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Fifty Northern Illinois University student-athletes representing 15 Huskie teams celebrated commencement along with their classmates Saturday, May 11, at the NIU Convocation Center. The graduation ceremonies, the last presided over by NIU President John G. Peters, honored students graduating either this spring or after the summer. Saturday’s degree recipients brings the total number of student-athletes...

Jordan Lynch of the Northern Illinois football team and Mary Kurisch from the Huskie volleyball team were named NIU’s male and female Athletes of the Year on Thursday night as NIU Athletics held its fourth annual Victors Awards at the Egyptian Theatre. The all-sports, ESPY-style awards show highlighted the on-field and off-field accomplishments of Huskie...

Northern Illinois University women’s basketball player Amanda Corral was named to the 2012-13 Women’s Basketball Academic All Mid-American Conference Team, the league announced Monday. “As hard as she plays on the court and how driven she is, she’s the same way in the classroom,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “She’s somewhat of a perfectionist....

The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team dropped its regular season finale, 58-50, to Western Michigan at University Arena Wednesday night. “We played hard,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “We played well enough. We just needed some shots to fall. We had great energy. I thought it was a really good game. It was...

Continuity in its defense and hot shooting led Northern Illinois (2-1) over host Morehead State (1-2), as the Huskies defeated the Eagles in their final game of the WNIT, 76-46. Ten different Huskies scored in the contest and the team accumulated 19 assists on 27 field goals. “We played really focused and some really good...

Holding on to a one point lead with under 10 seconds left, the Northern Illinois (1-1) defense stifled So-Con preseason favorite Davidson (0-2) to force a turnover and seal their victory Saturday in the consolation round of the WNIT, 64-61. NIU led by as much as 18 in the contest. “It felt good to get...

Football senior Chandler Harnish and volleyball senior Kristin Hoffman were named Northern Illinois University’s 2011 NIU Alumni Association Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlining a list of 24 award winners honored Thursday night at DeKalb’s historic Egyptian Theatre during NIU’s third annual Victors Awards. The Victors saw NIU student-athletes, coaches, athletic department and...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won its home opener in thrilling fashion with a 91-84 two-overtime decision over Western Illinois Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The last time the Huskies (1-1) reached the two-overtime mark was on February 18, 2003, at Bowling Green. That day, it took four overtimes for NIU to...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team will begin its 2011-12 campaign at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, with an exhibition contest against Indiana Wesleyan inside the NIU Convocation Center. The game will mark the beginning of Year Two for head coach Kathi Bennett, who last year led the Huskies to 30 percent more overall wins...

NIU women’s basketball guard Bianca Brown and forward Shaakira Haywood were named 2010-11 Academic All-Mid-American Conference honorable mention selections, the league announced Tuesday.  Both Huskies received the accolade for the first time as NIU netted a pair of Academic All-MAC choices for the first time since 2009. The duo makes up two of the 22 honorable mentions and...

The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team‘s Saturday, Feb. 12, game at Buffalo has been selected as part of the MAC television package on the official television partner of the league, SportsTime Ohio. First-year head coach Kathi Bennett and the Northern Illinois Huskies will travel to Buffalo to face reigning MAC...