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Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish is in New York City today, where he will be honored tonight as one of the National Football Foundation‘s 16 Scholar-Athletes for 2011 at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Already the recipients of an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship, one of the Scholar-Athletes will win the William V. Campbell...
Northern Illinois University’s Ryan Neir was named Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Neir played a big role in NIU’s defensive-minded win over Eastern Michigan Friday which clinched the MAC West title for Northern Illinois. Punting into a strong wind for half of the day, Neir kicked seven times for...
NIU football coach Dave Doeren has a plea for all Huskie football fans, especially those who are considering the Black Friday shopping madness. Skip the malls. Come to the game. “We have 19 seniors that are going to be … currently the fifth-winningest class in NIU football history. If we would find a way to...
Record-setting Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2011 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Wednesday. Harnish, who has led NIU to an 8-3 record and is the top dual threat quarterback in the nation this year, is a member of...
Despite trailing 2-0 to Bowling Green at the break, the Northern Illinois volleyball team bounced back to win the final three sets at the Stroh Center Saturday afternoon to end the Mid-American Conference regular season with the most wins (14) since 2001. The win for NIU (25-5, 14-2 MAC) marks its 13th straight win, which...
Five members of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team were named to the All-Mid American Conference team, announced Thursday by the league office. Senior Francis Otira (London, England/Finchley Catholic), junior Jordan Godsey (Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs) and sophomore James Stevenson (Falkirk, Scotland/St. Mungo’s) earned first team honors while sophomore Karim Darbaki (Faribualt, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary’s)...
In front of a large, boisterous crowd at Victor E. Court Saturday night, the Northern Illinois volleyball team swept Ball State in one of the nation’s most highly anticipated contests of the weekend. The Mid-American Conference West Division win for the Huskies (23-5, 12-2 MAC) ended a five-match losing streak to the Cardinals (22-5, 11-3)...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team will take to the court for the first time this season on Friday when it hosts Carthage College in an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. at the NIU Convocation Center. Friday’s contest will mark head coach Mark Montgomery’s first game along the sidelines for the Huskies. Montgomery, the 27th...
Northern Illinois senior quarterback Chandler Harnish has earned one of 16 spots in the 2011 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. The prestigious award provides postgraduate scholarships to an elite group of 16 players chosen from across all divisions of college...
The annual Huskie Basketball Tip-Off, featuring Northern Illinois head basketball coaches Mark Montgomery and Kathi Bennett, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown DeKalb. Montgomery, the first-year head coach of the NIU men’s basketball program, and Bennett, beginning her second season in charge of the...
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...
Northern Illinois volleyball outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The sophomore’s NIU-record ninth career selection marks the third consecutive week that she’s earned the honor. Last season, the 2010 MAC Player and Freshman of the Year was chosen as the league’s weekly...
