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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...

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...

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...

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...

Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., the “Home of the Huskies,” will be the site of a NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regional hosted by Northern Illinois University from May 15 to 17, 2014, the NCAA announced Thursday. The NCAA Regional will be the second held at the course, which was rated No. 58...

NIU has reached a new high-water mark in graduating its student-athletes, according to Thursday’s release of the Graduation Success Rate report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. At 83 percent, Northern Illinois’ latest overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) – which includes student-athletes who entered NIU between 2002-2003 and 2005-06 – is the highest in school...

In June, Northern Illinois volleyball four-year standout setter Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) was named one of 430 nominees for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award. On Thursday, she entered a whole new territory by being chosen as one of the top 30 honorees for the honor, and one of 10 in NCAA Division...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball program will play in front of a national television audience on Tuesday, Nov. 13, as they take part in the 2012 ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. The Huskies will travel to Valparaiso for a 7 a.m. CT tip-off broadcast on ESPN. “We are excited and honored to be able to...

Northern Illinois volleyball player Kristin Hoffman has been selected by the Mid-American Conference as the MAC’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. As team captain, Hoffman helped lead the Huskies to the claim the MAC regular season title this past season. She became the first Huskie to be named MAC Setter of...

For the seventh consecutive year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University’s sports programs have exceeded the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) according to the 2012 APR report released today by the organization. The APR has become the primary tool used by the NCAA to judge a team’s...

The success Northern Illinois University Athletics achieved in competition in 2011-12 continued in the classroom as the NCAA honored two Huskie teams with a Public Recognition Award as their Academic Progress Rate (APR) numbers qualified them in the Top 10 percent of all programs in their respective sports. The Northern Illinois football and women’s outdoor...

Nine NIU student-athletes attended the 2012 NCAA Career in Sports Forum, which took place from June 7 through June 10 in Indianapolis. Matt Battaglia (football), Brittney Callahan (women’s basketball), Daniel Green (football), Chanel Kellyman (track & field), Claire McAuley (cross country/track & field), Sara McLaughlin (women’s tennis), Logan Pegram (football), Danny Pulliam (women’s basketball) and...