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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.

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.

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.

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Northern Illinois women’s soccer sophomore Kelsey Passaglia was named the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday as she helped lead the Huskies to a 2-1 MAC victory over Ball State this past weekend. 

OXFORD, Ohio – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to Mid-American Conference competition Miami (Ohio) Sunday afternoon at the Miami Soccer Field in Oxford, Ohio.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team outshot Eastern Michigan in the Huskies final home game of the season Sunday, but fell short to the Eagles after giving up a penalty kick in the final minute of play to record a 2-1 loss at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team battled Mid-American Conference leader Central Michigan into overtime Friday, as the Huskies dropped a 1-0 overtime decision to the Chippewas at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

In Sunday's contest against Mid-American Conference opponent Buffalo, the Northern Illinois women's soccer team outshot the Bulls, 13-11, but were unable to capitalize on any of their opportunities as the Huskies fell to the Bulls, 2-0, at the UB Stadium in Buffalo N.Y.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team outshot Akron (3-5-2) 15 to five, but the Huskies (4-6-2) were unable to score on any of their opportunities as they dropped a 1-0 decision to their Mid-American Conference foe, Sunday, at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team registered 12 shots in Friday's Mid-American Conference game against Ohio, but was unable to find the net as the Huskies fell 2-0 to the Bobcats at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

DeKALB – Lindsey Curnock broke the Mid-American Conference career shutout record Sunday, when she lead the Northern Illinois women's soccer team to a 0-0 draw against defending MAC champions Toledo at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Sunday's shutout marked Curnock's 28th career shutout , a notch that places her as the MAC career shutout record holder.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's soccer team battled Bowling Green (4-5-1) to a 1-1 tie in the Huskies' Mid-American Conference opener Friday at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Annie Wyer led the Huskies (4-4-1) with one goal in the contest.

The Northern Illinois women's soccer team grabbed its second straight win Sunday, when goals from Micaela Damas and Nici Newquist lifted the Huskies to a 2-1 victory over Liberty (1-6-0) at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

Goalkeeper Lindsey Curnock tied the Mid-American Conference shutout record Friday night, when she posted her 27th-career shutout in NIU's 1-0 win over Southern Illinois Edwardsville (0-3). A late goal from Kim Schmitt propelled the Huskies (2-3) to a 1-0 overtime victory over the Cougars.

After Wisconsin scored a goal in the 29th minute of play, the Northern Illinois women's soccer team was unable to battle back as the Huskies dropped a 1-0 decision to the Badgers on Thursday night. The loss dropped NIU to a 1-2 record on the season.