Katie Leb: Snow's melting and the world is beginning to be a happy place again. It must mean that spring sports are hitting the field. I for one am pumped to get out in the fresh air and watch some competitive sports. Jimmy Johnson: I am too, Katie. I...
Men's golf competing in Arizona tournament to kick off season Head coach Tom Porten and the NIU men's golf team traveled west yesterday to kick off the spring 2011 season at the Washington State Snowman Invitational in Chandler, Ariz. Fourteen teams were...
Catch these short updates from different NIU sports teams: Huskie Hockey loses two, but clinches playoff birth Who says a loss can’t be a bad thing? A Friday night, 5-4 overtime loss to Loyola University was just enough to clinch the Huskies’ first...
Coffman named POTW NIU defensive end Jake Coffman was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. The senior ensured a Huskies' win against Western Michigan on Saturday when he intercepted an Alex Carder pass on the Broncos final drive of...
Xavier Silas has been told by many people close to him that he needs to find an escape from basketball. After a summer in which he literally traveled around the world, his friends, family and peers soon realized that the NIU men's basketball forward needed...
For his performance against Akron on Saturday, NIU quarterback<a href="http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100410aaa.html"target="_blank">Chandler Harnish received MAC West OffensivePlayer of the Week honors. The redshirt junior threw...
Men's golf Earlier this week, the NIU men's golf team broke the seal on its 2010 season as it grabbed a 12th place finish at the Marshall Invitational. The Huskies were led by Bryce Emory, who enjoyed a career best performance in the final round with...
Cross Country opens season, finishes sixthLast Friday, the NIU cross country team opened its 2010 regular season with a sixth place finish at the Wisconsin Badger Classic. Sophomore Courtney Oldenburg led the way for the Huskies, with an eighth place...
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...
Jack Pheanis is a four-time NIU Hall of Famer and served NIU for 49 years. As head men's golf coach for 37 years, Pheanis coached All-Americans Mick Soli and Greg Dick. On the links, the Huskies won two MAC titles (1976 and 1985), one IIAC (1960) and...
Mick Soli was the first Division-I All-American for NIU in men's golf. He was also a two-time MAC Medalist in 1975 and 1976. Soli was a three-time All-MAC pick from 1974 to 1976 and in those same years qualified for the NCAA Tournament. He was the No....
Wind, sleet and rain couldn't stop the NIU women's golf team. Keeping their minds off the elements, the Huskies took second place at the Loyola University Invitational. NIU's three-stroke deficit after day one expanded to 12 despite a seven-stroke improvement...
