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Dedicated Cesarek vaults team into 1990’s

By Wes Swietek | February 14, 1990

Ideally, college sports may not be best exemplified by the exploits of the student-giants running around on the gridiron and hardwood courts. The dedication and balance between academics and athletics is often best illustrated by the participants in the...

Stewart earns NIU’s initial AMCU award

September 19, 1989

Not only has NIU golfer Rick Stewart received recognition for his talents, he's made Huskie history. The NIU junior became the first Huskie to be awarded Athlete of the Week status by the Association of Mid-Continent Universities—NIU's new men's conference...

Golfers en route to weekend play

September 14, 1989

Both the men's and women's golf teams tee it up this weekend in their respective tournaments. Head coach Jack Pheanis and his men's team open the fall season with Friday through Sunday's (Sept. 15-17) Association of Mid-Continent Univerities/University...

SMSU an AMCU power

By Jeff Kirik | July 11, 1989

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

Huskie baseball in on-deck circle

By Jeff Kirik | June 27, 1989

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

Hudson resigns position

June 20, 1989

Clarence Hudson, NIU associate athletic director, resigned effective June 2 to take a position with a former employer. Hudson came to NIU last July after working for four years at Ruan Transportation Management systems where he will return to work in...

Women golfers second in winday Indiana tourney

By Bob Regan | April 9, 1989

Concentration and patience prevailed for the NIU women's golf team over the weekend, and the traits earned the linksters a second-place finish at the 15-team University of Indiana Invitational. Adverse weather conditions hampered the play of the entire...

Groth gets promotion to associate AD post

By Jeff Kirik | January 20, 1989

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

America’s pastime gone from NIU too long

By Bob Regan | November 2, 1988

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

Hall of Fame inducts former Huskies

October 23, 1988

NIU will induct 12 former Huskie greats into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame Friday, Oct. 28 at the Holmes Student Center's Blackhawk Room as part of the 81st Homecoming weekend festivities. The reception begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a 7 p.m....

Weekend awaits golfers for NIU/Ellwood tourney

September 29, 1988

This weekend the NIU men's golf team host a 54-hole NIU/Ellwood Greens Invitational at the Ellwood Greens Country Club in Genoa, Ill. While Ellwood Greens is not a true home course, the players have some familiarity with it. Eleven other teams will participate...

Viverito is just one of the guys

By Kari Brackett | September 28, 1988

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...