Northern Illinois Huskies
The Northern Illinois Huskies are the athletic teams that represent Northern Illinois University. The Huskies are a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Mid-American Conference. The athletic program is made up of seven men's sports and 10 women's sports. The football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
NIU began athletic competition in 1899 and were nicknamed the Profs. In the 1920s, they were referred to as the Cardinals. During the 1930s they were called Evansmen after George Evans. The Husky mascot and nickname used today were officially chosen in 1940.
Sports sponsored
A member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference, NIU sponsors teams in seven men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.Baseball
NIU baseball started playing in 1900. The program was disbanded from 1983 through 1990. They currently play home games at the Ralph McKinzie Field in Dekalb, Illinois. They have appeared in the NCAA Tournament twice.Championships
- 1924 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1925 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1936 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1945 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1946 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1950 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1951 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1964 – Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1972 – Midwestern Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 2013 – Mid-American Conference West Division Champions
Men's basketball
Championships
- 1932 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1933 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1934 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1935 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1941 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1945 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1972 – Midwestern Conference Champions
- 1981 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1982 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1991 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 2006 – MAC West Division Champions
Football
Championships
- 1938 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1941 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Co-Champions
- 1944 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1946 – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1951 – Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1963 – NCAA College Division National Champions
- 1963 – Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1964 – Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Co-Champions
- 1965 – Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions
- 1983 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2001 – MAC West Division Co-Champions
- 2002 – MAC West Division Co-Champions
- 2004 – MAC West Division Co-Champions
- 2005 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2010 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2011 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2011 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2012 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2012 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2013 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2014 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2014 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2015 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2018 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Men's golf
Championships
- 1976 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1985 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1990 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1991 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1994 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
Men's soccer
Championships
- 1984 – Midwest Metropolitan Conference Champions
- 1989 – Big Central Conference Champions
- 1990 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 2006 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2006 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2011 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Men's tennis
Championships
- 1991 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1994 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1997 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
Wrestling
Ryan Ludwig is currently in his 3rd season as head coach for the Huskies. Completed in the fall of 2008, the NIU Wrestling Training Complex features everything a student-athlete needs to reach the highest levels on and off the mat.
Championships
- 1985 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Softball
Championships
- 1988 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1989 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1990 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1999 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2000 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Women's basketball
Championships
- 1972 – Midwest AIAW Region Champions
- 1982 – Illinois AIAW State Champions
- 1989 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1990 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1990 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1992 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1994 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1995 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
Women's soccer
Championships
- 1997 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1997 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1998 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1998 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Women's volleyball
Championships
- 1988 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1988 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1990 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1991 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1995 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions
- 1997 – MAC West Division Champions
- 1997 – Mid-American Conference Co-Champions
- 1997 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 1998 – MAC West Division Champions
- 1998 – Mid-American Conference Co-Champions
- 2001 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2001 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2006 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2011 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2011 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2014 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2015 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2015 – Mid-American Conference Champions
- 2016 – MAC West Division Champions
- 2016 – Mid-American Conference Co-Champions
- 2016 – Mid-American Conference Champions
Women's tennis
Championships
- 1989 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1990 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1991 – North Star Conference Champions
- 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
- 1994 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions
Women's gymnastics
Championships
- 1992 – Midwest Independent Conference Champions
- 1993 – Midwest Independent Conference Champions
- 2019 – Mid American Conference Champions
Women's golf
Women's track and field
NIU women's outdoor track and field team currently competes at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. The women's indoor track and field team competes at NIU Convocation Center.Women's cross country
NIU women's cross country team first competed for one year in 1981. The program was reinstated in 1995.Club sports
Hockey
NIU Hockey was founded in 1965. The Huskies play college ice hockey in the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association conference of the American Collegiate Hockey Association, ACHA Division 2 and ACHA Division 3. NIU was an ACHA D2 Regional Qualifier in 2013 and won three consecutive MACHA Bronze Division Championships, from the 2014-15 season through the 2016-17 season.Championships
- 2015 – MACHA Bronze Division Champions
- 2016 – MACHA Bronze Division Champions
- 2017 – MACHA Bronze Division Champions
Rugby
Cheerleading
NIU Cheerleading consist of two teams, All Girl and Large Coed. Both teams perform at football games, basketball games, and at the NCA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 2016, both teams made it to finals with the All-Girl team Finishing in 5th while the Large Coed team place 6th in the D1A Division.2016
All Girl: 5th
Large Coed: 6th
2015
Large Coed: 5th