After scoring his first collegiate goals in NIU men’s soccer’s 4-1 win against Governors State University, freshman forward Tobias Crear has been named this week’s Northern Star Huskie of the Week.
His first goal came in the 82nd minute, collecting...
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| September 15, 2025
After being named to the Hampton Inn Invitational All-Tournament team Sunday, NIU volleyball sophomore outside hitter Emma McCartney has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
In every match at the tournament, which was hosted by Indiana...
After being named the MVP of the NIU Invitational, NIU volleyball junior middle blocker Autumn Flynn has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
In the NIU-hosted tournament where the Huskies faced Merrimack College, Indiana State University...
Scoring her first collegiate goal to power the Huskies over Eastern Illinois University on Sunday, NIU women’s soccer sophomore forward Alyssa Stephenson has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Locked 1-1 against the Panthers in...
Just four matches into her first season with NIU’s women’s soccer program, graduate student goalkeeper Morgan Lucich has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week — the first of the 2025-26 sports season.
Lucich, a transfer from UC...
For the third time this season, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Winning both of her singles matches at the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament, Ninova was named to the...
Becoming the first NIU baseball player to hit 2 grand slams in a single game, senior outfielder CJ Cepicky has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
In the Huskies record-breaking 27-11 upset of Northwestern University on April 15,...
Setting a school record for runs in a single game, NIU softball (14-22, 9-8 MAC) senior outfielder Jenna Turner has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Turner scored a combined 6 runs in the Huskies doubleheader against the University...
After wrapping up their first home tournament since the fall of 2021, the NIU men’s golf team left the Kishwaukee Collegiate victorious. The Huskies won behind a number of key performers, but freshman Jack Mulligan stood out.
Mulligan finished...
Fresh off a perfect weekend in singles competition, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week for the second time of the Huskies’ spring season.
After opening the weekend with a loss at No....
NIU gymnastics junior Kiera O’Shea earned this week’s Huskie of the Week award after finishing in fourth place all-around at the Mid-American Conference Championship on Saturday and earning a spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament on Monday.
Competing...
Huskie redshirt junior pitcher Adam Brouwer has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week for the second time in his career after his 13 strikeouts on Friday paved the way for NIU’s series sweep over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
He...
