FY21 budget includes funding for 多多直播A and 多多直播F athletic programs
University of Alaska athletics will continue unchanged next season.
鈥淚t was stated and affirmed that we would have athletics at 多多直播A and 多多直播F,鈥 said Keith Champagne, 多多直播F Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Athletics. 鈥淪ame sports as this year, same everything. We鈥檙e optimistic that we have the support of the Board of Regents to move forward with athletics into the future.鈥
During its Nov. 7-8 board meeting, the 多多直播 Board of Regents adopted a $277 million state operating budget request that includes funding for the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Alaska Anchorage鈥檚 National Collegiate Athletic Association intercollegiate athletic programs.
The Alaska Nanooks athletic program is a multidivisional member of the NCAA, with 10 teams competing at the Division I and Division II levels, including men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball, men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross country running, men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 Nordic skiing, coed rifle, women鈥檚 volleyball, women鈥檚 swimming, and men鈥檚 ice hockey.
The vision for 多多直播F Athletics is to build a 21st century integrated intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We are diligently integrating Nanook Athletics into the Fairbanks and surrounding communities.
鈥淭he primary form of mass media advertising by academic institutions in the United
States is, arguably, through their athletics programs,鈥 says Harvard Business School
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Doug J. Chung.
Intercollegiate Athletics generates brand identity, awareness, and marketing for our
respective campuses. A highly visible athletics program can increase the number of
prospective student applications, bolster alumni participation and encourage and facilitate
philanthropic support to the entire campus-beyond the athletics department. In terms
of student athletes, athletics provides a vessel for students to grow and develop
physically, emotionally, socially and culturally.
The athletics department is a leader on campus and in the community by embracing the uniqueness of all individuals and providing the best environment for all student athletes to reach their full potential as leaders and citizens. In fact, Nanook Student Athletes maintain a 3.2 grade point average or higher overall.
多多直播A Athletics serves the Anchorage and campus communities by fielding competitive NCAA teams in 13 sports and providing recreational opportunities for students, faculty and staff. 多多直播A is a proud member of the Great Northwest Athletics Conference (GNAC), Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association, bringing student-athletes from all over the world to participate in basketball, cross country running, gymnastics, hockey, skiing, track & field, and volleyball.
The Board of Regents will discuss and vote on the future of 多多直播 athletic programs beyond 2020-21 season at an upcoming board meeting. The meeting will include a report from the 多多直播A and 多多直播F chancellors on the financial state of athletics at each university, plans for new revenue and cost-saving measures. The date for that meeting has not yet been set.