INDIANAPOLIS – Prep players may have to wait a little longer to start accepting scholarship offers.

All 17 of Northern Illinois University’s intercollegiate athletic team have surpassed the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate for 2008-09, marking the fifth consecutive year that every NIU team has made the grade. The NCAA released its complete 2008-09 Division I APR report Wednesday.

Northern Illinois women’s tennis coach Ryun Ferrell announced the dates for the Northern Illinois tennis clinics and high school team camp on Wednesday. The program begins with two free clinics, on Wednesday, June 2 and Thursday, June 3. 

The top Mid-American Conference institutional awards were handed out Wednesday as Kent State was awarded the Reese Trophy representing the top men's athletic program and the Jacoby Trophy representing the top women's athletic program.

Freshman Northern Illinois men’s tennis player Maksym Bartiuk capped off his stellar debut campaign by being named the Mid-American Conference Newcomer of the Year, and a First-Team All-MAC performer, the conference office announced Tuesday.  Additionally, senior Javier Bernabe earned the Jack Vredevelt Sportsmanship Award, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.    

The Huskies won the first set in five-of the top six singles flights, and claimed straight-set wins at both the No. 4 and No. 5 singles positions, but dropped the doubles point, and came up short in a 4-2 decision versus Toledo in the first-round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Courts.

Maksym Bartiuk walked into the room with a smile on his face, his mop of black hair hiding under a Northern Illinois baseball cap and a two bags of junk food swinging back and forth in each hand.

Senior Javier Bernabe picked up his 11th singles victory of the season to lead to three wins throughout the middle of the singles lineup, but the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team dropped the doubles point, and fell in a 4-3 dual match decision at SIU-Edwardsville on Thursday evening.    

Freshman Maksym Bartiuk continued his torrid stretch through the Mid-American Conference with his tenth-consecutive win at the No. 1 position, but the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision versus host Western Michigan at the Sorensen Courts in Kalamazoo Friday afternoon. 

After undergoing an 18-month, campus-wide effort to study its intercollegiate athletics program as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics certification program, Northern Illinois University has received the highest classification of "certified," the NCAA announced Thursday. This is the third time Northern Illinois has successfully gone through the organization's certification process.

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team captured the decisive doubles point, and recorded individual singles wins at the No. 2, third, No. 5 and sixth singles positions, tallying a shortened 5-0 dual match win over visiting Lewis in the Huskies’ home opener at the Huskie Tennis Courts Friday afternoon.   

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Northern Illinois men's tennis team captured the doubles point for the second time this season, and picked up three individual wins in singles play, leading to a 4-3 dual match win over Connecticut on Wednesday.

The Northern Illinois men's tennis team captured individual wins in each of the top four singles flights, recording a 4-3, non-conference win over defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Southern Illinois at the Forest City Tennis Center in Rockford on Sunday afternoon.

ROCKFORD – The Northern Illinois men's tennis team captured the decisive doubles point for the first time this season, and recorded four wins in singles play en route to a convincing 5-2 win over visiting Eastern Illinois at Clocktower Resort in Rockford on Friday evening.

The Northern Illinois men's tennis team recorded wins at the respective second, third, fourth and fifth singles slots, securing coach Patrick Fisher'sfirst-career win with a 4-3 decision over Detroit at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility in East Lansing, Mich., Friday afternoon.

CHICAGO – Freshman Maksym Bartiuk posted his third-consecutive singles win, remaining unbeaten in his young college career, but the Northern Illinois men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision versus host DePaul on Friday.

Northern Illinois head men’s tennis coach Patrick Fisher announced Wednesday the signing of Chicago native and Walter Payton Prep High School product Matt Goralka, who will begin his four-year eligibility with the Huskies beginning in the Fall 2010 season.  Goralka represents the fourth signing under Fisher, who was hired as NIU’s coach on Aug. 21. 

Northern Illinois men's tennis coach Patrick Fisher announced Monday the addition of three international recruits that have signed National Letters of Intent to play tennis and continue their education at Northern Illinois. All three players have enrolled in classes for the spring semester, and will begin their eligibility for the upcoming 2009-10 season.