The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves are the 13 varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), in Anchorage, Alaska , United States, in NCAA intercollegiate sports. The vast majority of UAA's athletic teams are in NCAA Division II , with the exception of the women's gymnastics and men's ice hockey teams, which are members of Division I .
3-606: The Seawolves principally compete as members of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference , fielding teams in women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field. Teams playing outside the GNAC include the hockey team ( independent , no conference affiliation), the gymnastics team ( Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ), and
6-625: Is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It has historically operated in the northwestern United States , but also includes schools in Alaska , Montana , and British Columbia . The GNAC is the only NCAA conference in any division with a Canadian university as a member. The conference formed in 2001 when its original ten members split from
9-679: The ski teams ( Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association ). The nickname, Seawolves , is based on a Sea-Wolf , a mythical creature in Tlingit and Haida traditions. This article about a sports team in Alaska is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about or related to a university or college in Alaska is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Great Northwest Athletic Conference The Great Northwest Athletic Conference ( GNAC )
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