NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of Alaska of last decade

1. Devon Bookert

Our final and finest Alaskan athlete is Bookert, who made the trek from Anchorage to Florida State, playing for the Seminoles from 2012 to 2016. A 6’3 guard, he was an important piece on four decent Seminoles squads, though Bookert never played in an NCAA Tournament game in his career. What Bookert brought to Florida State was consistency and the ability to not just score but to move the ball around.

Across his four year career, Bookert started 68 of the 131 games he played, spending much of his time in the starting rotation aside from his senior year. He averaged 8.5 points per game for his career, eclipsing double-digits his junior season, and was one of the team’s best free-throw shooters throughout his time in Tallahassee. He had a career-high 23 points in a close loss to eventual champion Duke his junior year, and had an impressive 21-point, 9-assist game against Georgetown in the NIT in 2014.

When time had run out on his career, Bookert’s statistics didn’t exactly stand out to the naked eye, but he has his place in the Seminoles record books, ranking in the Top 20 in program history in various statistics, including 3-point shooting, free throws, and assists. He happened to play for the Seminoles during a four year window void of an NCAA Tournament appearance, but shined brightly in 7 NIT games across his career. He was another option for Leonard Hamilton and certainly helped usher in the more recent era of success for this program.

We have finished with this look at the ten best players from Alaska; which of these players do you think had the greatest impact during their collegiate careers?