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Athletics recruitment continues as 2017 seasons approach
Now that the 2017-18 seasons are just around the corner for many sports, women’s basketball, gymnastics and cross-country have announced new recruits for their teams
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Victoria Langi defends against an opponent during a game. Langi played two years of collegiate basketball at Skyline College, and is joining the Seawolves along with her younger sister, Sala. PHOTO COURTESY OF HARTNELL COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Jorge Sanchez, incoming junior cross-country runner, placed fifth in the Coast Conference Championships during his freshman year at Hartnell College.
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After the commencement of spring semester 2017, 24 student athletes walked across the stage with their degrees, ultimately leaving behind their teams and college athletics for good. Since the women's basketball team lost three of their standout players, they are slowly building their roster back up. With the help of three new recruits, the total accumulation is five so far. The first of the three new recruits is an Anchorage local, Tennae Voliva.
From East High School, Voliva boasted the accomplishments of making SecondTeam All-State twice in her high school career, as well as making First Team AllCook Inlet Conference honoree in her final season. Head coach Ryan McCarthy was excited about the addition of Voliva. "We've been able to recruit some of the best student-athletes in the state of Alaska," McCarthy said. In addition, the 6-foot forward made the varsity basketball team every single year of high school, becoming a career 1,000-point scorer. To add to the most recent recruits is Victoria Langi, a standout guard originally from Pacifica, California. However, Langi is transferring in as a junior, after playing two years of college basketball at Skyline College and being an All-North
Coast Conference performer. Langi produced impressive stats during her previous season, averaging 15.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists from her team, a large improvement from her freshman year of 6.9 points per game. Her performances proved to be good enough to rank her in the top 20 of the North Coast stats in the majority of categories. McCarthy is thrilled to have Victoria join the team, considering he already signed Victoria's younger sister, Sala Langi, who is coming in as a freshman in the positions of guard and forward. In addition, McCarthy expects Langi to be a huge assest to scoring points. "She was one of the top shooters in the state of California's JC system," McCarthy said. The addition to the Langi sisters and
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As an all-arounder at the Virginia L10 State Championships, Hope Nelson secured third, with a 9.725 on bars and 9.525 on beam.
Voliva makes the total of new Seawolves on women's basketball five players. Despite his recently announced retirement, head gymnastics coach Paul Stoklos was fortunate to sign an all-around standout gymnast from Newport News, Virginia. This all-arounder, Hope Nelson, has been a level 10 competitor for four years. Nelson has many impressive accomplishments, including qualifying for World Class Gymnastics three separate times. In addition, at the Virginia L10 State Championships, Nelson won bars with
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Bike share program now open to summer students By Cheyenne Mathews cmathews@thenorthernlight.org
The Information Desk in the Student Union commenced the Green Fee sponsored annual bike share program on May 22. The bike share is open to any student from spring or summer 2017 who has paid the $3 Green Fee. Bikes are free for students to rent all summer in one month intervals. Student Boards Coordinator and Media Advisor, Zac Clark, helps administer the program, and he said the bikes help students enjoy campus in the summer. “I would like to think that one of the sort of hidden benefits of the program, and I wasn’t around during it’s inception, but
the campus is so beautiful in the summer,” Clark said. “Any way for the students to go out and experience it, not from their car or not from a busy street, is a way for student to feel more connected to campus.” The bikes are single gear, cruiser bikes, and in past years Clark said around 25 bikes were rented throughout the summer. To rent the bike, students have to bring a helmet to the information desk, and in exchange students will receive a key to unlock the yellow bikes. “Any student who wants to rent a bike needs to bring their Wolfcard or have their I.D. number, they physically need to have their own helmet. They check to make sure you are paying the fee,” Clark said.
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Clark said that the bike share also helps sustainability efforts on campus by replacing cars with bikes. Another benefit of the bike share is to help students exercise. “Exercise of course is always good, and on these fixed gear bikes every time you go up a hill you are going to get your exercise for it just because you can’t shift out,” Clark said. Devan Hawkins, social work major, lives on campus and was one of the first students to sign the paperwork to rent her bike. Hawkins said having a bike helps her get around campus, especially since she doesn’t have a car of her own. “It’s nice to have available to students because walking can get kind of tiring and the quick-
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Available to anyone who is currently paying the $3 Green Fee and provides their own helmet, the bike share program presents an opportunity for students to be more mobile on UAA's campus.
ness of everything,” Hawkins said. “It just makes more sense for me to have a bike that I can keep at my dorm and just ride to classes and stuff.” Joshua O’Leary, accounting major, does not plan to participate in the bike share, but he appreciates this type of program on campus. “I have my own bicycle that I
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ride in the summer, but that’s a good idea for people who don’t,” O’Leary said. He also believes the bike share will be good at keeping “traffic down around UAA, it keeps people outside.” The Student Union Information Desk is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and is closed on the weekends.
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