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Dusty Page
Dusty Page of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team has been selected to serve on the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). “I am really pleased for Dusty,” said NIU men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi. “It is quite an honor for him to be selected by the NCAA to be on their national...
Nabal Jefferson
You don’t have to tell the people at Northern Illinois University that Nabal Jefferson is special. Already the winner of a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award worth $15,000 and a $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the second team Capital One Academic All-American noseguard for the Huskies has drawn admiration from his teammates, coaches and professors throughout...
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Early this past February, Chicago Tribune reporter John Keilman published an informative piece titled, “Bad grades, low test scores can scramble signing day plans.” The focus in Keilman’s article was on football, college scholarship and the difficulty today’s football athletes are facing in their quest for a paid college education based on academic eligibility …...
Matt Mougin
Northern Illinois redshirt junior Matt Mougin’s run at the 2013 NCAA Championships ended Friday evening with a 4-1 loss against No. 8 Nick Heflin of Ohio State. The loss puts Mougin’s record at 23-17 for the season. However, the Columbus Junction, Iowa, native posted a 3-2 record in Des Moines, with his two losses coming...
Nabal Jefferson
Nabal Jefferson, a Chicago native who helped lead the Northern Illinois football program to unprecedented heights during his four years as a Huskie, has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $7,500, the NCAA announced earlier this week. The NCAA presents 174 postgraduate scholarships each year to deserving senior student-athletes across all divisions and all...
Matt Mougin
Northern Illinois redshirt junior Matt Mougin (Columbus Junction, Iowa/ Columbus Community HS) begins competition Thursday, March 21, at the 2013 NCAA Championships. NIU is represented at the national championships for the 42nd consecutive season. The tournament’s first round gets under way at 11 a.m. inside Des Moines’ Wells Fargo Arena. Mougin, who earned one of...
Matt Mougin
Huskie redshirt junior Matt Mougin will be Northern Illinois’ lone representative at the 2013 NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, the association announced Wednesday. The pick marks the 42nd straight season in which at least one Huskie wrestler has advanced to the NCAA Championships. It also marks the first time that the Columbus Junction, Iowa,...
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The Northern Illinois wrestling team will send at least one Huskie to the 2013 NCAA Championships, as Matt Mougin clinched an automatic bid as part of the Huskies’ fifth place finish at Sunday’s Mid-American Conference Championships. Mougin’s berth marks the 42nd consecutive season in which at least one NIU wrestler has advanced to the NCAA...
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Rich Harvest Farms, the home course for the NIU Huskie men’s and women’s golf teams, has been chosen to host the second International Crown in 2016. Designed, built and owned by NIU alum Jerry Rich, the Sugar Grove, Ill., golf course also will serve as the site of a 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf...
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Northern Illinois Athletics invites all local high school athletic directors and guidance counselors to attend the first Northern Illinois High School Athletic Directors’ Resource Seminar at NIU from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. The free event will provide information to high school personnel so that they can assist student-athletes during the recruiting and...
Courtney Oldenburg
The Northern Illinois cross country team saw its season come to a close Friday afternoon at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 27th place team finish. In the final team standings, the Huskies topped in-state foes DePaul and SIU-Edwardsville, in addition to UMKC and Creighton. Yet, the team’s performance was hampered by an illness...
Jamie Burr
The Northern Illinois cross country team will continue their postseason Friday, Nov. 9, when it competes in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Springfield, Mo. The women’s 6K race begins at noon on the Missouri State Cross Country Complex with berths to the NCAA National Championships on the line. “We’re looking to finish the season...
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