Scoring her first collegiate goal to power the Huskies over Eastern Illinois University on Sunday, NIU women’s soccer sophomore forward Alyssa Stephenson has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Locked 1-1 against the Panthers in...
Just four matches into her first season with NIU’s women’s soccer program, graduate student goalkeeper Morgan Lucich has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week — the first of the 2025-26 sports season.
Lucich, a transfer from UC...
For the third time this season, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Winning both of her singles matches at the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament, Ninova was named to the...
Becoming the first NIU baseball player to hit 2 grand slams in a single game, senior outfielder CJ Cepicky has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
In the Huskies record-breaking 27-11 upset of Northwestern University on April 15,...
Setting a school record for runs in a single game, NIU softball (14-22, 9-8 MAC) senior outfielder Jenna Turner has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Turner scored a combined 6 runs in the Huskies doubleheader against the University...
After wrapping up their first home tournament since the fall of 2021, the NIU men’s golf team left the Kishwaukee Collegiate victorious. The Huskies won behind a number of key performers, but freshman Jack Mulligan stood out.
Mulligan finished...
Fresh off a perfect weekend in singles competition, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week for the second time of the Huskies’ spring season.
After opening the weekend with a loss at No....
DeKALB – Redshirt sophomore pitcher Adam Brouwer’s gem on Saturday earned NIU baseball its second straight Huskie of the Week honor.
Brouwer totaled 7.2 innings pitched in Saturday’s matchup against Kent State, tallying five strikeouts and...
DeKALB – NIU senior outfielder/catcher Colin Summerhill earned his first Huskie of the Week honor of the 2024 season and the second of his NIU career for his record-tying performance Sunday.
Summerhill launched six home runs and drove in 13 runs...
After conquering the NIU career stolen bases record, senior infielder Caitlyn Shumaker has earned NIU softball’s first Huskie of the Week honor of the season.
Shumaker’s 61 steals surpasses Jill Carpenter, who set the record in 2000.
The Bellefontaine,...
DeKALB – For the first time ever, the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week honor has been shared between two NIU sophomore student-athletes.
Gymnast Kiera O’Shea and women’s tennis player Jenna Horne each earned a share of the Huskie of the Week...
DeKALB – Senior golfer Emily Romancew earned her first Huskie of the Week honor of her career after finishing first overall at the Northern Arizona University Red Rocks Invitational Sunday. Eleven birdies propelled Romancew into the three-under par...
