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Phillips adds 2 to athletics staff

By Lacy Searcy | March 30, 2006

NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips added to his staff Wednesday. Phillips hired Tim McMurray as Associate Athletics Director for Development and Major Gifts Officer and David White as AADD and Annual Fund Director. Both are expected to begin their duties...

Uptmor makes All-Academic

By Nathan Lindquist | March 23, 2006

Senior center Jennifer Uptmor concluded her NIU career by earning MAC First-Team All-Academic thanks to her 3.75 grade point average. This marked the first time Uptmor, who averaged four points and 4.8 rebounds per game, was named to the 10-person squad....

Gettin’ their roll on

By Ben Gross | March 7, 2006

Gymnast Amy Ristvedt could feel the pressure as she stood alone in front of the crowded venue. It was late in the match and all eyes were focused on her. She took a breath, set her form and made a move. Seconds later, Ristvedt realized her performance...

Seniors going for record

By Nathan Lindquist | February 23, 2006

Anthony Maestranzi and Todd Peterson have a chance to break the NIU record for games played in a career. The seniors have yet to miss a game in four years and have played in 112 consecutive games. If both play the rest of the games this season and the...

Baseball shakes off rust for tournament

By James Nokes | February 16, 2006

After a 19-day layoff, the NIU baseball team will take the field Feb. 24 through 26 at the Evansville Tournament. NIU is set to play Eastern Illinois, Evansville and Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the three-day tournament. The Huskies are currently 0-3 on the...

Fiery Broncos thump Huskies

By James Nokes | January 19, 2006

For one of the few times this season, the Western Michigan women’s basketball team fired on all cylinders last night in Kalamazoo. WMU burst out of the gate with dead-eye 12 of 13 field goal attempt accuracy, and posted a convincing 78-65 final verdict....

NIU hosts Spartans at Convo

By Ben Gross | November 22, 2005

The NIU men’s basketball team will search for its first win of the season against the Spartans this Saturday at the Convocation Center. The game, starting at 4:05 p.m., won’t be against the well-known Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten, but the...

Injury brings out NIU’s best

By Nathan Lindquist | November 7, 2005

On ESPN Saturday night, college football analyst Mark May gave a game helmet to senior wide receiver Sam Hurd for his 12-catch, 266-yard performance against Central Michigan. He also should have handed out two more helmets; one each to Dan Nicholson and...

Breaking it Down

By Nathan Lindquist | November 2, 2005

After completing season No. 5 of franchise mode in Madden 2006, calling a play in a real football game is easy, right? Well for all the armchair quarterbacks out there, it's not. On actual turf, more coordination and execution is involved than most people...

Athletic partners range from corporate to local

By Sean Connor | October 18, 2005

With donations ranging from world-wide corporations to the home-town bar and grill, the NIU Athletics Department partially funds its 496 athletes and 17 athletic programs. Gatorade, Adidas, Pepsi, Allstate, Applebee’s, Castle Bank, Fatty’s, Culver’s...

Wolfe, Harris out with injuries

By Nathan Lindquist | October 17, 2005

NIU football coach Joe Novak is thankful for his depth at running back right about now. Starting junior running back Garrett Wolfe and senior backup A.J. Harris both suffered injuries in Saturday’s game versus Eastern Michigan that will likely keep...

Specialist

By Sean Connor | September 26, 2005

Call him the waiter, mailman, the dime-dropper or simply the playmaker. Junior Jose Alvarado of the NIU men’s soccer team has become a master of the assist in his three years as a Huskie. NIU went 3-0-1 to start the season before losing two games in...