Tag: NCAA
Senior Brad Dieckhaus and sophomore Kevin Fanta both secured bids in the NCAA Championships for the Northern Illinois wrestling team Sunday at the MAC Championships. As a team, the Huskies finished fifth with 41 points, falling just a half-point behind Ohio for fourth. Central Michigan won the tournament title with 89 points, followed by Kent...
The Northern Illinois volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 25 Miami in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum on Friday night. The loss in NIU’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance was its first at a neutral site. Previously, the Huskies were 2-0 in neutral site matches. NIU is...
Northern Illinois University and the Huskie cross country team will welcome in some of the best cross country teams in the nation Saturday, Nov. 12, when they host the 2011 NCAA Midwest Regional on the NIU North 40. The meet – which is one of nine regionals nationwide – will serve as the qualifying round...
The 18-member NCAA Division I Board of Directors adopted a package of proposals Thursday that toughen academic standards and provide increased academic and economic support to student-athletes. Northern Illinois University President John Peters, who represents the Mid-American Conference on the board, said the reforms will give conferences the option of adding more money to scholarship...
Northern Illinois Athletics ranks among the top universities in the Mid-American Conference, and has once again topped the national average in the Graduation Success Rate of its student-athletes, according to data released Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For the fourth straight year, Northern Illinois’ Graduation Success Rate (GSR) topped the 80 percent...
Intercollegiate Athletics is continuing its partnership with two NIU graduate programs to provide unique educational internship opportunities for graduate students. Students from NIU’s Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education (CAHE) who are pursuing their master’s of science degrees and students from the College of Law can spend an academic semester or year within the...
Earl Smith, professor of sociology and director of American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University, will talk at NIU at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10. Smith will speak on “Athletic Industrial Complex: Conference Realignment and Race” at the Yordon Center. This lecture will include a critical analysis of recent NCAA conference realignment, and will focus...
Dee Abrahamson, senior Woman’s Administrator, retired in June after 32 years of service to Northern Illinois University. A farewell reception will be held Tuesday, July 19 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the main foyer at the Convocation Center. Please enter at Entrance 2 by the ticket windows. Parking is available in lot C-2. Abrahamson began her...
EUGENE, Ore. — Cora Caulfield and the Northern Illinois 4×100-meter relay team competed at the NCAA West Preliminary on Saturday at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. The 4×100 relay finished 23rd and Caulfield took 38th in the discus. “These ladies had a great conclusion to the 2011 outdoor season,” said NIU head coach Connie...
The Northern Illinois women’s 4×100-meter relay team and thrower Cora Caulfield will open competition Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary Round at the University of Oregon. Caulfield will compete in the discus at 10 a.m. PT and the relay team will take to the track at 1 p.m. PT. “The 4×100 team and Cora are...
For the sixth straight year, all 17 of Northern Illinois University’s intercollegiate athletic teams have “made the grade” by surpassing the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate (APR). The NCAA released its complete 2009-10 Division I APR report Tuesday, one week after the Huskie football team received an NCAA...
The Northern Illinois 4×100-meter relay team and thrower Cora Caulfield have qualified to compete in the NCAA West Preliminary Round at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Chanel Kellyman, Roneisha Frye, Brittany Smith and Rasheta Butler will represent the Huskies in the relay and Caulfield will compete in the discus. Both events...
