NIU Huskies - Gymnastics
June 24, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS – Prep players may have to wait a little longer to start accepting scholarship offers.
June 15, 2010
Northern Illinois announced the latest additions to its Athletics Hall of Fame on Tuesday as one team and four individuals make up the 2010 class and will be inducted into prestigious company on Oct. 22 as the Huskies celebrate Hall of Fame Weekend/Varsity Club Day during the fall home football weekend.
June 9, 2010
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.
May 26, 2010
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.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After scoring just 22 points all season in mop-up duty, Missouri freshman forward Tyler Stone has no illusions of bolting college for the NBA after a single year.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The NCAA has a message for would-be college athletes hoping to use online courses to bolster their high school transcripts: proceed with caution.
April 20, 2010
Northern Illinois University gymnastics has added USA Level 10 gymnasts Natasha Jufko (Spring Hill, Fla./Pasco-Hernando HS) and Megan Melendez (Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS) to the Huskies' 2010-2011 roster, NIU women's gymnastics coach Mark Sontag announced Monday.
April 15, 2010
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.
April 11, 2010
Northern Illinois sophomore Ashley Guerra made her NCAA Regional debut Saturday night as an individual participant on uneven parallel bars in Columbia, Mo., earning a score of 9.000, but more importantly, invaluable experience to take into her next two seasons at NIU.
March 31, 2010
Sophomore Ashley Guerra will represent Northern Illinois at the 2010 NCAA South Central Gymnastics Regional on April 10 in Columbia, Mo. where she will compete on the uneven parallel bars as the NCAA announced the 2010 National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships regional participants on Monday.
March 27, 2010
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Northern Illinois gymnastics put together its best overall performance of the season at the Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday to take fourth place at the league meet with a season-high score of 193.200.
March 26, 2010
Blum hopes to advance to regionals
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Northern Illinois sophomore gymnast Ashley Guerra has been selected the Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Year in voting by MAC coaches, the league office announced Friday from Bowling Green, Ohio, site of Saturday's Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships.
March 20, 2010
NORMAL, Ill. - Northern Illinois recorded its best performance of the year on vault, the Huskies' final event of the meet, to overtake Illinois-Chicago and take second place at the 2010 State of Illinois Classic in Normal on Saturday.
March 17, 2010
Northern Illinois senior Natalie Blum was named the Mid-American Conference Co-Gymnast of the Week by the league office on Wednesday.
February 28, 2010
Northern Illinois senior Natalie Blum celebrated senior day with a 9.800 on floor exercise and turned in solid performances on vault and uneven parallel bars, but it was not enough as NIU fell to Central Michigan, 195.850-191.900 Sunday at the Convocation Center.
February 20, 2010
KENT, Ohio - The Northern Illinois gymnastics team continues to raise the bar on the 2010 season as for the sixth straight meet, the Huskies recorded their highest team score of the year despite falling to the MAC defending champions and preseason favorites Kent State, 194.575-192.775. Overall, NIU took second in the triangular meet as the Huskies outdistanced Rutgers.
January 25, 2010
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Northern Illinois earned its best team score of the season and got top performances from senior Natalie Blum and freshman Natalie Sutter, but suffered several mishaps on the balance beam and lost its first meet, 192.625-190.900, at Bowling Green on Sunday.
January 19, 2010
For the second consecutive week, a Northern Illinois gymnast has claimed the Mid-American Conference Specialist of the Week honor as NIU freshman Natalie Sutter was honored Tuesday by the MAC office.
January 18, 2010
The Northern Illinois gymnastics team rebounded from a rough outing on the uneven parallel bars with outstanding performances on the balance beam and floor exercise to claim a 190.600-189.675 come-from-behind victory over Western Michigan Sunday at the NIU Convocation Center.
January 11, 2010
Competing as an all-arounder for the first time in her four-year career, Northern Illinois senior Natalie Blum won three events, including the all-around, to lead the Huskies to a season-opening victory over Wisconsin-La Crosse, 188.450-174.300 Sunday at the Convocation Center.
December 9, 2009
Northern Illinois University gymnastics coach Mark Sontag on Monday announced the signing of USA Level 10 gymnasts Kim Gotlund and Elizabeth Huffman to the Huskie team for 2011.
