NIU Today

Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) has been named a 2014 Honorable Mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the group announced Wednesday. Roddy becomes just the fourth different Huskie to earn All-America recognition, joining Kate McCullagh (2006), Lauren Wicinski (2010, ’11) and Kristin Hoffman (2011) among NIU’s all-time honorees. Last...

Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s All-Midwest Region Team, the association announced Tuesday. Roddy was one of 14 honorees in the region that includes teams from the Big 12, Missouri Valley and Atlantic 10 Conferences, among others. The senior was also the top...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Award for the fifth consecutive season, the organization announced Thursday. “It’s wonderful for our volleyball student-athletes to be recognized for their efforts in the classroom,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. “It helps us stay true our mission of being champions...

For the fourth consecutive year, the Northern Illinois volleyball team has been named a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, the organization announced Friday. “It’s great for our program to continue to be solid in the classroom and get recognition from the AVCA,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden of...

Northern Illinois volleyball senior Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) is one of 58 student-athletes for the 2011 fall season to receive an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. The standout setter recently finished a noteworthy four-year career with the Huskie volleyball program. “What Kristin has accomplished at Northern Illinois is simply outstanding,” said Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president...

Northern Illinois volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) and Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American list, the organization announced Wednesday. “It’s always been a dream of ours to be a regional program with national recognition,” said NIU Head Coach and 2011 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Ray...

Northern Illinois volleyball senior setter Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) were chosen to the 2011 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I All-Mideast Region Team, the organization announced Tuesday. The year 1994 is the last time a pair of teammates from the Mid-American Conference were selected to an...

For the first time since 2001, the Northern Illinois women’s volleyball team received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Poll, as voted on by the nation’s coaches. With six votes, the Huskies rank 37th in the country in the latest edition of the poll, which was released Monday. “It’s great for...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team has been named a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, the organization announced on Wednesday, July 20. Established in the 1992-93 academic year, the award recognizes collegiate and high school volleyball teams that showed excellence in the classroom during the school year by holding a...

Northern Illinois assistant volleyball coach Coley Pawlikowski was named one of the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 recipients, the organization announced Wednesday.  The honor, which was established in 2009 to recognize rising volleyball coaches under the age of 30 at every level of volleyball, has been bestowed upon Pawlikowski in two of...

Northern Illinois freshman outside hitter Lauren Wicinski wrapped up her astounding rookie campaign by garnering American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-American recognition, the organization announced Wednesday. Wicinski came to NIU as the volleyball program’s first high school All-American and now becomes the Huskies’ first freshman, and second overall (Kate McCullagh in 2006), to...

Northern Illinois volleyball freshman Lauren Wicinski added an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Mideast Region selection to her impressive list of accomplishments, the organization announced Tuesday.  “This is a very prestigious honor for Lauren and we are proud to have her represent the Huskie volleyball program and Northern Illinois University on a national level,” said...