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Christian Hagan
Northern Illinois University freshman kicker Christian Hagan (Omaha, Neb./Westside HS) has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Special Team Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Hagan won the honor in just his second game of collegiate action after a perfect outing versus Toledo in NIU’s 27-24 victory last Tuesday. The true...
Northern Illinois University punter Tyler Wedel (McFarland, Wis./McFarland) has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2014 Ray Guy Award, the Augusta Sports Council and Ray Guy Award Committee announced Friday. “Tyler is playing like a senior,” said NIU head coach Rod Carey. “We asked him to do a lot early and he did,...
The last time NIU and Ohio took opposite sides of a football field, it was in Detroit for the 2011 Mid-American Conference Championship. Huskie fans will remember that Ohio enjoyed a heartbreaking 20-0 halftime lead, which at the time seemed insurmountable. Yet the Bobcats would never score again that night. Quarterback Chandler Harnish, held to...
NIU moved into first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division with a 27-24 victory over Toledo on Tuesday night at Huskie Stadium. With the win NIU improves to 8-2 overall, 5-1 in the MAC, while Toledo suffered its first league loss to fall to 6-4 overall, 5-1 in league play. Senior tailback Cameron Stingily...
Jason Meehan
NIU counts only a dozen victories over the perennially troublesome Toledo Rockets, but that number includes the last four meetings between the MAC West rivals. Coach Rod Carey and the Huskies look to push that winning streak to five at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, on a Veterans Day game set to honor the team’s...
Danny Pulliam
All 27 Northern Illinois University home basketball games, along with two volleyball matches, two gymnastics meets, two wrestling meets and NIU’s football signing day press conference will be broadcast live on ESPN3 as part of its school content production schedule. NIU’s first live game broadcast on ESPN3 will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov....
Cameron Stingily
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...
Rob Sterling
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,...
Veterans Day 2013
As Veterans Day approaches, Northern Illinois University alumna and Illinois State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit is reflecting on fellow veterans who sacrificed their lives for freedom and on her service in the Marine Corps. After graduating high school, Kifowit joined the Marines on an impulse and didn’t tell her family until after she had signed up....
Cameron Stingily
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...
Huskies celebrate another year of winning the Bronze Stalk
With the coveted Bronze Stalk on the line, and two legend-in the-making Mid-American Conference quarterbacks facing off on a chilly November night inside Huskie Stadium, last year’s tussle between NIU and Ball State kept fans from both schools on pins and needles. All knotted up heading into the fourth quarter, it was the Huskies who...
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