Bob Brigham took over as NIU's athletic director in 1968. He achieved his first major accomplishment in 1969 by getting the Huskie football program into NCAA Division I-A. Brigham donned the cardinal and black for 50 years as a student-athlete, assistant...

Kirk Mango is a two-time Division I All-American and a three-time NCAA Championships qualifier. The "Lord of the Rings" won a National Championship on the still rings in 1979, defeating Indiana State's Kurt Thomas on April 7. Mango placed second on the...

Knowing exactly what to expect, NIU gymnasts Holly Reichard and Jennifer Naughton jumped into NCAA Regionals with their fear far behind them. Both the sophomore and senior made the trip to regionals last year, and a year's experience proved to be all...

"It was basically the happiest news I could have got." That's what senior Jennifer Naughton said about earning a bid to the NCAA regional in Fayetteville, Ark. this Saturday with teammates Holly Reichard and Leah Johnson. "It was pretty much unbelievable...

Holly Reichard and Jennifer Naughton earned NCAA bids in the all-around and balance beam respectively for the competition on Saturday, April 4 at Fayetteville, Ark. Reichard was named the 2009 MAC Gymnast of the Year by league coaches while Naughton became...

On Friday, sophomore Holly Reichard was named MAC Gymnast of the Year. On Saturday, she and MAC Senior of the Year Jennifer Naughton led the NIU gymnastics squad to a third-place finish at the MAC Championship in Muncie, Ind. The Huskies, with a score...

On the eve of the MAC Championships the NIU gymnastics team saw two its members honored by the Mid-American Conference. Sophomore Holly Reichard was named the MAC Gymnast of the Year for her performances, leading the Huskies is nearly every event this...

A positive streak is always a good thing when heading into the postseason and the NIU gymnastics team has exactly that going for it. NIU heads into the MAC Championships on Saturday in Munice, Ind. following two of its top three scores this season. After...

Senior gymnast Jennifer Naughton was named Gymnast of the Week, making it the fourth time a Huskie has been given the award. Naughton joins two-time winner Holly Reichard and Natalie Blum. Naughton won the balance beam competition at the Illinois Classic,...

Kirk Mango remembers the feeling like it was yesterday. He was standing in the middle of the Chick Evans Field House. The old basketball arena was crowded. Fans spilled out of the bleachers onto the floor. Those who showed up on time didn't have a seat,...

A trio of NIU gymnasts have led the way for Mark Sontag and Co., and that trio did the same in the Huskies' 195.850-192.975 loss to No. 18 Minnesota on Saturday night. Holly Reichard, Natalie Blum and Jennifer Naughton led the charge for the Huskies,...

Kent State stuck it to the NIU gymnastic's team Sunday afternoon, proving its reign in the MAC. While the Huskies (4-2 overall, 3-2 MAC) celebrated ‘Stick it Pink,' an effort to increase breast cancer awareness, the Golden Flashes came out victorious...