GCI GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT & DIV. I VICTORIES
2016-17 ALASKA ANCHORAGE SEAWOLVES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL U
AA hosts one of college basketball’s most prestigious tournaments every Thanksgiving week when it brings three Division I squads north for the GCI Great Alaska Shootout. For the 36th women’s tourney in 2016, the Seawolves will welcome Missouri State, Portland and Southern California. With six Shootout championships, Division II UAA has established an unprecedented level of success against its D-I competition, including an amzing string of four straight titles from 2006-09. GCI GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT HISTORY Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994-I 1994-II 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Champion Iowa San Diego State Minnesota Old Dominion Texas Louisiana Tech Northeast Louisiana New Orleans South Carolina Stephen F. Aus n Alaska Anchorage Northern Illinois Penn State Hawaii Rhode Island Clemson South Carolina Georgia Tennessee No Tournament Kansas Ohio State Iowa Nevada Alaska Anchorage Stanford Central Connec cut St. Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage Kent State Miami, Fla. Utah State Georgetown Long Beach State Western Kentucky
Runner-Up Alaska Anchorage Houston Indiana Wichita State UNLV Penn State Southern Cal Memphis State UNLV Old Dominion South Alabama Louisville Mo.-Kansas City Southern Methodist Northeast Louisiana UCLA Arizona State Oregon Wisconsin
Most Outstanding Player Cindy Haugejordge (Iowa) Diena Pels (SDSU) Laura Coenen (Minnesota) Lorri Bauman (Drake) Anne e Smith (Texas) Dawn Royster (N. Carolina) Lisa Ingram (NE Louisiana) Kunshinge Sorrell (Miss. St.) Martha Parker (S. Carolina) Connie Cole (S.F. Aus n) Diane Dobrich (UAA) Lisa Foss (No. Illinois) Susan Robinson (Penn St.) Valerie Agee (Hawaii) Dayna Smith (URI) Tara Saunooke (Clemson) Shannon Johnson (S. Car.) Tracy Henderson (Georgia) Chamique Holdsclaw (UT)
Louisville Rhode Island Gonzaga Indiana Clemson Louisiana-Lafaye e Arizona UC Riverside Santa Clara Syracuse Cincinna Alaska Anchorage South Florida Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage Alaska Anchorage
Lynn Pride (Kansas) Jamie Lewis (Ohio State) Lindsey Meder (Iowa) Laura Ingham (Nevada) Kamie Jo Massey (UAA) Candice Wiggins (Stanford) Gabriella Guegbelet (CCSU) Rebecca Kielpinski (UAA) Rebecca Kielpinski (UAA) Rebecca Kielpinski (UAA) Nicci Miller (UAA) Jamilah Humes (Kent St.) Shenise Johnson (Miami) Devyn Chris ansen (USU) Andrea White (Georgetown) Megan Mullings (UAA) Kendall Noble (WKU)
LEFT: Chamique Holdsclaw led her unbeaten Tennessee squad to the 1997 tle. RIGHT: Three- me tourney MVP Rebecca Kielpinski makes the game-winning layup against Santa Clara in 2007.
SEAWOLF GIANT KILLERS
Beginning with a 74-52 victory over Nevada in 1980, the Seawolves
have a strong tradition of success against the giants of NCAA Division I basketball. UAA has a total of 38 wins over 33 programs, including such powers as Clemson, Wake Forest and Santa Clara. In the last 10 seasons, the Seawolves are 13-6 against D-I compeitition, including wins over Big East foes Syracuse and Cincinnati. Last year, UAA delivered a resounding 94-61 win over Pepperdine in the first round of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout.
UAA’s Kiki Taylor prepares to make a cri cal steal from Syracuse’s Chandrea Jones late in UAA’s 58-57 victory in 2008.
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Air Force Boise State Cal State Northridge Cincinnati Clemson Cleveland State Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Fordham George Mason Georgia State
Georgia Tech Loyola Marymount (2) Mount St. Mary’s Nevada New Mexico State Nicholls State North Dakota State Northeastern Illinois Pepperdine (2) Radford San Diego
San Francisco San Jose State Santa Clara South Alabama Southeastern Louisiana Syracuse Texas-San Antonio UC Riverside (2) Utah State (3) Wake Forest Yale