![NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea is introduced ahead of the first session of the semifinals round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional on Thursday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. O’Shea made her NCAA Regional debut Thursday after battling sickness and injuries during her first two years as a college gymnast. (Courtesy of Meaghan Frazier)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1432-1200x800.jpg)
Through illness and injury, O’Shea prospers
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| April 4, 2024
![NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea salutes at the end of her vault routine during the Huskies’ home-opening tri-meet against Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 28 at the Convocation Center. O’Shea was one of two NIU gymnasts to qualify for NCAA Regionals on Monday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Image-from-iOS-1-1200x878.jpg)
COLUMN: NIU’s keys to breaking through regionals
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| March 28, 2024
![A graphic shows sophomores Jenna Horne and Kiera OShea as the first ever Co-Huskies of the Week. OShea and Horne came up with big performances for their respective squads en route to their first career Huskie of the Week awards. (Eddie Miller | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/COHOTW3.png)
Kiera O’Shea, Jenna Horne share Huskie of the Week honors
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| March 25, 2024
![Then-junior gymnast Alyssa Al-Ashari starts her beam routine at the EMU gymnastics meet on Feb. 17. Al-Ashari was named to the All-MAC second team Tuesday. (Northern Star File Photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/gym-1200x799.jpg)
Al-Ashari, O’Shea named to All-MAC Second Team
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| March 19, 2024
![NIU junior gymnast Isabella Sissi competes on floor during the second rotation of a quad-meet Sunday inside the James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sissi finished second in the all-around with a score of 39.050 as NIU finished third in the meet, behind North Carolina State University and Iowa State University, with a team score of 195.200. (Courtesy of NC State Athletics)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4255-1200x800.jpg)
O’Shea vault title lands NIU third place in N.C.
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| March 4, 2024
![NIU gymnasts cheer and head coach Sam Morreale oversees the start of sophomore Kiera O’Shea’s vault routine during Sunday’s dual meet against Kent State University at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio. O’Shea tied for first place on the event after implementing a Yurchenko full-and-a-half into her anchoring routine. (Cadence Pierce | Kent Stater)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NIUGymn_Kent03-1200x800.jpg)
Gymnastics falls to flashy Kent State
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| February 12, 2024
![Junior gymnast Isabella Sissi poses during her floor exercise routine at NIU gymnastics and wrestlings Beauty and the Beast meet Friday. Sissi, an all-arounder, finished Fridays quad meet with a total score of 39.100. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BeautyBeast-03-1200x880.jpg)
Gymnastics take second at Beauty and the Beast meet
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| February 10, 2024
![NIU sophomore Kiera OShea strikes a pose during her floor exercise routine at a Jan. 13 meet against Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. OShea scored a 9.900 on vault, a score that is tied for the fourth-best in program history. (Courtesy of Dena Martz)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/090A9476-800x1200.jpg)
Huskies explode with team-record scoring in ‘meet of the year’
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter
| January 20, 2024
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