Category: Students
Northern Illinois University’s first Latino Honor Society was successfully launched April 15. With family and friends at their side, 32 students were inducted into the Adela de la Torre Honor Society (ATHS). The inaugural members swore an oath to achieve success through scholarship, service and leadership. About 100 people attended the event organized by Vanessa...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fell to the Buffalo Bulls (7-11, 3-5 MAC) on senior day Sunday by a score of 5-2. The loss ended the regular season for the Huskies (11-11, 2-6 MAC) while dropping them to .500 on the season and earned them the seventh seed in the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis...
Northern Illinois baseball drew even with Toledo in the bottom of the sixth inning, 3-3, to send the game to extra innings. But the Rockets drew first blood in the top of the 10th to clinch the victory, 4-3. Jordan Huffman and Jeff Zimmerman both finished 3-for-4 at the plate. “We did a good job...
The Northern Illinois University softball team wrapped up a disappointing road trip Sunday with a 12-6 loss to Akron at Lee R. Jackson Field. After the Huskies (18-28, 6-10) scored a pair of runs in the third and two more in the fourth to tie the game 4-4, Akron (17-26-1, 3-11) broke the game wide...
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team wrapped up the regular season portion of its schedule with a seventh-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Freshman Thomas Dunne (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) was the top-finishing Huskie, taking 13th with a final round 75. Indiana won the tournament with...
Freshman Thomas Dunne (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) is tied for fourth-place individually as the Northern Illinois men’s golf team is tied for sixth with Bowling Green following Saturday’s first two rounds of the Boilermaker Invitational at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Dunne carded a second round 66, helping the Huskies post a...
The Northern Illinois University softball team’s rally fell short Saturday as the Huskies are edged by Akron, 8-6, Lee R. Jackson Field. Trailing 6-2 heading into the top of the fifth, the Huskies (18-27, 6-9) began their comeback with a two-run fifth, taking advantage of a pair of Akron errors. With one out, Nicole Gremillion...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team lost to a tough Akron team Saturday, 7-0. The Zips have lost just two matches and are the reigning Mid-American Conference Tournament Champions. The Huskies moved to 11-10 on the season with the loss. “Akron was just too good,” said head coach Ryun Ferrell. “We had some chances. We...
Down 5-0 after six innings, the Northern Illinois bullpen combined for three hitless and scoreless innings against Toledo, with the offense assembling a rally in the ninth, but the Huskies fell to the Rockets, 5-1. “We didn’t stop battling in the game and we were one batter away from tying the game and that’s your...
The Northern Illinois track & field team closed out its weekend in Kansas on a big note Saturday, breaking two school records and posting four top five finishes. Junior Rebecca Cronin broke the NIU mark in the 800 meters, while Roneisha Frye set a new standard in the 100 hurdles. “The athletes competing today gave...
Northern Illinois University administrators, coaches, student-athletes and fans honored leadership donors to the Chessick Practice Center (CPC) Saturday during the official groundbreaking ceremony for the facility. The groundbreaking was held at the site of the multi-sport indoor practice facility, which will be built to the north of the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center adjacent to...
After spending the past two seasons backing up record-setting teammate Chandler Harnish, quarterback Jordan Lynch showed that he plans a seamless transition into the starting role as he threw for 402 yards on 29-of-44 passing with four touchdowns Saturday at Huskie Stadium in Northern Illinois’ Red-White Spring Football Game. Lynch led the Red team, composed...
