DeKALB – Hours after being announced as the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week, junior libero Crew Hoffmeier was named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week after a dominant start to her NIU volleyball career.
Hoffmeier recorded a team-high...
DeKALB – Thanks to a hat-trick in NIU men’s soccer’s victory over Aurora University Monday, senior midfielder Eddie Knight earned Huskie of the week honors.
Knight’s selection is the first of his career at NIU and marks men’s soccer’s first...
DeKALB – After leading NIU volleyball to its first win of the season, junior outside hitter Nikolette Nedic earned the first Huskie of the Week honor of the 2023-2024 school year.
Nedic was the focal point of the Huskie attack over the weekend, contributing...
DeKALB – After posting a career-high nine strikeouts in two straight games against the University at Buffalo Bulls, freshman utility player Danielle Stewart claimed her second career Huskie of the Week honor.
In Game 1 of the weekend series with...
DeKALB – Three days after winning MAC Golfer of the Week honors, sophomore Ben Sluzas was voted as Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week after a first place finish at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate.
Sluzas opened round one of the Robert Kepler...
DeKALB – Clutch hitting by junior infielder Eric Erato in Friday’s come from behind walk-off victory over Western Michigan University earned him his first Huskie of the Week honor.
Erato’s selection is baseball’s third straight Huskie of...
DeKALB – After his heroics in NIU baseball’s Easter Sunday win over Central Michigan University, junior infielder Aaron Harper nabbed his first Huskie of the Week honor.
With the Huskies trailing 5-4 and on the verge of being swept, Harper knocked...
DeKALB – NIU junior outfielder and catcher Colin Summerhill recorded seven RBIs (runs batted in) in the Huskies’ last four games, including a grand slam against Northwestern University. Summerhill’s dominant performance from the plate helped him...
DeKALB – Freshman utility player Danielle Stewart’s string of dominant pitching performances helped her net NIU softball’s first Huskie of the Week honor of the 2023 season.
Stewart pitched in all three games of a weekend series against Miami...
No. 12 ranked redshirt senior Izzak Olejnik’s victory over No. 10 redshirt junior Carson Kharchla in the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships helped Olejnik nab Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week honor.
Olejnik was named an All-American after his...
DeKALB – Senior forward A’Jah Davis broke the NIU women’s basketball double-double record in the team's 73-63 win over Eastern Michigan University on March 1 to earn her second Huskie of the Week honor.
Davis posted 19 points on 8-for-17 shooting...
DeKALB – Junior Scout Regular continued her dominant season for NIU women’s track and field when she won the 60-meter hurdles for the third time this season at the Badger Invitational.
This season, Regular is the top-ranked woman athlete in the...
