NIU Today

The Mid-American Conference is spending time this fall with various student-athletes in the league to look back into their childhood and revisit their first football memories. NIU’s Cameron Stingily, who scored three touchdowns Wednesday night as the Huskie football team topped Ball State, is in the spotlight this week. “The sport of football is a...

Northern Illinois University senior fullback Rob Sterling has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 5 first team and is now a candidate for Academic All-America honors, as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released the teams selected by its members Thursday. Sterling, who carries a 3.63 GPA in accountancy at NIU,...

Northern Illinois University cornerback Anthony Brooks earned his first career Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor following his performance in NIU’s 35-21 victory at Ball State, the league announced Thursday. With NIU leading 21-14 and Ball State looking to drive the length of the field for the tying score in the fourth quarter,...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team defeated Western Michigan, 3-0, Thursday to clinch the MAC West Division title. The Huskies (19-8, 12-1 MAC) powered past the Broncos (16-12, 7-6 MAC) with 42 kills, five service aces and 12 team blocks. The victory clinches NIU’s second division title in the last four seasons and the first...

Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) has been named a Capital One/College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-District honoree, the organization announced Thursday. Roddy becomes the sixth different Huskie in program history to earn the award and the first NIU player since 2011 to earn first team recognition. “All...

Goalkeeper Amy Annala and midfielder Lauren Gierman from the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team were named to the 2014 Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team, the conference announced Thursday. NIU had two MAC All-Freshman Team selections for the first time in school history as Annala and Gierman became the fifth and sixth Huskies to be recognized...

OK, so that was a crazy fourth quarter. NIU’s football team went up by 14, thanks to scores from the offense and the defense, but saw that lead evaporate for the second time in the game. After what appeared to be a Cameron Stingily touchdown was called back for a holding penalty, it was time...

Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and freshman Shelby Seurer (Delano, Minn./Delano) have been named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Offensive and Co-Defensive Players of the Week, the league announced Monday. This marks the fourth time this year Roddy has earned a player of the week award; she won the division’s offensive...

The Northern Illinois University wrestling team opened its season Sunday at the Michigan State Open by placing four wrestlers on the podium. Derek Elmore (Loves Park, Ill./Harlem) and Shawn Scott (Holly, Mich./Holly) both took fifth-place finishes at 125 and 197 pounds, respectively, on the open side of the tournament. Quinton Rosser (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) placed...

Amy Annala saved two penalty kicks and Ashley Neubeck scored the winning penalty shot Sunday as the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals for the first time since 2007. The good news came thanks to a 4-3 penalty-shootout victory over Miami after the two teams played to a...

Sophomore Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School) scored off a corner kick for the second time in three games, but the NIU men’s soccer team fell to Akron, 2-1, on Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. Hall’s 78th minute goal pulled the Huskies level but a penalty kick in the 83rd minute gave the...

Thanks to an overpowering offense in the first two sets, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team scored a 3-1 win over Toledo Saturday. The Huskies (18-8, 11-1 MAC) finished the match with 66 kills and a .318 attack percentage against the Rockets (1-24, 0-12 MAC). In addition, NIU recorded a .389 hitting average in sets...