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...
DeKALB – Redshirt freshman Blake West’s electrifying overtime win over Northwestern University redshirt senior Michael DeAugustino netted him this week’s Huskie of the Week honor.
West’s performance brought the Convocation Center crowd to its...
DeKALB – Two consecutive double-double performances from senior forward A’Jah Davis helped secure her first career Northern Star Huskie of the Week award.
In a loss to Ball State University on Feb. 1, Davis posted 12 points and 13 rebounds. She...
DeKALB – Sophomore guard David Coit has become the first NIU student-athlete to gather back-to-back Northern Star Huskie of the Week honors.
Coit led the Huskies with 32 points in the Jan. 24 win over the top seeded team in the Mid-American Conference,...
DeKALB – NIU sophomore guard David Coit scored 21 or more points in back-to-back games on his way to receiving the Northern Star’s first Huskie of the Week honor of Spring 2023.
Coit led the Huskies in scoring during their recent matchups with...
DeKALB – Graduate guard Janae Poisson is the second women’s basketball player in as many weeks to be named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week after a historic performance against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks on Thursday.
Poisson...
DeKALB – Senior guard Chelby Koker has become the first NIU women’s basketball player to earn Huskie of the Week honors, two days after NIU’s 86-79 defeat of the DePaul University Blue Demons on Saturday.
Koker headed up NIU’s scoring efforts...
DeKALB – A 23-kill weekend performance by senior outside hitter Katie Jablonski from NIU volleyball has earned her the title of the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Jablonski led the Huskie offense during Saturday’s 3-0 victory over the Central...
DeKALB – A pair of goals scored in the NIU women’s soccer team’s 2-0 over Eastern Michigan University on Thursday earned freshman forward Amber Best the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week honors.
Best was assisted by freshman midfielder Aubrey...
DeKALB – Graduate student Tommy Dunsire added a selection as the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week to his weekend resume following a record-setting outing at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational.
Dunsire fired off a score of eight under par...
