DeKALB – NIU Athletics hosts its annual Victor E. Bash event in May of 2023. Fans and alumni have the option to attend this event in person or virtually. The event will take place from May 1 to May 6.
To start the Bash on May 1, auction items such...
The NIU gymnastics team saw three of its players participate in the NCAA Denver Regional on March 31 at the University of Denver.
Huskies regional participants were junior Alyssa Al-Ashari, senior Natalie Hamp and sophomore Emmalise Nock.
"Super...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 12, 2023
DeKALB – Standing at the podium in front of the crowd gathered at Victor E. Court during her first appearance as the new head coach of NIU volleyball on Tuesday, Sondra Parys shared a brief moment with her father, Joe.
“I know you’ve always wanted...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| November 18, 2022
DeKALB – Ray Gooden will no longer serve as NIU's head volleyball coach after NIU Athletics announced it will not renew Gooden’s contract, NIU’s Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean Frazier announced Friday.
Gooden’s NIU career...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| August 27, 2022
Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Famer Jim McKinzie passed away peacefully at age 90 in Sterling, Illinois on Aug. 8, 2022. McKinzie was inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame three times, once as an individual in 1992 and earlier...
President Lisa Freeman and Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced on Aug. 18 M. Courtney Hughes as NIU’s NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative.
“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. M. Courtney Hughes to Huskie Athletics...
This week, Red & Black sat down with head coach John Carlson and players Reece Nilsen and Tommy Dunsire to talk about the teams upcoming spring season, evaluation of the fall slate and the hunger in the team room for a home MAC championship...
DeKALB — Three-time Mid-American Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year Adrian Myers will leave NIU to become the Director of Cross Country at Tulane.
Tulane Athletic Director Troy Dannen said he was impressed by Myers tenure at NIU.
"I'm...
Courtney Woods, redshirt senior forward for the women’s basketball team and Brisbane, Australia native, finds herself far from home during a national disaster. Burning since September, the Australian bushfires have destroyed approximately 27 million...
DeKALB — Another overtime victory is in the books for the men’s soccer team, extending its streak to four consecutive victories. The Huskies won 2-1 Saturday against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks in Macomb.Both teams posted 14 shots,...
