing No. 14 on the UAA all-time scoring list with 1,128 points.

The Dresser Cup – the department's top academic honor – was shared by senior hockey player Logan Acheson, sophomore men's skier Carlo Cordone and senior volleyball player Madison Galloway, all of whom recorded 4.00 cumulative grade-point averages.

UAA Athletes of the Year
Year Winner              Sport
2026 Hasaan Herrington   Men's Basketball
2025 Joshua Caleb        Men's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
2024 Tyson Gilbert       Men's Basketball
2023 Eve Stephens        Volleyball
2022 JC Schoonmaker      Men's Skiing
2021 No award (Covid)
2020 Yazmeen Goo         Women's Basketball
2019 Caroline Kurgat     Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
2018 Caroline Kurgat     Women's Cross Country
2017 Morgan Hooe         Volleyball
2016 Megan Mullings      Women's Basketball
2015 Cody Thomas         Men's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
2014 Micah Chelimo       Men's Cross Country/Indoor Track &   Field/Outdoor T&F
2013 Micah Chelimo       Men's Cross Country/Indoor Track & Field/Outdoor T&F
2012 Taylor Rohde        Men's Basketball
2011 Ruth Keino          Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
2010 Calli Scott         Volleyball
2009 David Registe       Men's Track & Field
2008 Luke Cooper         Men's Basketball
2007 Rebecca Kielpinski  Women's Basketball
2006 Kemmy Burgess       Men's Basketball
2005 Mandy Kaempf        Women's Skiing/Cross Country
2004 Peter Bullock       Men's Basketball
2003 Tobias Schwoerer    Men's Skiing/Cross Country
2002 Tobias Schwoerer    Men's Skiing/Cross Country
2001 Ed Kirk             Men's Basketball
2000 Edda Mutter         Women's Skiing
1999 Jim Hajdukovich     Men's Basketball
1998 Zuzana Razusova     Women's Skiing
1997 Frode Lillefjell    Men's Skiing/Cross Country
 and Elena Tkacheva      Gymnastics
1996 Allegra Stoetzel    Women's Basketball
1995 Jason Kaiser        Men's Basketball
 and Karen Hoey          Gymnastics
1994 Kerry Robitaille    Gymnastics
1993 Jen Szczerbinski    Volleyball
1992 Jon Pauole          Swimming
1991 Paul Krake          Hockey
1990 Teri Frankie        Gymnastics
1989 Michael Johnson     Men's Basketball
1988 Robin Graul         Women's Basketball
1987 Hansi Gnad          Men's Basketball
1986 Teri Frankie        Gymnastics
1985 Tiina Kantola       Women's Skiing/Cross Country

GCI Born & Raised Award
Year    Winner, Sport, Hometown (High school)
2025-26 Elaina Mack, WBB, King Cove (King Cove HS)
2024-25 Peter Hinds, MSKI, Anchorage (Dimond HS)
2023-24 Jaron Williams, MBB, Anchorage (East HS)
2022-23 Jahnna Hajdukovich, WBB, Anchorage (Dimond HS)
2021-22 Eve Stephens, VB, Palmer (Colony HS)
2020-21 Tennae Voliva, WBB, Anchorage (East HS)
2019-20 Anna Darnell, WSKI, Anchorage (South HS)
2018-19 Hannah Wandersee, WBB, Kodiak (Kodiak HS)

2025-26 Team Scholar-Athlete Award Winners
Men's Basketball: Luke Johnston, 3.90, Kinesiology
Women's Basketball: Elaina Mack, 3.43, Kinesiology/Applied Technologies Leadership
Men's Cross Country: Samuel Roy, 3.86, Civil Engineering
Women's Cross Country: Alexandra Otto, 4.00, International Studies/Political Science
Gymnastics (tie): Hannah Boyd, 4.00, Management; Kacey Pratley, 4.00, Psychology; Avery Tillmanns, 4.00, Natural Sciences
Hockey (tie): Logan Acheson, 4.00, Management; Bryant Marks, 4.00, Program Management
Men's Skiing: Carlo Cordone, 4.00, Economics
Women's Skiing: Alexandra Otto, 4.00, International Studies/Political Science
Men's Track & Field: AJ Szweczyk, 4.00, Natural Sciences
Women's Track & Field: Alexandra Otto, 4.00, International Studies/Political Science
Volleyball: Madison Galloway, 4.00, Psychology

Dresser Cup Award Winners
Year Winner, Sport
2026 Logan Acheson, HKY, Carlo Cordone, MSKI & Madison Galloway, VB
2025 Will Cashmore, MSKI, Alyssa Hill, WSKI, Connor Marritt, HKY, Kadyn Osborne, VB & Bethany Tuchardt, VB
2024 Tuva Bygrave, WSKI, Montana Fairbairn, GYM, Connor Marritt, HKY, Cole Nash, MXC/TF & Max Osborne, HKY
2023 Lisa Jaunet, VB
2022 Jacob Moos, MXC/TF
2021 Chloe Margue, WSKI
2020 Michaela Keller-Miller, WSKI, Natalie Hynes, WSKI, Marie Ries, WTF & Dominic Unterberger, MSKI
2019 Michaela Keller-Miller, WSKI, Yvonne Jeschke, WTF & Casey Wright, WSKI
2018 Olivier Mantha, HKY & Casey Wright, WSKI
2017 Olivier Mantha, HKY
2016 Marie-Sophie Boggasch & Simone Penker, GYM
2015 Anna Berecz, WSKI
2014 Teancum Stafford, MBB
2013 Ida Bjerka, WSKI
2012 Jaime Bronga, WSKI
2011 Jaime Bronga, WSKI
2010 Max Treinen, MSKI
2009 Raphael Wunderle, MSKI
2008 Heather McIntyre, WTF & Raphael Wunderle, MSKI
2007 Mandy Kaempf, WTF
2006 Stacy Edwards, WXC
2005 Stacy Edwards, WTF
2004 Stacy Edwards, WXC/WTF
2003 Tobias Schwoerer, MSKI/MXC
2002 Tiffany Massey, VB
2001 Jason Feeken, MSKI & Stephanie Johnson, WBB
2000 Jana Jagercikova, WSKI
1999 Morten Kjerland, MSKI
1998 Steve Carroll, MXC
1997 Elena Tkacheva, GYM
1996 John Smith, MXC 
1995 Jens Beck, SWIM 
1994 Wendi Jobe, WBB 
1993 Tommy Rutledge, MXC  
1992 Danicia Thomas, VB   
1991 Greta Fadness, WBB   
1990 Carroll Pope, MXC    
1989 Carroll Pope, MXC    
1988 John Davis, MXC 
1987 Kristena Wyatt, WSKI 
1986 Chriss Homan, HKY    
1985 Tiina Kantola, WSKI/WXC