Tom Porten, NIU men’s golf coach, sat down with the Northern Star to find out who his favorite golfer is and what his pre-game rituals are. Northern Star: Do you have any pre-game rituals? Tom Porten: Yes. I always carry three dimes in my left pocket...
Bryce Emory, a junior on the NIU men’s golf team, has taken several underclassmen under his wing this season. Emory has shown the young Huskies shows how to have fun and when to be serious. Tom Porten, NIU golf coach, said Emory is a leader to the underclassmen...
Over the past month, Kurtis Luedtke, NIU men’s golfer, had a conflicting schedule. “It’s really hard,” Luedtke said. “You have to learn how to compartmentalize your life. When you’re on the course, you can’t think about school, and when...
NIU men’s golf was in action over the weekend at the Irish Creek Collegiate, down in Kannapolis, N.C. The Huskies looked to continue their success of four straight events of placing of fourth or better, which dates back to them taking third place in...
NIU men’s golf took third place at the FAU Spring Break Championship this weekend. The Huskies finished in front of several Big 10 schools and many schools who were ranked in front of them heading into the event. “I feel real good that our team and...
NIU men’s and women’s golf will both be in action over the weekend. The women’s team will head south to Carbondale to play in the SIU Invitational. The Huskies are coming off a seventh place finish in the NIU Snowbird. “Well, it was great. We...
Led by junior Bryce Emory, NIU men’s golf wrapped up the 54-hole UCF Rio Pinar Invitational with a fourth place team score of 870. “We held on to fourth place in a good field, and we beat all the schools from our conference,” said NIU coach Tom...
NIU men’s golf team hit the links Monday competting in the UCF Rio Pinar Invitational in Orlando, Fla. Coming off a third-place finish at the MAC Match Play last month, the Huskies turned in a 36-hole total of 582, which earned them fourth place at...
As an NIU student, there are a lot of things to pay for.The biggest of these, of course, is tuition.According to NIU's bursar tuition estimator, an average, 12 credit hour student pays an estimated yearly tuition of $10,661.68.This grand total includes...
NIU's men's golf hit the links for the Mid-American Match Play Monday and Tuesday at the South Course Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club in Dade City, Fla.Wins by Nick Schiavi, Griffin Bauman, Matt Gorman and Kurtis Luedtke against Miami (Ohio) highlighted...
Conversations about flashlights generally do not result in the purchase of a $150,000 van. But, when alumnus Jerry Rich asks what the NIU golf programs are in need of, somehow the discussion ends with such a resolution. Rich, whose golf course, Rich Harvest...
After knocking in 10 runs, NIU baseball third baseman Troy White earned MAC West Player of the Week. This is the second time White has garnered the award this season. The Chicago, Ill. native was a huge component of the Huskies' success during their 4-1...
