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Northern PACT logo
Hey, Huskies! Show your Northern PACT pride Saturday by wearing PACT shirts to the NIU women’s and men’s basketball games in the Convocation Center. Students can wear any PACT shirt. Prizes will be given out during both games; the women tip off at 5 p.m. The men tip at 7 p.m. To learn more on...
From left: Robert Weinberg, Gloria Balague and Daniel Gould
A panel of nationally renowned sports psychologists shared ideas Monday morning on how organized youth athletics can produce the kind of adults expected of such programs. During a 75-minute conversation in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center, the three professors addressed ways that parents and coaches can offer a positive situation and instill...
Sport psychologists to discuss emotional needs of young competitors
Ray Rice. Adrian Peterson. Lance Armstrong. Tony Stewart. Michael Vick. Tiger Woods. When athletes earn attention for all the wrong reasons – a problem that seems more and more frequent – their stories of take on lives of their own. Reports of such misconduct reach from the front pages through the sports sections. Apologies and...
Megan Greenfield
Eight Northern Illinois University sophomore student-athletes have been named to the newest class of “LEaD Huskies.” NIU Faculty Athletics Representative Matt Streb and Sean T. Frazier, associate vice president and director of Athletics made the announcement earlier this week. Introduced in 2013, the Leadership Enhancement and Development – or LEaD – Huskie program is designed to identify...
The annual NIU Baseball Leadoff Banquet begins at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at Acquaviva Winery in nearby Maple Park. The event will be an opportunity to meet and greet with Huskie players, as well as new head coach Mike Kunigonis, who will preview the 2015 season. Kunigonis, this year’s special guest speaker, was hired...
Rich Harvest Farms with NCAA logo
Northern Illinois University and Rich Harvest Farms, the home of the NIU men’s and women’s golf programs in Sugar Grove, Ill., have been selected to host the 2017 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships, the NCAA Golf Committees announced Thursday. NIU will host its first NCAA Championship final in any sport for the first time...
Chicago native Da’Ron Brown (Morgan Park HS), who finished his Northern Illinois University football career in 2014 as one of the Huskies’ all-time best wide receivers, has accepted an invitation to play in the 90th East-West Shrine Game. The game kicks off at 3 p.m. (CT) Saturday, Jan. 17, from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg,...
Carly Pederson
On the heels of last fall’s first trip to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals since 2007, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team has been recognized for its success in the classroom. Nine Huskies were named to the 2014 Women’s Soccer Academic All-MAC Team, the league announced Monday. Meanwhile, three members of the NIU cross...
Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s All-Midwest Region Team, the association announced Tuesday. Roddy was one of 14 honorees in the region that includes teams from the Big 12, Missouri Valley and Atlantic 10 Conferences, among others. The senior was also the top...
Joel Bouganon
Talk about déjà vu. One year has passed since NIU and Bowling Green faced off at Detroit’s Ford Field for Mid-American Conference bragging rights. Jordan Lynch’s undefeated and nationally ranked Huskies, who were looking for a third straight MAC crown during their fourth consecutive appearance in the Motor City, somehow went home on the wrong...
Ten Northern Illinois University football players were honored Wednesday by the Mid-American Conference as the league announced the 2014 All-MAC football teams as selected by the league coaches. Huskie offensive linemen Tyler Loos (Sterling, Ill./Sterling HS) and Andrew Ness (O’Fallon, Mo./Christian Brothers College), defensive end Jason Meehan (St. Louis, Mo./Webster Groves HS) and cornerback Paris...
New basketball floor
NIU Intercollegiate Athletics is introducing three new basketball mini-plans with options to fit most any schedule. Fans have two ways to see the NIU men’s basketball team for the remainder of the season. For $45, the “Saturday MAC Plan” gives fans the chance to see the Huskies clash with six Mid-American Conference rivals, including Toledo,...
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