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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Welcoming you to the world of NIU sports

August 18, 2005

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Phillips replaces long-time AD Groth

By Nathan Lindquist | May 9, 2005

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-05 school year... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. After spending more than 20 years in the NIU athletics department,...

New facility good for university, but plans for more are needed

By Sean Connor | April 26, 2005

No more will NIU football coach Joe Novak have to use the Convocation Center as the prime recruiting venue. No more will NIU athletes have to weight train in Huskie Stadium’s junior college-type weight room. And no more will NIU be at the butt-end of...

Women’s tennis player gets award

By Ian Waddick | April 20, 2005

After splitting a pair of matches against MAC opponents over the weekend, NIU’s Chrissy Svetlic was named MAC Player of the Week on Tuesday. Over the past week, Svetlic won all four of her singles and doubles matches. "She’s playing rather high in...

Bridging the gap

By Melissa Blake | April 18, 2005

After the passage of Title IX 33 years ago, 59 percent of NIU athletes are male and 41 percent are female, official records show. "We take [gender equity] very seriously, and we very much believe in gender equity," Athletics Director Jim Phillips said....

Sims is named NIU men’s hoops MVP

By Nathan Lindquist | March 22, 2005

Junior college transfer Cory Sims was announced as the NIU men’s basketball team’s most valuable player at Monday night’s end of season banquet. The 6-foot-1 guard was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and first in assists (4.75 apg) while...

Peterson awarded

By Ian Waddick | March 1, 2005

After winning its second consecutive game Sunday, the NIU men’s basketball team received more good news when forward Todd Peterson was named the MAC West Player of the Week on Monday. For the week, the junior averaged 15 points and 5.5 rebounds a game...

Santoro already raking in the awards

By Ian Waddick | February 22, 2005

After missing almost all of the 2004 season because of injury, NIU slugger Mike Santoro is back in a big way. The senior outfielder hit three home runs in the Huskies’ season opening series at Texas Tech and on Monday was named the MAC West Division...

Coaching over cars

By Jarrod Rice | February 8, 2005

When you are a former Olympian, owning a car rental franchise just doesn’t quench your competitive thirst. That’s what new NIU track and field coach Connie Teaberry found herself doing until a new opportunity came knocking. "I owned my Avis franchise,...

Simon MAC’s ‘best pure hitter’

By Ian Waddick | January 25, 2005

The season has yet to begin, but NIU slugger Scott Simon is already accumulating awards. The junior first baseman, who hit .374 and finished with a team-high 71 RBIs last season, was named by Baseball America to the preseason All-MAC squad Wednesday....

Former Olympian named as new NIU track and field coach

By Jarrod Rice | December 2, 2004

New NIU track and field coach Connie Teaberry has been there and done that when it comes to her sport. When NIU Athletics Director Jim Phillips announced Nov. 23 that the former Olympian Teaberry would be the new coach, he knew he was getting a coach...

Track and field looking for a coach

By Steve Brown | October 12, 2004

Runners for NIU women’s cross country didn’t expect to be midseason without a coach. But after former cross country and track and field coach Shantel Twiggs took a head track position at the University of Nevada-Reno in mid-September, they decided...