FAIRBANKS – Junior
Logan Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska/Mechanical Engineering) of the Alaska men's skiing team has been named the Era Alaska Nanook of the Week for the week ending Jan. 5, as selected by the Alaska media relations office.
Hanneman earned the first Nanook of the Week award for 2014 after leading the team in a pair of races over the weekend at the 2014 United States Nationals in Midway, Utah.
On Saturday, the two-time NCAA qualifier finished 24th overall out of 198 racers and second among NCAA Central Region skiers in the 15-kilometer classic race with a time of 41 minutes, 17.4 seconds.
He followed that performance up by qualifying for the championship final the following afternoon in the 1.5K free technique skate sprint race, where he would finish fifth, including second among NCAA collegians. After qualifying 21st in the preliminary race, he captured the 12th and final spot in the semifinals after taking fourth in his quarterfinal heat. He proceeded to take second place in the semis to put him in the "A" final.
He was one of three Fairbanks natives to qualify for the big final, as he was joined by his brother
Reese Hanneman from APU and
Jordan Buetow out of Bates.
Alaska resumes competition at U.S. Nationals Wednesday with the 20K and 30K free skate mass start races and it will complete the trip on Friday with the 1.5K classic sprint races.
Every week of competition during the 2013-14 athletic year, there will be an Era Alaska Nanook of the Week announced.
During the week of Jan. 6-12, in addition to men's and women's skiing in Utah, swimming will compete in a tri meet at Loyola Marymount (Jan. 8) and a quad meet at Cal State Bakersfield (Jan. 11), rifle will shoot at Air Force (Jan. 9), men's basketball will travel to Seattle Pacific (Jan. 9) and Montana State Billings (Jan. 11), women's basketball will host Saint Martin's (Jan. 9) and Western Oregon (Jan. 11) and hockey will be on the road at Bowling Green (Jan. 10-11).
Era Alaska Nanook of the Week
Week ending 11/3 – Freshman
Victoria Adams (Swimming)
Week ending 11/10 – Freshman Center
Joey Davies (Hockey)
Week ending 11/17 – Senior Guard
Ronnie Baker (Men's Basketball)
Week ending 11/24 – Sophomore
Tim Sherry (Rifle)
Week ending 12/1 – Junior Guard
Benissa Bulaya (Women's Basketball)
Week ending 12/8 – Junior
Margot Adams (Swimming)
Week ending 12/15 – Senior Defenseman
Michael Quinn (Hockey)
Week ending 12/22 – Senior Forward
Andrew Kelly (Men's Basketball)
Week ending 1/5 – Junior
Logan Hanneman (Men's Skiing)
