All 17 Northern Illinois teams surpassed the national standards for academic progress measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) through its Academic Progress Rate (APR) for 2013, the eighth consecutive year that every NIU team has...

NIU Social Summer is BACK! A year ago, NIU Athletics initiated an effort across its social media platforms to keep its fans up-to-date and involved with their favorite athletics program throughout the summer months. With excitement already building for...

Northern Illinois senior Jenelle McCalla (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin Secondary School) and junior Juliane Totzke (Graefenroda, Germany/Carl Zeiss Gymnasium) were both named to the Mid-American Conference's Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-C...

Fifty Northern Illinois University student-athletes representing 15 Huskie teams celebrated commencement along with their classmates on Saturday, May 11 at the NIU Convocation Center, bringing the total number of student-athletes graduates for 2012-13 ...

Northern Illinois senior Janay Mitchell (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck HS) took third place in the 100 meters, added a point to the Huskies' team total with an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters and ran on the 4 x 100 meter relay team that collected another...

NIU's Natalie Tarter broke the school record in the heptathlon, Sidra Sherrill matched her career best in the shot put and two Huskies advanced to Saturday's finals, highlighting Northern Illinois' day at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track & Fie...