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Carlos Boozer, a 1999 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate, was among five athletes inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday in Anchorage.

Boozer did not attend the event. He was in Salt Lake City playing with the Utah Jazz in their 119-109 win over the Golden State Warriors. He posted 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory, marking his 37th game with more than 10 points and rebounds this season.

Joining Boozer in the Hall's second-ever class was former East Anchorage High School and Duke University basketball star Trajan Langdon. Before Boozer made his mark in the NBA, Langdon laid the groundwork as the first Alaskan to reach the highest level of professional basketball. The shooting guard was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers and played three seasons in the NBA from 1999-2002. He currently plays professional basketball for CSKA Moscow in the elite Euroleague.

Former NFL offensive lineman and Service High School graduate Mark Schlereth was also inducted. He currently serves as an NFL analyst for ESPN after winning three Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins.

Two mushers also made the Class of 2008. Rick Swenson, a five-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, made the Hall of Fame along with Joe Redington, Sr., known as the Father of the Iditarod. Redington, who died in 1999, helped establish the famous race.

As for Boozer, the former Crimson Bears star helped lead JDHS to a pair of Class 4A state championships in 1997 and 1998. He won a national title with Duke in 2001, a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics and was named to the 2008 NBA All-Star teams.

Boozer is the first Southeast Alaska person to be inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.

In addition to five people, the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame also enshrined one event and one moment.

The Great Alaska Shootout, an early-season college basketball tournament in Anchorage, was elected as the event. The Shootout routinely draws some of the top men's and women's NCAA Division I teams in the nation.

As for the moment, the selection committee chose Tommy Moe's 1994 gold medal victory in the downhill during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Moe spent his formative seasons at Alyeska in Girdwood.

The Class of 2008 joins the inaugural class that featured sprint musher George Attla, four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher, two-time Stanley Cup winner Scott Gomez, 1984 Olympic gold medalist Kristen Thorsness and Moe.

The Hall also enshrined the Iditarod as the event, along with the first ascent of Mount McKinley in 1913 and Libby Riddles' 1985 Iditarod victory as the moments.