Kelly Smith, women’s basketball freshman forward, takes the No. 3 spot in Sports’ top five newcomers after playing a key role on an injury-riddled NIU squad.Smith averaged nine points (third best among MAC freshman) and 4.1 rebounds per game as she...
Drew Hare, football redshirt sophomore quarterback, deservedly lines up at No. 7 in Sports’ countdown of top 10 athletes.Not only did Hare lead NIU to its third MAC Championship in four years, but he did it while replacing a legend in Jordan Lynch,...
Track and field takes fourth on Sports’ list of top five stories as it enjoyed a historic two-day stretch at the MAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 27-28 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.The Huskies took first place in three events, winning the pentathlon, 60-meter...
Women’s tennis failed to qualify for the MAC Championships as it went 0-2 over the weekend to close the season.The Huskies (11-9, 2-6 MAC) dropped a 6-1 decision to the Akron Zips on Friday in Akron, Ohio. Their hopes were dashed when they lost, 4-3,...
Da’Ron Brown, football redshirt senior wide receiver, takes the No. 9 spot on Sports’ countdown after highlighting a depleted receiving corps in 2014.Brown, who earned All-MAC Second Team honors, led all receivers with 68 receptions for 1,065 yards...
Isaac Kannah, men’s soccer senior forward, checks in at No. 10 on Sports’ list of the top 10 athletes of 2014-15.Kannah garnered All-MAC First Team honors while leading the Huskies in points (12), goals (four) and assists (four). His four goals in...
Women’s tennis senior Nelle Youel’s final match of her 20-0 season proved to be one of her toughest matches of 2015. She wouldn’t have had it any other way.Youel finished the spring season with a pair of victories over the weekend. She beat Akron’s...
Freshman jumper Chennel Palmer didn’t know exactly what she had signed up for when she joined track and field 100 or so days ago.Palmer came to the United States from Jamaica in January to attend NIU. While Palmer said the competition level is higher,...
Defense stole the show in the third annual Huskie Bowl as Team Black shut out Team Cardinal Saturday at Huskie Stadium.Team Black picked off Team Cardinal on the third play off the scrimmage, running it back for a touchdown, and the 21-0 rout was on.“Anytime...
Redshirt junior quarterback Drew Hare would have a grade of “B” in offensive coordinator Bob Cole’s book — unless Cole was using NIU’s plus-minus grading system.Cole, also the quarterbacks coach, said he’d give Hare a grade of 80 out of 100...
The Black squad slowly walked off the field at the Chessick Practice Center around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, staring down the Cardinal squad, which was still running plays in preparation for Huskie Bowl III. As the Cardinal squad, practicing on the western...
Football will generate a net $555,000 in guaranteed money through its four 2015 non-conference games.The payments from one school to another for non-conference games — referred to as guarantee game money or guaranteed money — mainly help offset the...
