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NIU Athletics Hall of Fame members and inductees gather on stage on Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Seven new members of the Hall of Fame were inducted as part of the 36th induction ceremony. (Skyler Kisellus | Northern Star)

NIU Athletics celebrates 2024 Hall of Fame inductees

By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter | October 19, 2024

DeKALB – On the eve of the 117th Homecoming Football game, former NIU men’s track and field star Matt Byrnes stood at the podium. Still wearing the same handlebar mustache he rocked in his athletic hayday in the 1970s, Byrnes regaled the audience...