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Jordan Lynch
NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch earned his second Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week honor after his performance in NIU’s 43-39 win over Eastern Illinois, the league office announced Monday. Lynch ran for 189 yards on 23 carries and completed 21-of-30 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown to lead the Huskies past...
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The 10th annual Thinking Outside The Tee Box girls mentoring event was held Saturday, Sept. 14, at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. A Chicagoland female business professional was paired with a female junior golfer between the ages of  11 and 17 in a scramble and mentoring activity. Before beginning the nine-hole scramble, groups visited...
Ken Bishop
Northern Illinois University defensive tackle Ken Bishop and wide receiver Tommylee Lewis earned Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors following NIU's 45-35 win at Idaho, the league office announced Monday.
Sarah Angelos
Northern Illinois senior Sarah Angelos (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division’s Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The honor is the second weekly award in Angelos’ career and the first for the Huskies in 2013. “Sarah and the team had a positive week,” said NIU head coach...
Jordan Lynch and Mathew Sims
Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch and kicker Mathew Sims garnered Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors following the Huskies’ 30-27 victory over Iowa, the league office announced Monday. Lynch picked up MAC West Offensive Player of the Week accolades, the fifth of his career, while Sims took MAC West Special Teams...
Alexis Gonzalez
The Northern Illinois volleyball team kept the No. 23 Ohio State Buckeyes close for the entirety of the match, but came just short in a 3-2 loss Saturday night at Victor E. Court. In front of a raucous home crowd, the Huskies notched 18 team blocks on the night to stymie the Ohio State attack...
Eight times, NIU and Iowa have taken to the gridiron in battle. Eight times, the Hawkeyes have walked away victors – even if only by one point thanks to a lone touchdown scored with 2:15 to play last Sept. 1 at Soldier Field. Coach Rod Carey, quarterback Jordan Lynch and the rest of the Huskie...
NIU football coach Rod Carey
Northern Illinois Athletics and the Northern Illinois IMG Sports Network will debut the 2013 editions of a pair of radio shows featuring plenty of Huskie football talk next week as “Inside Huskie Football” and “NIU Weekly” will kick off the 2013 campaign. “Inside Huskie Football” returns for its fourth season on the flagship station of...
MacKenzie Roddy
With 20-plus wins in each of the last three seasons and three consecutive Mid-American Conference title match berths, the Northern Illinois volleyball team again looks the part of a conference title contender in 2013. Head coach Ray Gooden enters his 12th season at the helm – tied for the longest tenure in program history –...
Fred Mitchell
Award-winning sportswriter Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune will be on NIU’s campus next month to deliver a talk on “Life Lessons Learned from Sports.” The Friends of the NIU Libraries will host the event at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the staff lounge on the lower level of Founders Memorial Library. The event is...
Nabal Jefferson
Northern Illinois football’s Nabal Jefferson added another prestigious honor and postgraduate scholarship to his trophy case today when was named the male winner of the 2013 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference. The award, named for the second commissioner in MAC history (1964-71), is selected by the league’s faculty athletics representatives and goes...
Jordan Lynch
Northern Illinois University quarterback Jordan Lynch continues to garner preseason attention as he was named Friday to the 2013 Manning Award Watch List. Created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the Manning Award honors the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances...
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