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2010 NIU WOMEN’S GOLF
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Location..................................................................................................DeKalb, Ill. Founded.......................................................................................................... 1895 Enrollment.................................................................................................... 25,208 Nickname.................................................................................................... Huskies Colors............................................................................................Cardinal & Black President........................................................................................ Dr. John Peters Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics....................................Jeff Compher Conference........................................................................................ Mid-American Home Course.......................................................................... Rich Harvest Farms Par . .................................................................................................................... 72 Yardage.......................................................................................................... 7,656 Slope................................................................................................................. 153 Rating............................................................................................................... 78.5 Web Site.................................................................................www.niuhuskies.com
Rich Harvest Farms............................................................................................ 2-3 Head Coach Pam Tyska........................................................................................ 4 Assistant Coach Ashley Anast............................................................................... 5 Support Staff.......................................................................................................... 5 2009-10 Roster...................................................................................................... 6 Meet the Huskies.............................................................................................. 7-11 2009 Fall Review................................................................................................. 12 2008-09 Season in Review.................................................................................. 13 History & Records........................................................................................... 14-15 Honors & Awards................................................................................................. 16 Hook-a-Kid on Golf.............................................................................................. 16 adidas: The Official Outfitter of NIU Athletics...................................................... 17 President Dr. John Peters................................................................................... 18 Associate Vice President/ Director of Athletics Jeff Compher....................................................................................19 The Ideal Location............................................................................................... 20 The Huskie Indoor Training Center..................................................................... 21 Northern lllinois University.............................................................................. 22-23 The Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center............................................................ 24
Coaching Staff
Head Coach........................................................................................... Pam Tyska Alma Mater, Year............................................................................ Illinois State ‘83 Assistant Coach.................................................................................. Ashley Anast Alma Mater, Year.........................................................................Portland State ‘07 Athletic Trainer..................................................................................... Phil Voorhis Sport Administrator........................................................................... Tim McMurray Program Facts
2009 MAC Championships Finish...................................................................... 8th Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................................................ 10/2 Women’s Golf Phone......................................................................... 815.753.1548 Women’s Golf E-Mail..................................................................... ptyska@niu.edu
CREDITS: The 2009-10 Northern Illinois University Women’s Golf Media Guide is a publication of the Northern Illinois University Media Relations Office. Editors: Russell Houghtaling and Donna Turner Cover: Russell Houghtaling Writers: Andrea Bradley, Russell Houghtaling, Joe Summins. Photography: NIU Media Imaging To arrange interviews with Huskie studentathletes or coaches, contact Russell Houghtaling in the NIU Media Relations Office at (815) 753-1708. Please provide 24 hours advance notice. On the cover: (from left to right) Michelle Caporusso, Kim Bailey, Kim Hunley, Mandi Vavrinchik.
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erry Rich shrugs off the fact that he is one of only a few people to have ever actually inquired about membership at Augusta National. Had he joined, his significant energies and do‑it‑yourself resolve might not have been applied to creating a tough and beautiful track in northern Illinois that played host to the world’s top female golfers at last summer’s Solheim Cup. Jerry and Betty Rich’s dream began to intersect when a small bit of the farm they had built by amassing adjacent farms into a 1,820‑acre showcase of nature and agriculture. This gave way to one golf hole and a practice area, then three holes, then six. Inspired by Augusta and the encouragement of friends Bob Murphy and Sam Snead, Rich completed 18 holes in 1997. After interviewing five architects, he discovered he could draw the plans himself ‑ and in typical fashion, he did. He even hired a construction company that had never done a golf course. While he was influenced by Augusta, he also took inspiration from Dick Wilson’s Pine Tree in Florida. Within five years, Rich Harvest Links was ranked the fifth-best new private course in the U.S., beating out designs from Nicklaus, Dye and Wieskopf. Rich Harvest Links was also awarded a Top 100 pick from Golf Digest and was ranked second Best New Course in the country in the “condition” category. For many that would be enough. For Jerry Rich, it was just the start. In 1998, with his life‑long friend Don Springer, he established the Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois that by 2004 had introduced over 150,000 Illinois children to the game. Of all his accomplishments, he hopes the Foundation will be his legacy. Rich Harvest has been the site for the foundation’s fundraisers, including the Bob Murphy Pro‑Am and Chrysler All‑Star Shoot‑Out. 2
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the home of the Huskies...
RICH HARVEST FARMS
The course, like everything Jerry Rich undertakes, is a testament to his drive, tastes, sense of fun and devotion to the game. Rich Harvest Farms’ 18 holes is divided in half, with the front nine known as the Gold Course and the back nine known as the Silver Course. Each hole has been thoughtfully named. Gold No. 3, “Snead’s Crotch”, is a 362‑yard par 4 with a 90‑degree dogleg and the beckon to “walk with a legend, tee shot 230 with a draw.” “Devil’s Elbow”, Silver No. 4, warns of the “most demanding tee shot in golf.” In a gesture to Augusta, the par 3 Silver No. 5 is “Amen - Holy Stone” and offers a caution to “check the wind” when hitting over a brontosaurus shaped pond. Caddies wear the white jump suits and green hats so distinctive to the Masters. There are 18 pins, but 45 potential holes. Wilson was a proponent of large greens, sand bunkers and clever doglegs, all found on No. 4 of the Gold Course, which on the card is a 200‑yard par 3 but can also be played as a 278‑yard par 4, requiring a gamma ray tee shot through the trees. There are 105 bunkers to contend with, along with wetlands and natural waste areas, giving the layout its dichotomous character. A picture-perfect farm, an award-winning course, a successful and growing foundation for kids. In 2009, Rich added to his course’s legacy by hosting the Solheim Cup, one of the premiere women’s golf events in the world. The Solheim Cup features matches between the top European-born players form the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the top U.S.-born players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association competing in a format similar to the Ryder Cup. When hosted at Rich Harvest Farms, the U.S. team, led by Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie, defeated Europe 16-12.
The Solheim Cup followed a successful collegiate tournament held at Rich Harvest Farms in 2007, when the course hosted the NCAA Central Regional. www.niuhuskies.com
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the dean of Huskie head coaches...
PAM T Y SKA
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orthern Illinois University women’s golf head coach Pam Tyska holds the distinction of being NIU’s longest tenured head coach. Tyska is in her 24th year at the helm of the NIU women’s golf program after arriving in DeKalb in 1986. Northern Illinois responded quickly to Tyska’s teaching, winning two tournaments and placing in the top five an amazing 10 times in 12 tourneys during the 1986-87 campaign. Tyska and the Huskies have continued that success throughout her career, as she has led NIU to 19 first-place finishes, 28 runner-up marks and 97 top-five showings in 245 tournaments. Pam Tyska Head Coach 24th Season Illinois State, 1983
The fall of 2009 saw Tyska accomplish one of her career highlights away from the field of competition. Tyska spearheaded the NIU men’s and women’s golf team’s participation in the 2009 Solheim Cup, one of the premier events in women’s golf. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Tyska, NIU golfers were on the course as ball-spotters for one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. It was the first time in Solheim Cup history collegiate golfers had been used in such a capacity. On the course, Tyska’s team carried the excitement from the summer at the Solheim into a successful fall season. The Huskies won the 25th Annual Huskie Classic by outdueling Loyola by seven strokes over the final 18. The Huskies also placed second at the NIU Invitational at Brasada Ranch in Oregon. The 2008-09 season was highlighted by Tyska disciple Kim Hunley. Hunley recorded two of the best 18-hole performances in NIU history with a 70 at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational and a 72 at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate, the third and ninth-best scores in the record book. Under Tyska’s guidance, Hunley has the best career scoring average in program history with just one semester left to play. As a team, the Huskies recorded four top-five finishes.
individual titles at the Snowbird Intercollegiate and the Western Illinois Invitational, respectively. Jessica Parmenter had a solid first season of collegiate golf, posting three top-10 finishes. Tyska’s expertise has gone well beyond coaching tactics and has extended into her skill as a recruiter. Included in her resume of talented pupils is Nicole Jeray, selected as the National Player of the Year by both Ram Golf and Golfweek Magazine in 1990-91. Jeray won eight individual medals for the Cardinal and Black between 1989 and 1991 before joining the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Tyska’s other pupils at NIU include Shelley Wendels-Gilk, who earned her LPGA card in 1996. Allison Beam began her first season on the FUTURES Golf Tour in the summer of 2003 and Kara Soderberg started in 2004. The Huskies’ achievements under Tyska are not limited to the course. Northern Illinois has had consistent representation on the National Golf Coaches Association Academic All-America honor roll, a prestigious list that includes 15 Huskies sporting grade point averages of 3.50 or higher, including 2008 recipients Abbie Many and Devon Harteneck. Many became the 11th Huskie during the Tyska era to earn multiple NGCA Academic All-America accolades. NIU recorded a perfect mark of 1,000 and ranked in the top 10 percent of all women’s golf squads in the nation in the NCAA’s 2009 Academic Progress Rate Report. It’s the sixth-straight year Tyska’s squad has maintained a perfect APR.
Tyska’s Career Highlights • National Golf Coaches Association Coach of the Year, 1991 • 2006 NGCA Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award • LPGA Midwest Region Coach of the Year, 1994, 1996 • NCAA YES Guest Clinician, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 • Led NIU to 19 tournament titles and 28 runner-up finishes • Mentored NIU Huskie individuals to 93 top-five finishes
The Huskies had one of their best seasons in recent memory in 2007-08, posting six top-10 finishes, winning the Huskie Classic and sweeping the Snowbird Intercollegiate. NIU’s victory at the Snowbird was the Huskies’ first at that event since 1987. In addition, Hunley and Abbie Many took home the 4
• Coached 15 NGCA All-American Scholars • Tutored Lisa Bailey to NIU’s first All-MAC award in 2005 • Spearheaded NIU golf’s participation in 2009 Solheim Cup • Named 2010 Illinois Site Coordinator of the Year by the Kids Golf Foundation
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Tyska owns a host of regional and national awards as well, winning Midwest Region Coach of the Year accolades from the NGCA in 1991 and from the LPGA in 1994 and 1996. The veteran links boss’ reputation has earned the respect of her peers, as she has been selected to the elite group of clinicians for the NCAA’s Youth Education Through Sports (YES) Clinics every year they have been held since 1993. The clinics help potential collegiate golfers in their development with discussions on the role of academics, goal-setting and mental skill development on and off the course, as well as recruiting and admission requirements. She was also instrumental in founding “Get a Girl Golfing” clinics at NIU in 1998 and the NIU Hooka-aKid on Golf in the Schools program in 2003. In January 2003, Tyska was honored with the inaugural National Golf Coaches Association Founders Award at the annual NGCA Convention in Orlando, Fla. In 2006, Tyska received the NGCA’s most prestigious individual honor, the Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award. The award recognizes outstanding service to women’s golf “above and beyond the call of duty.” Her string of awards continued in 2010, when the Kids Golf Foundation named Tyska an Illinois Site Coordinator of the Year for her work as clinic coordinator of the LPGA/ Solheim Ronald McDonald House Junior Golf Clinic.
assistant coach ASHLEY ANAST A
shley Anast is in her third season as the graduate assistant coach for the Northern Illinois University women’s golf team. Anast, a graduate of Portland State, came to NIU after spending the fall of 2007 as an assistant coach at her alma mater. A native of Littleton, Colo., she was a three-year letterwinner for the Vikings women’s golf team from 2005-07. Anast finished her senior year at Portland State with an 80.1 scoring average, the best of her career. She played 83 rounds of competitive golf during her career, which ranks seventh all-time at PSU, and her 80.31 career scoring average ranks eighth all-time.
Ashley Anast Graduate Assistant Coach 3rd Season Portland State, 2007
In her three seasons at Portland State, Anast was named to the academic all-conference team in 2005 and 2006, the All-Big Sky Conference second team in 2006, and to the NGCA All-America Scholar Team in 2005. She was a member of the Vikings’ 2004-05 Big Sky Conference Championship team. She was also a three-time academic all-conference selection. She scored a hole in one at the BYU Dixie Classic April 4, 2007 during her senior year. Anast graduated from Portland State in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in public health and spanish.
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Tyska not only excels at teaching the game, but as a student of it. On Sept. 14, 2002, Tyska took out her driver and fired a 278-yard shot down the fairway which was good enough for her to qualify for the REMAX World Long Drive World Championships in Mesquite, Nev. She continues to compete and has held a Top 10 World Ranking with a qualifying drive of 298 yards. Tyska also sat on the NCAA Midwest Regional Selection Committee from 1989 through 1995 and on the NGCA Awards Committee from 1990 through 1996. She served a stint on the NGCA Board of Directors from 1996-2001. In addition to her extensive list of NCAA appointments, Tyska is a member of the NGCA, LPGA, PGA, and the National Association of Golf Educators. She is an advisor for The Fairway Network, the Illinois Junior Golf Association and the Women’s Western Golf Association.
Tim McMurray
Amdrew Owen
Jake Bower
Senior Associate A.D. Sport Administrator 4th Season Lamar, 1992
Academic Coordinator SAASS 2nd Season Southern Illinois, 2005
Student Manager 2nd Season
Phil Voorhis
Shea Thompson
Russell Houghtaling
Assistant A.D. Sports Medicine and Athletic Training 21st Season Miami (Ohio), 1989
Graduate Assistant Sports Performance 2nd Season Buena Vista, 2007
Assistant Director Media Relations 3rd Season Washington State, 2006
Prior to taking the helm at NIU, Tyska was an assistant golf professional at St. Charles Country Club. During the off-seasons, she served as a rules official and assistant tournament director of the FUTURES Ladies Professional Golf Tour in 1983-84 and taught physical education at the University of Chicago Laboratory School. Tyska earned four varsity letters in golf at Illinois State University, gaining Illinois Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (IAIAW) honors three times. The Hinsdale, Ill., native received her undergraduate degree in physical education with a coaching emphasis from ISU in 1983. The 47-year-old Tyska serves as the teaching professional at the Buena Vista Golf Club in DeKalb and is co-owner of Golf Schools for Women.
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the 2009-10
HUSKIES
2009-10 ROSTER Name Kimberly Bailey Carissa Burdi Michelle Caporusso Anna Coil Devon Harteneck Kim Hunley Katie Kuhn Jessica Parmenter Allie Parthie Kelsie Passolt Laura Schutte Mandi Vavrinchik
Height 5-1 5-2 5-9 5-7 5-2 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-3
Year RS-Jr. RS-So. Jr. RS-So. Jr. Sr. So. RS-So. Fr. So. RS-Jr. RS-Jr.
Hometown Gibson City, Ill. Carol Stream, Ill. Mt. Prospect, Ill. Columbia, Mo. Lake City, Minn. Aurora, Ill. Clarendon Hills, Ill. Peoria, Ill. Marinette, Wis. Hayward, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Elmhurst, Ill.
High School/Last School Gibson City- Melvin Sibley Bartlett Prospect/Michigan State Rock Bridge Lincoln West Aurora Hinsdale Central/Florida Tech Peoria Christian Marinette Hayward Franklin York
Head Coach: Pam Tyska, 24th Season (Illinois State, 1983) Graduate Assistant Coach: Ashley Anast, 3rd Season (Portland State, 2007) Athletic Trainer: Phil Voorhis, 21st Season (Miami [Ohio], 1989) Sports Performance: Shea Thompson, 2nd Season (Buena Vista, 2007) Sport Administrator: Tim McMurray, 4th Season (Lamar, 1982) ROSTER BREAKDOWN By State Illinois (7) - Wisconsin (3) - Missouri (1) - Minnesota (1) - 6
Kimberly Bailey, Carissa Burdi, Michelle Caporusso, Kim Hunley, Katie Kuhn, Jessica Parmenter, Mandi Vavrinchick. Allie Parthie, Kelsie Passolt, Laura Schutte Anna Coil Devon Harteneck
By Class Senior (3) - Kimberly Bailey, Kim Hunley, Mandi Vavrinchick Junior (6) - Carissa Burdi, Michelle Caporusso, Anna Coil, Devon Harteneck, Jessica Parmenter, Laura Schutte Sophomore (2) - Katie Kuhn, Kelsie Passolt Freshman (1) - Allie Parthie
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junior
KIM BAILEY Kim Bailey
Carissa Burdi
RS-Junior | 5-1 Gibson City, Ill. Gibson City-Melvin Sibley HS
Junior | 5-2 Carol Stream, Ill. Bartlett HS
Fall 2009: Participated in two events for the Huskies in the fall... captured a season-best third place finish at the Huskie Classic with a score of 162 (75-87)... fired off a career-low 75 in the event’s first round... tallied a 27-hole score of 124 in the weather-abbreviated NIU Invitational at Brasada Ranch... averaged 81 strokes in three rounds played. 2008-09: Competed in all three events in the fall and five out of six events for the Huskies in the spring... best finish came at the Huskie Classic, where she tied for 13th after shooting a 164 (81-83)...shot a season best 157 (78-79) to finish 20th at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate... tallied a season-best 78 in the event’s first round... added a spring-best 14th place finish in the Springlake Intercollegiate with rounds of 81-82... carded a 162 (81-81) en route to a tie for 49th at the Ball State Cardinal Classic... shot an 87 in her first round of the season, tying for 29th at the Western Illinois Invitational... averaged 83 strokes in 14 rounds played. 2007-08: Competed in two of the Huskies’ four events in the fall... finished the fall with an average of 83.3 strokes per round... placed 16th at the Huskie Classic with a season-low round of 80. Prep/Personal: Lettered two years for Gibson City-Melvin Sibley High School and two at Warrensburg Latham... co-captain her junior and senior years... voted Most Valuable Teammate twice... holds her school’s Low 9-hole record (34) as well as her school’s Low 18 record (72)...competed at state all four years, twice on her team and twice as an individual... daughter of James and Teresa Bailey... born May 25, 1988... followed older sisters Jackie and Lisa as a member of the NIU women’s golf team... textiles, apparel and merchandising major. Bailey’s Career Statistics Year Events 2007-08 2 2008-09 8 Fall 2009 2 Career 12
Rds 4 16 3 23
Strokes 333 1328 243 1,904
Avg. 83.3 83.0 81.0 82.7
Fall 2009: Competed in one event for the Huskies, shooting a 178 (91-87) to finish 18th at the Huskie Classic. 2008-09: Participated in three events for NIU... best performance came at the Huskie Classic, where she posted a score of 165 (79-86) en route to an 18th place finish... turned in a season-low 77 in the second round of the Loyola Invitational, where she finished with a 164 to tie for 22nd... scored a two-round total of 176 (90-86) at the Loyola Invitational to tie for 64th. 2007-08: Redshirted. Prep/Personal: A four-year varsity letterwinner for Bartlett High School... named the team Most Valuable Player all four years... after earning all-state honors her junior year, was selected team captain her senior year... as a senior, compiled a career-low 37 average and was chosen to the all-conference team... qualified for the state championship that season... holds the school 9- and 18-hole records... oldest of two children of Vito and Silvia Burdi with younger sibling Anthony (15)... born July 28, 1989... organizational/corporate communication major. Burdi’s Career Statistics Year Events 2007-08 1 2008-09 3 Fall 2009 1 Career 5
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Rds 2 16 2 20
Strokes 171 505 178 854
Avg. 85.5 84.2 89.0 86.2
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Michelle Caporusso Junior | 5-9 Mt. Prospect, Ill. Prospect HS | Michigan State Fall 2009: Did not see action.
2008-09: Competed in all nine events for the Huskies... posted her best finish at the Huskie Classic, where she tied for fifth after shooting a 157 (81-76)...best single round score came in the second round of the Cardinal Classic where she carded a 74 en route to a 158 and a tie for 37th... best overall performance came at the Snowbird Intercollegiate, where she fired off a 156 (78-78) to finish 16th... also finished 16th at the Loyola and Western Illinois Invitationals after shooting rounds of 83-79 at Loyola and 81 at WIU... her one-round score of 81 at the Western Illinois Invitational was her first round as a Huskie... tallied a 171 (88-83) at the Springlake Intercollegiate to finish 23rd... finished the year with a 355 (93-84-91-87) at MAC Championships to finish 41st. Michigan State: Competed at the Mary Fossum Invitational for the Spartans... shot a 234 (81-77-76) to earn a tie for 28th. Prep/Personal: Three-year captain at Prospect... earned all-conference accolades all four years... two-time Great Northwest All-Area Player of the Year... 2005 Illinois State Conference Champion... holds the 18-hole record at Prospect High School and Mount Prospect Golf Course with a 66... 2006 Illinois State Regional Champion... qualified for state three times... holds school record for lowest score (73) in 18 holes… qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amatuer Public Links in 2008... finished third in the state as a member of the badminton team... daughter of Daniel and Julie Caporusso with one sister, Noreen... majoring in sociology... born Jan. 18, 1989. Caporusso’s Career Statistics Year Events 2008-09 9 Fall 2009 DNP
Rds 19
Strokes 1,662
Anna Coil
2007-08: Redshirted the 2007-08 season... earned Huskie Scholar recognition within NIU’s Academic Excellence program. Prep/Personal: Lettered three years on the varsity squad at Rock Bridge High School... a state qualifier her junior and senior years...elected co-captain her senior season... consistently trimmed strokes off of her average from shooting a season average of 50 her freshman year to a career-low season average of 40 as a senior... youngest of two children of Randy and Cydney Coil, with older sibling David... majoring in textiles, apparel and merchandising... born Nov. 30, 1988.
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Devon Harteneck Junior | 5-2 Lake City, Minn. Lincoln HS
2008-09: Participated in one event for NIU, finishing 29th at the Huskie Classic after shooting a 183 (9390)...earned Victory Scholar (3.50-4.00 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program.
2008-09: Took part in the Huskie Classic, shooting a 175 (87-88) to finish 28th...earned Huskie Scholar (3.0-3.49 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program.
Strokes 175
ANNA COIL
Avg. 87.5
RS-Sophomore | 5-7 Columbia, Mo. Rock Bridge HS
Coil’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds 2008-09 1 2 Fall 2009 Did not compete
sophomore
Avg. 87.5
2007-08: Participated in all four tournaments in the fall... placed 10th in the Huskie Classic while shooting her season-low round of 75 to finish the fall season... in nine rounds in the fall, had an average of 84.2 strokes per round.... earned Victory Scholar (3.50-4.00 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program... was named to the National Golf Coaches Association’s Division I All-American Scholar Team. Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Lincoln High School (MN)...named team captain her senior year... four-time Hiawatha Valley League All-Conference selection... two-time all-state selection in Minnesota... named to the Academic All-State Golf Team as a senior... holds lowest 9-hole average women’s record for Lincoln High School at 40.6...placed fourth and fifth at the Minnesota Class A State meet in her junior and senior years, respectively... participated in the Minnesota Women’s State Amateur tournament... daughter of Deb and Craig Harteneck... majoring in sociology... born Dec. 8, 1988. Harteneck’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds 2007-08 7 16 2008-09 1 2 Fall 2009 Did not compete Career 8 18
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Strokes 1,377 183
Avg. 86.1 91.5
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KIM HUNLEY
Kim Hunley Senior | 5-6 Aurora, Ill. West Aurora HS Fall 2009: Poised to finished with the best career average in NIU history... participated in all four events for the Huskies in the fall... scored a season-best 152 at the Huskie Classic to bring home first place honors and earn MAC Player of the Week accolades... notched a season-low 75 strokes in the event’s second round... was named the Huskie Classic Sportswoman of the Tournament for the second consecutive season... took second place at the NIU Invitational at Brasada Ranch with a 27-hole score of 112... shot a Huskiebest 236 in three rounds at the MAC Fall Preview to finish in the top 20... had three rounds under 80 and averaged 78.5 strokes in eight rounds played. 2008-09: Competed in all nine events for Northern Illinois, posting scores under 80 in 12 rounds... best performance came at the Springlake Intercollegiate where she put together a career-best 149 (75-74), and finished tied for third... posted a career-best 70 in the first round of the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational en route to a three-round score of 230... capped off a second place finish at the Huskie Classic, scoring a 156 (81-75)... fired a 155 (76-79) to tie for fourth at the Loyola University Invitational... finished 10th at the 23rd Annual NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-79... recorded a 153 (77-76) at the Ball State Cardinal Classic to tie for 14th... opened the season with an 81 at the Western Illinois Invitational... ended the spring season by tying for 32rd at the MAC Championships, after scoring a 338 (93-80-84-81)... earned Huskie Scholar (3.0-3.49 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program. 2007-08: Participated in all 10 of the Huskies’ events... finished the season with eight top 25 finishes... won the Snowbird Intercollegiate with a season low tworound total of 147, a season-low round of 72 in the first round... tied for sixth at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational after posting a three-round total of 227, a season low for a 54-hole event... had 16 of 26 rounds under 80...placed sixth at Huskie Classic to finish the fall season... shot a fall-season low 76 twice, at the Western Illinois Invitational where she finished 11th and at the Shoot-out at the Legends where she placed 23rd...in nine rounds in the fall, had an average of 78.3 strokes per round... earned Huskie Scholar (3.0-3.49 GPA) status.
2006-07: Was the highest finishing Huskie in two events in the spring... posted a third-place finish at the Loyola Invitational with a 158 (77-81)...finished 24th at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational after carding a 237 (76-82-79)...competed in all five fall events... earned a runner-up finish as an individual at the UW-Whitewater Invitational with a two-round tally of 156 (80-76)...added a pair of top 20 finishes at the Western Illinois Autumn Invitational (17th, 165) and Huskie Classic (14th, 156). Prep/Personal: Three-sport standout in golf, softball and basketball at West Aurora High School... earned All-DuPage County Conference recognition in golf (four times) and softball (three times)... earned 10 total letters, four in both golf and softball and two in basketball... qualified for the IHSA state tournament as a senior... holds the low 9-hole record at the Naperbrook Course with a 34...co-captain her junior and senior years... two-time Kane County Chronicle Player of the Year... placed 37th overall at the Illinois Women’s Open... daughter of Gary and Connie Hunley... has a sister, Lindsay... physical education major... born Jan. 19, 1988. Hunley’s Career Statistics Year Events 2006-07 11 2007-08 10 2008-09 9 Fall 2009 4 Career 34
Rds 28 26 20 8 82
Strokes 2,307 2,047 1,579 628 6,561
Avg. 82.4 78.7 79.0 78.5 79.6
Jessica Parmenter Junior | 5-8 Peoria, Ill. Peoria Christian HS
Fall 2009: Played in all four events for the Huskies in the fall... best performance came at the weatherabbreviated NIU Invitational at Brasada Ranch where she shot a season-low 78 in the first round to secure a third place finish... finished 14th at the Huskie Classic with a score of 172 (86-86)... carded a 164 (81-83) en route to a tie for 69th... played one of three rounds at the MAC Fall Preview, scoring an 80 before withdrawing due to injury... averaged 82.3 strokes in six rounds played.
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MANDI VAVRINCHIK
2008-09: Redshirted 2008-09 season... earned Huskie Scholar (3.0-3.49 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program. 2007-08: Participated in all 10 events for the Huskies, finishing with a 81.3 average in 26 rounds... finished as the team’s top golfer in the fall with an average of 76.4 strokes per round... placed second at the Huskie Classic to close out the fall season... shot a season-low round of 73 in the Brickyard Invitational en route to finishing 11th...ended the fall season with three top 10 finishes, including a sixth-place showing at the Western Illinois Invitational and ninth at the Shoot-out at the Legends... shot 159 at both the Springlake Intercollegiate and Snowbird Intercollegiate... finished tied for seventh at Springlake and tied for ninth at the Snowbird. Prep/Personal: Was a four-year letterwinner for Peoria Christian High School... served as team captain her senior year... three-time first-team all Tri-County Conference selection ...three-time academic all-conference selection... in her senior year, placed first at Regionals and second at Sectionals and the IHSA Class A state tournament... placed third in the 2006 Illinois State Women’s Amateur tournament... at the age of 17, competed in the U.S. Girls Junior qualifier and Championships... daughter of Cheryl and Jeff Parmenter... art history major... born Sept. 26, 1988. Parmenter’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds 2007-08 10 26 2008-09 Redshirted Fall 2009 4 6 Career 14 32
Strokes 2,115
Avg. 81.3
494 2,609
82.3 81.8
Katie Kuhn
Sophomore | 5-4 Carendon Hills, Ill. Hinsdale Central HS/Florida Tech Fall 2009: Participated in one event for NIU, taking 15th place in the Huskie Classic with a score of 174 (85-89). Prep/Personal: Was a three-year varsity letter winner for Hinsdale Central, earn10
ing an IHSA State letter her junior year… gained All-Conference honors in her junior and senior campaigns… served as team captain her senior year… played in IJGA for three years… participated in a school record second-best outing at the 2006 State Finals in Carbondale, Ill… went to state finals as a senior, helping her team to fifth... daughter of Greg and Betty Kuhn… born March 4, 1990. Kuhn’s Career Statistics Year Events Fall 2009 1
Rds 2
Strokes 174
Avg. 87.0
Allie Parthie Freshman | 5-8 Marinette, Wis. Marinette HS
Fall 2009: Competed in all four events for NIU in the fall... fired a season-best 73 in her first collegiate round to finish with a season-best 160 at the Ball State Cardinal Classic... turned in her best finish at the Huskie Classic where she tied for fourth with a 164 (80-84)... carded a tworound score of 129 (91-38) at the weather abbreviated NIU Invitational at Brasada Ranch... finished the season with a 269 (89-89-91) in three rounds at the MAC Fall Preview... averaged 85.5 strokes in eight rounds. Prep/Personal: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Marinette High School… went to state three times, placing 10th as a junior and 12th as a senior... selected as the team’s Most Valuable Player all four years while earning first team all-conference honors each year… selected as team captain her senior year, after leading the Bay Conference in her freshman and sophomore seasons, and reaching second best as a junior.... helped team to Bay Conference Championships three times... Participated in two Junior Tour Tournaments, scoring a course-record six under par to lead the Hunter’s Glen CC... took first at the Wisconsin River GC … Named to the WHSGCA All-State Academic team her junior and senior years, where she was chosen as a delegate for Badger Girls State… earned a spot on the All-State second team as a senior… played basketball in high school, where she was fourth in conference in free throws and was named Rookie of the Year… Averaged 38 strokes per nine holes as a senior... oldest of two children of Karla and Mike Parthie with sibling Kayla (15)… aunt Justine Braatz also played golf for NIU... born Jan. 7, 1991.
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Rds 8
Strokes 684
Avg. 85.5
Kelsie Passolt Sophomore | 5-8 Hayward, Wis. Hayward HS
Fall 2009: Competed in all four events for the Huskies in the fall... posted a season-low 74 in the second of three rounds at the MAC Fall Preview to finish second on the Huskie squad with a 239... best performance of the season came at the Ball State Cardinal Classic where she placed 31st with a score of 155 (76-79) to lead the Huskies ... placed 11th at the Huskie Classic with a two round score of 170... averaged 80.9 strokes in eight rounds played. 2008-09: Participated in all three events for NIU in the fall, and all six events in the spring...turned in her best performance with a fourth place finish at the Loyola University Invitational with a score of 155, including a season-low 77 in the first round... best finish of the fall was at the Huskie Classic, where she tied for 20th after shooting a 166 (81-85)... carded a 162 (80-82) at the Springlake Intercollegiate to earn a 13th place finish... tied for 33rd at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate, scoring a 162 (79-83)... placed 29th after recording an 87 in the Western Illinois Invitational, her first collegiate event... finished the season with a 39th place finish at the MAC Championships when she tallied a 347 (96-83-83-85)... earned Victory Scholar (3.50-4.00 GPA) status within NIU's Academic Excellence program. Prep/Personal: Four-time regional champion, letterwinner, team captain, and team MVP for Hayward... took third at State as a freshman... earned All-State honors three times, as a sophomore, junior and senior... shot a 35 to win the Sectional Championship as a senior... averaged 38 strokes per round as a senior... shot a low round of 72 at the first day of the State meet as a junior... shot a 245 to earn a third place finish in her flight at the Minnesota State Amateur... daughter of John and Rhonda Passolt... journalism major... born March 18, 1990. Passolt’s Career Statistics Year Events 2008-09 9 Fall 2009 4 Career 13
Rds 20 8 28
Strokes 1,669 647 2,316
Avg. 83.5 80.9 82.2
2007-08: Redshirted the 2007-08 season... earned Victory Scholar (3.50-4.00 GPA) status in NIU’s Academic Excellence program. Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Franklin High School... named team captain and MVP all four years... named first team All-Southeastern Conference three times and to the second team once... named to the second-team all-area squad her senior year... participated on the first Franklin team in school history to qualify for sectional championships... finished third in her conference twice, as a sophomore and then as a senior... placed first in Regional tournament her junior season... daughter of Karen and Richard Schutte... meteorology major... born Feb. 18, 1989. Schutte’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds 2007-08 Redshirted 2008-09 2 4 Fall 2009 2 5 Career 4 9
Strokes
Avg.
346 450 796
86.5 90.0 88.3
Mandi Vavrinchik RS-Junior | 5-3 Elmhurst, Ill. York HS
Fall 2009: Competed in three of four events for NIU... carded a season-best 159 at the Ball State Cardinal Classic, where she shot a season-low 76 in the event’s second round... placed sixth at the Huskie Classic with a 165 (84-81)... missed the last round of the MAC Fall Preview due to injury after going 86-85 in the event’s first two rounds... averaged 82.5 strokes in six rounds played. 2008-09: Competed in four events for NIU... best performance came at the Huskie Classic where she carded a score of 162 (81-81) en route to a season-best 10th place finish... turned in a season-low 80 in the second round of the Loyola University Invitational to finish in 22nd place with a 164... fired a 167 (82-85) to place 36th at the spring Bradley Tournament... closed out the season with a 34th place finish at the MAC Championships, scoring a 72-hole total of 342 (92-84-83-83) ... earned Huskie Scholar (3.0-3.49 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program.
Laura Schutte
2007-08: Participated in one of the Huskies’ four fall events... placed 23rd at the Huskie Classic... fired a season-low 83 in the first round and finished with a 177... in two rounds in the fall, had an average of 85.5 strokes per round... missed the spring season due to injury.
Junior | 5-9 Milwaukee, Wis. Franklin HS
Prep/Personal: Three-year varsity letterwinner and All-West Suburban Silver Conference selection for York High School... was team captain and Most Valuable Player as a senior... earned the team sportsmanship award as a junior... garnered high honor roll accolades all four years... averaged a 40.5 (for 9 holes) as a senior... daughter of David and Maria Vavrinchik... physical education major... born Sept. 27, 1988.
Fall 2009: Competed in two events in the fall, scoring a season-low 83 in the first round of the Huskie Classic... finished the event in ninth place with a score of 167 (83-84)... posted a three round total of 283 (95-95-93) in the MAC Fall Preview... owned a season average of 90.0 strokes after completing five rounds for the Huskies. 2008-09: Participated in two events, turning in her best finish at the Huskie Classic... totaled a 174 (90-84) on the way to a tie for 27th... best performance came at the Loyola Invitational, where she carded a 172 (91-81) to tie for 35th... averaged 86.5 strokes in four rounds played... earned Victory Scholar (3.50-4.00 GPA) status within NIU’s Academic Excellence program.
2006-07: Redshirted.
Vavrinchick’s Career Statistics Year Events 2007-08 1 2008-09 4 Fall 2009 3 Career 8
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Rds 2 10 6 18
Strokes 171 835 495 1,501
Avg. 85.5 83.5 82.5 83.8
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SEASON REVIEW
team RESULTS
individual RESULTS
Date Tournament 09/19/09 Ball State Cardinal Classic 09/27/09 Huskie Classic 10/03/09 NIU Invite at Brasada Ranch 10/12/09 MAC Fall Preview * Second round abbreviated to 9-holes due to rain.
Score 312-318=630 316-329=645 320-145=465* DNF
Finish 10th 1st 2nd DNF
results by TOURNAMENT Ball State Cardinal Classic (Par 72) Kelsie Passolt 76-79=155 t31st Mandi Vavrinchik 83-76=159 t46th Allie Parthie 73-87=160 t50th Kim Hunley 82-80=162 t54th Jessica Parmenter 81-83=164 t59th Huskie Classic (Par 72) Kim Hunley 77-75=152 1st Kim Bailey 75-87=162 3rd Allie Parthie 80-84=164 4th Mandi Vavrinchik 84-81=165 t6th Laura Schutte 83-84=167 9th Kelsie Passolt 80-90=170 t11th Jessica Parmenter 86-86=172 14th Katie Kuhn 85-89=174 15th Carissa Burdi 91-87=178 18th
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NIU Invite at Brasada Ranch Kim Hunley 78-34*=112 Jessica Parmenter 78-35*=113 Kelsie Passolt 83-38*=121 Kim Bailey 81-43*=124 Allie Parthie 91-38*=129 *Abbreviated to 9-holes due to rain. MAC Fall Preview (Par 72) Kim Hunley 80-76-80=236 Kelsie Passolt 85-74-80=239 Allie Parthie 89-89-91=269 Laura Schutte 95-95-93=283 Mandi Vavrinchik 86-85-W=W Jessica Parmenter 80-W-W=W
2nd 3rd 6th 9th 11th
t20th t30th 84th 88th DNF DNF
Name Tourn. Kim Bailey 2 Carissa Burdi 1 Kim Hunley 4 Katie Kuhn 1 Jessica Parmenter 4 Allie Parthie 4 Kelsie Passolt 4 Laura Schutte 2 Mandi Vavrinchik 3
Rds. Strokes 3 243 2 178 8 628 2 174 6 494 8 684 8 647 5 450 6 495
Avg. 81.0 89.0 78.5 87.0 82.3 85.5 80.9 90.0 82.5
results by INDIVIDUAL Kim Bailey Huskie Classic 75-87=162 Brasada Ranch 81-43*=124
3rd 9th
Carissa Burdi Huskie Classic 91-87=178
18th
Kim Hunley Cardinal Classic 82-80=162 t54th Huskie Classic 77-75=152 1st Brasada Ranch 78-34=112 2nd MAC Preview 80-76-80=236 t20th Katie Kuhn Huskie Classic 85-89=174
15th
Jessica Parmenter Cardinal Classic 81-83=164 Huskie Classic 86-86=172 Brasada Ranch 78-35=113 MAC Preview 80-W-W=W
t59th 14th 3rd DNF
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Low Best Finish 75 3rd 87 18th 75 1st 85 15th 78 3rd 73 4th 74 6th 83 9th 76 t6th
Allie Parthie Cardinal Classic 73-87=160 t50th Huskie Classic 80-84=164 4th Brasada Ranch 91-38=129 11th MAC Preview 89-89-91=269 84th Kelsie Passolt Cardinal Classic 76-79=155 t31st Huskie Classic 80-90=170 t11th Brasada Ranch 83-38*=121 6th MAC Preview 85-74-80=239 t30th Laura Schutte Huskie Classic 83-84=167 9th MAC Preview 95-95-93=283 88th Mandi Vavrinchik Cardinal Classic 83-76=159 Huskie Classic 84-81=165 MAC Preview 86-85-W=W
t46th t6th DNF
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SEASON REVIEW
team RESULTS Date 9/14/08 09/22/08 10/05/08 3/06/09 3/09/09 3/12/09 4/05/09 4/12/09 4/24/09
Tournament Western Illinois Invitational Ball State Cardinal Classic Huskie Classic Springlake Intercollegiate Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational NIU Snowbird Invitational Bradley Tournament Loyola Invitational MAC Championship
individual RESULTS
Score Finish 328 4th 319-314=633 t9th 321-321=642 4th 324-321=645 4th 323-335-333 14th 312-313=625 4th 333-334=667 9th 320-313=633 2nd 367-331-338-330=1366 8th
results by TOURNAMENT Western Illinois Invitational (Par 72) Nicci Schultz 79 t8th M. Caporusso 81 t16th Kim Hunley 81 t16th Kelsie Passolt 87 t29th Kim Bailey 87 t29th Ashley Lods 92 t42nd
Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational (Par 72) Kim Hunley 70-77-83=230 t14th Kim Bailey 84-86-82=252 t62nd M. Caporusso 82-85-85=252 t62nd Ashley Lods 87-87-84=258 65th Nicci Schultz 90-88-81=259 t66th Kelsie Passolt 90-88-84=262 71st
Ball State Cardinal Classic (Par 72) Kim Hunley 77-76=153 t14th M. Caporusso 84-74=158 t37th Kim Bailey 81-81=162 t49th Kelsie Passolt 78-85=163 t54th Ashley Lods 85-79=164 t57th Nicci Schultz 80-86=166 t64th
NIU Snowbird Invitational (72) Kim Hunley 74-79=153 M. Caporusso 78-78=156 Kim Bailey 78-79=157 Ashley Lods 82-77=159 Kelsie Passolt 79-83=162 Nicci Schultz 90-90=180
t10th t16th t20th t25th t33rd 77th
Huskie Classic (Par 72) Kim Hunley 81-75=156 M. Caporusso 81-76=157 M. Vavrinchik 81-81=162 Kim Bailey 81-83-164 Carissa Burdi 79-86=165 Nicci Schultz 80-86=166 81-85=166 Kelsie Passolt Laura Schutte 90-84=174 Anna Coil 87-88=175 D. Harteneck 93-90=183 Ashley Lods 84-DQ
Bradley Tournament (Par 72) Kim Hunley 87-77=164 Kelsie Passolt 80-85=165 M. Vavrinchik 82-85=167 M. Caporusso 84-87=171 Carissa Burdi 90-86=176 Ashley Lods 88-88=176 Kim Bailey 89-89=178
t22nd t27th t36th t55th t64th t64th t74th
t2nd t5th 10th t13th t18th t20th t20th 27th 28th 29th DQ
Springlake Intercollegiate (Par 72) Kim Hunley 75-74=149 t3rd Kelsie Passolt 80-82=162 13th Kim Bailey 81-82=163 t14th Ashley Lods 87-84=171 t20th M. Caporusso 88-83=171 t23rd Nicci Schultz 95-86=181 26th
Loyola Invitational (Par 72) Kim Hunley 76-79=155 t4th Kelsie Passolt 77-78=155 t4th M. Caporusso 83-79=162 t16th 84-80=164 t22nd M. Vavrinchik Carissa Burdi 87-77=164 t22nd Ashley Lods 83-81=164 t22nd Kim Bailey 81-84=165 t26th Laura Schutte 91-81=172 t35th MAC Championships (Par 72) Kim Hunley M. Vanrinchik Ashley Lods Kelsie Passolt M. Caporusso
93-80-84-81=338 92-84-83-83=342 89-85-88-81=343 96-83-83-85=347 93-84-91-87=355
32nd t34th 37th 39th 41st
Name Tourn. Kim Bailey 8 Carissa Burdi 3 Anna Coil 1 Michelle Caporusso 9 Devon Harteneck 1 Kim Hunley 9 Ashley Lods 9 Kelsie Passolt 9 Nicci Schultz 6 Laura Schutte 2 Mandi Vavrinchik 4
Rds. Strokes 16 1328 6 505 2 175 20 1663 2 183 20 1579 19 1611 20 1669 12 1031 4 346 10 835
Avg. 83.0 84.15 87.5 83.15 91.5 78.95 84.79 83.45 85.9 86.5 83.5
results by INDIVIDUAL
Kim Bailey WIU Invitational BSU Cardinal Classic Huskie Classic Springlake Kirk Bell Invite NIU Snowbird Bradley Tourn. Loyola Invite
87 t29th 81-81=162 t49th 81-83-164 t13th 81-82=163 t14th 84-86-82=252 t62nd 78-79=157 t20th 89-89=178 t74th 81-84=165 t26th
Carissa Burdi Huskie Classic 79-86=165 Bradley Tourn. 90-86=176 Loyola Invite 87-77=164
t18th t64th t22nd
Anna Coil Huskie Classic 87-88=175
28th
Michelle Caporusso WIU Invitational 81 t16th BSU Cardinal Classic 84-74=158 t37th Huskie Classic 81-76=157 t5th Springlake 88-83=171 23rd Kirk Bell Invite 82-85-85=252 62nd NIU Snowbird 78-78=156 16th Bradley Tourn. 84-87=171 55th Loyola Invite 83-79=162 t16th MAC Champ. 93-84-91-87=355 41st Devon Harteneck Huskie Classic 93-90=183
29th
Kim Hunley WIU Invite 81 t16th Cardinal Classic 77-76=153 t14th Huskie Classic 81-75=156 t2nd Springlake 75-74=149 t3rd Kirk Bell Invite 70-77-83=230 14th NIU Snowbird 74-79=153 10th Bradley Tourn. 87-77=164 22nd Loyola Invite 76-79=155 t4th MAC Champ. 93-80-84-81=338 32nd
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Low Best Finish 78 13th 77 18th 87 28th 74 t5th 90 29th 70 2nd 77 t22nd 77 4th 80 8th 81 27th 80 10th
Ashley Lods WIU Invite 92 t42nd Cardinal Classic 85-79=164 t57th Huskie Classic 84-DQ DQ Springlake 87-84=171 t20th Kirk Bell Invite 87-87-84=258 65th NIU Snowbird 82-77=159 t25th Bradley Tourn. 88-88=176 t64th Loyola Invite 83-81=164 t22nd MAC Champ. 89-85-88-81=343 37th Kelsie Passolt WIU Invite 87 t29th Cardinal Classic 78-85=163 t54th Huskie Classic 81-85=166 t20th Springlake 80-82=162 13th Kirk Bell Invite 90-88-84=262 71st NIU Snowbird 79-83=162 t33rd Bradley Tourn. 80-85=165 27th Loyola Invite 77-78=155 t4th MAC Championships 96-83-83-85=347 39th Nicci Schultz WIU Invite 79 Cardinal Classic 80-86=166 Huskie Classic 80-86=166 Springlake 95-86=181 Kirk Bell Invite 90-88-81=259 NIU Snowbird 90-90=180
t8th t64th t20th 26th t66th 77th
Laura Schutte Huskie Classic 90-84=174 Loyola Invite 91-81=172
27th t35th
Mandy Vavrinchik Huskie Classic 81-81=162 Bradley Tourn. 82-85=167 Loyola Invite 84-80=164 MAC Champ.
10th t36th t22nd 92-84-83-83=342 t34th
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huskie RECORD BOOK Career Stroke Average Leaders (Since 1983) Kim Hunley Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Fall 2009 Total
Rds. 28 26 20 8 82
Avg. 82.4 78.7 80.0 78.5 79.6
Strokes 2,307 2,047 1,579 628 6,561
Nicole Jeray Year Rds. 1988-89 18 1989-90 28 1990-91 27 1991-92 29 Total 102
Avg. 81.9 81.5 79.1 78.1 79.9
Strokes 1,474 2,282 2,136 2,265 8,157
Lisa Bailey Year 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Total
Rds. 23 22 29 28 102
Avg. 83.6 78.8 79.0 80.5 80.4
Strokes 1,923 1,734 2,291 2,254 8,202
Lori Wetzel Year 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 Total
Rds. 17 18 - 29 64
Avg. 82.3 80.4 - 79.9 80.6
Strokes 1,400 1,447 2,316 5,163
Kim Hodge Year 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 Total
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Rds. 16 27 29 17 89
Avg. 83.0 82.5 79.9 79.5 81.2
Strokes 1,328 2,228 2,318 1,351 7,225
Abbie Many Year 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Total
Rds. 20 29 28 26 103
Avg. 85.7 81.1 79.4 80.1 81.3
Strokes 1,714 2,351 2,223 2,083 8,371
Shelley Wendels Year Rds. 1991-92 29 1992-93 24 1993-94 25 1994-95 27 Total 105
Avg. 81.8 81.8 82.6 79.6 81.4
Strokes 2,373 1,963 2,064 2,150 8,550
Jackie Bailey Year Rds. 2002-03 21 2003-04 23 2004-05 22 2005-06 29 Total 95
Avg. 83.6 82.6 82.0 81.2 82.2
Strokes 1,756 1,899 1,804. 2,354 7,813
Suzie Sayers Year Rds. 1983-84 17 1984-85 18 1985-86 20 Total 55
Avg. 82.5 81.4 84.5 82.8
Strokes 1,402 1,466 1,689 4,557
Year-By-Year Stroke Average Leaders (Since 1983) Year 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92
Player Lori Wetzel Lori Wetzel Dana Dubs Lori Wetzel Sue Ellett Sharon Humphrey Nicole Jeray Nicole Jeray Nicole Jeray
Rds 17 18 23 29 29 24 28 27 29
Low 74 75 75 75 74 76 76 72 70
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Avg. 82.3 80.4 81.5 79.9 81.1 81.8 81.5 79.1 78.1
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Kim Hodge Shelley Wendels Shelley Wendels Kim Soderberg Cortney Conway Erin Belling Tracy Baron Allison Beam Allison Beam Janelle Warrick Janelle Warrick Jackie Heslop Lisa Bailey Lisa Bailey Lisa Bailey Kim Hunley Kim Hunley
17 25 27 24 25 26 24 21 19 21 21 23 22 29 28 26 20
75 76 74 74 77 74 77 76 77 76 76 75 73 71 74 72 70
79.5 82.6 79.6 82.3 81.8 81.0 81.7 83.1 80.9 83.7 83.5 82.6 78.8. 79.0 80.5 78.7 79.0
Top 10 Single-Season Stroke Average Pl. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Huskie (Year) Nicole Jeray (1991-92) Kim Hunley (2007-08) Lisa Bailey (2004-05) Kim Hunley (2008-09) Lisa Bailey (2005-06) Nicole Jeray (1990-91) Kim Hodge (1992-93) Shelley Wendels (1994-95) Lori Wetzel (1986-87) Kim Hodge (1991-92)
Avg. 78.1 78.7 78.8 79.0 79.0 79.1 79.5 79.6 79.9 79.9
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huskie RECORD BOOK Individual Records (Since 1983)
Team Records (Since 1983) Top 10 18-Hole Totals Score Tournament 297 Michigan State Invitational 299 Michigan State Invitational 300 NIU Springlake Invitational 301 Minnesota Invitational 302 Lady Northern Intercollegiate 302 MAC Championships 305 Shootout at the Legends 305 Minnesota Invitational 306 Illinois State Invitational 306 Michigan State Invitational Top 10 36-Hole Totals Score Tournament 605 Michigan State Invitational 606 Minnesota Invitational 607 NIU Springlake Invitational 617 Illinois State Invitational 617 Lady Northern Intercollegiate 620 Shootout at the Legends 623 Huskie Classic 624 Illinois State Invitational 625 Iowa State Classic 625 Lady Topper Invitational 625 NIU Snowbird Invitational . Top 10 54-Hole Totals Score Tournament 902 Michigan State Invitational 924 Lady Northern Intercollegiate 927 Shootout at the Legends 929 Michigan State Invitational 938 Illinois State Invitational 941 Illinois State Invitational 945 Ohio State Invitational 945 Shootout at the Legends 948 Northwestern Invitational 952 Ferris State Invitational
Date Sept. 21-22, 1991 Sept. 21-22, 1991 Mar. 10-11, 2006 Sept. 13-14, 1997 Sept. 27-28, 1991 Apr. 28-29, 2006 October 8-9, 2007 Sept. 13-14, 1997 Sept. 15-16, 1991 Sept. 21-22, 1991 Date Sept. 21-22, 1991 Sept. 13-14, 1997 Mar. 10, 2006 Sept. 17-18, 1988 Sept. 27-28, 1991 Oct. 10, 2005 Oct. 1-2, 2007 Sept. 15-16, 1991 Sept. 7-8, 1991 Mar. 27-28, 1993 March 12-13, 2009 Date Sept. 21-22, 1991 Sept. 27-29, 1991 Oct. 10-11, 2005. Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 1988 Sept. 15-16, 1991 Sept. 7-8, 1996 April 18-19, 1987 October 8-9, 2007 April 3-4, 2006 Sept. 14-15, 1984.
Top 18-Hole Performances Huskie Scores Lori Wetzel 69 Nicole Jeray 70 Kim Hunley 70 Nicole Jeray 71 Lisa Bailey 71 Jackie Heslop 71 Nicole Jeray 72 Kim Hunley 72
Date Ferris State Invit. (Sept. 14-15, 1984) Lady Northern (Sept. 27-29, 1991) Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational (Mar. 9, 2009) Michigan State Invit. (Sept. 28-29, 1991). Springlake (Mar. 10, 2006). Springlake (Mar. 11, 2006) Notre Dame Invit. (Sept. 1-2, 1990) Snowbird (Sept. 13-14, 2008)
Top 10 36-Hole Totals Huskie Scores Nicole Jeray 147 Lisa Bailey 147 Laura Scheibach 148 Kim Hodge 149 Nicole Jeray 149 Shelley Wendels 149 Nicci Schultz 149 Kim Hunley 149 Abbie Many 150 Kara Soderberg 150 Lisa Bailey 150 Jackie Heslop 150
Date Illinois State Invit. (Sept. 15-16, 1991). NIU Springlake Invit. (Mar. 10-11, 2006) Illinois State Invit. (Sept. 17-18, 1988) Michigan State Invit. (Sept. 28-29, 1991) Lady Northern (Sept. 27-29, 1991) Lady Northern (Sept. 27-29, 1991) Huskie Classic (Oct. 1-2, 2006) Springlake Intercollegiate (Mar. 6-7 2009) Western Illinois Invit. (Sept. 16-17, 2007) Midwest Classic (Feb. 20-21, 1998) Illinois State Invit. (Sept. 12-13, 2004) NIU Springlake Invit. (Mar. 10-11, 2006)
Top 10 54-Hole Totals Huskie Scores Nicole Jeray 219 Lori Wetzel 221 Nicole Jeray 223 Kim Hodge 223 Shelley Wendels 226 Lisa Bailey 226 Nicci Schultz 226 Jessica Parmenter 227 Kim Hodge 228 Kim Hodge 228 Kim Hodge 228 Shelley Wendels 228
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Date Lady Northern (Sept. 27-29, 1991) Ferris State Invit. (Sept. 14-15, 1984) Michigan State Invit. (Sept. 28-29, 1991) Michigan State Invit. (Sept. 28-29, 1991) Iowa Invit. (Sept. 17-8, 1994) Illinois State Invit. (Sept. 12-13, 2004) Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 9-10, 2006) Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 8-9, 2007) Illinois State Invit. (Sept. 15-16, 1991) Nebraska Invit. (April 13-14, 1992) Guadalajara Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-23, 1993)
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northern illinois HONORS and AWARDS ILLINOIS AIAW CHAMPIONS NIU Women’s Team, 1980 MIDWEST AIAW TOURNAMENT QUALIFYING TEAMS NIU Women’s Team, 1980, 1981 NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION COACH OF THE YEAR Pam Tyska, 1991 LPGA MIDWEST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR Pam Tyska, 1994, 1996 NCAA YES (YOUTH EDUCATION THROUGH SPORTS) GUEST CLINICIAN Pam Tyska, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003 NCAA YES CLINIC STUDENT MENTOR Nicole Jeray, 1993 Shelley Wendels, 1995 Samantha Thompson, 1996 Erin Belling, 1998 Tracy Barron, 1999 Irish Whalen, 2003
NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR TEAM Lori Wetzel, 1987 Jenny Mellinger, 1988, 1989 Laura Scheibach, 1990 Mishelle Reed, 1989, 1990, 1991 Erin Belling, 1996, 1997, 1998 Colbey Conway, 1996, 1997 Cortney Conway, 1996, 1997, 1998 Sarah Harlow, 1996, 1997 Megan Leuzinger, 1997, 1998 Amanda Mapley, 2001, 2002 Janelle Warrick, 2001, 2002 Jackie Bailey, 2003, 2004, 2005 Abbie Many, 2007, 2008 Anne Senn, 2007 Devon Harteneck, 2008 Kelsie Passolt, 2009 NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-MIDWEST REGION Shelley Wendels, 1995 (Honorable Mention) NCAA / HANES HER WAY WOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Nicole Jeray, 1992 GREATER CHICAGO GOLF MEDIA ASSOCIATION AMATEUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nicole Jeray, 1992 RAM GOLF PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nicole Jeray, 1991
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GOLFWEEK MAGAZINE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nicole Jeray, 1991 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES/LPGA SHOOTOUT Nicole Jeray, 1992 All Mid-American Conference Lisa Bailey (Second Team), 2005 ILLINOIS AIAW STATE MEET MEDALIST Meg Cavanaugh, 1979 ILLINOIS AIAW ALL-ILLINOIS Meg Cavanaugh, 1979 Chris Keunen, 1980 Lyn Leonard, 1980 Beth Schumacher, 1980 ILLINOIS WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION GRANT WINNER Candy Clausen, 1979 Sue Groves, 1986, 1987, 1988 Jodi Vaassen, 1989 Jen Hall, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Sarah Harlow, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Michelle Hupfer, 1999, 2000, 2001 Jackie Bailey, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Jessica Parmenter, 2007, 2008, 2009 MAC SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR Tracy Barron, 1999 NIU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME Ruth Fender Heal, Inducted in 1986 Lori Wetzel, Inducted in 1992 Nicole Jeray, Inducted in 1998
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r. John G. Peters is the 11th president of Northern Illinois University, a post he has held since June 2000. As NIU’s chief executive officer, Dr. Peters provides strategic direction and oversight for a nationallyrecognized, comprehensive university serving more than 25,000 students in 120 areas of study at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Under his leadership, NIU has both expanded and refined its institutional vision to more closely align teaching, research and outreach efforts with emerging needs of the northern Illinois / Chicagoland region. The 2009-10 school year will be the 10th for Dr. John G. Peters as president A native of Strongsville, Ohio, Dr. Peters earned his bachelor’s of Northen Illinois University. degree in political science at Cleveland’s John Carroll University, and a master’s in government from Ohio University in Athens. In 1974, private donations, NIU launched its first-ever comprehensive capital he received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois campaign and began a campus-wide strategic planning process to focus university resources and efforts in the years ahead. Among its at Urbana-Champaign. more ambitious components is creation of a proton therapy cancer Prior to assuming the NIU presidency, Dr. Peters was provost and treatment and research center that integrates NIU’s respected chief operating officer at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His physics program with cutting-edge nuclear medicine. distinguished academic career also includes 20 years in teaching and administrative roles at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he Dr. Peters’ reputation as a consensus-builder and education policy expert puts him in demand for leadership roles in statewide and earned numerous awards for work in and out of the classroom. national organizations. He has served as chair of the Mid-American Dr. Peters’ presidency at NIU has been marked by substantial increases Conference Council of Presidents and is a member of that group’s in the university’s reputation and the discovery of new sources of executive committee. His leadership in the area of intercollegiate funding. In his first year as president, he gained admission for Northern athletics also includes membership on the BCS Presidential Oversight Illinois University to the National Association of State Universities Committee representing the “coalition conferences.” Dr. Peters served and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), an honor reserved for the top as Illinois’ representative to the American Association of State Colleges five percent of universities nationwide. That same year, Dr. Peters and Universities (AASCU). He is a member of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln secured NIU’s largest-ever private gift: $20 million for a new College of Commission on International Education; Business building. Since that time, President NASULGC’s Commission on Women in Higher Peters has led efforts to expand federal Education; and is co-chair of Illinois’ Center funding of select NIU research programs – a for Child Welfare and Education. In 2004, campaign that has garnered more than $60 the U.S. Department of Education named million, strengthened key partnerships with Dr. Peters to a special task force studying state and federal research programs, and math and science education, providing a enhanced NIU’s standing in the prestigious national perspective for his ongoing work Carnegie Foundation rankings of research with education and economic development institutions. groups throughout the Midwest. NIU’s longstanding commitment to regional A political scientist by training, Dr. Peters service has also received new attention specializes in studies of public policy and support under Dr. Peters’ leadership. and Congress. He has published widely, His vision of NIU as “the nation’s premier including articles in the Journal of Policy regional public university” has been the basis Studies, American Politics Quarterly, for substantial enhancement of regional American Political Science Review, and partnerships with schools, businesses, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and has cohealth care and local governmental edited two books on American politics. He agencies. In 2005, Dr. Peters established is a Fellow of the Center for Great Plains an ambitious five-year plan that leverages Studies and has served as the associate historic NIU strengths by connecting editor of the Great Plains Quarterly. regional engagement and applied research Dr. Peters and his wife, Barbara Cole Peters, to the university’s well-known focus on realhave a son, Russell, who lives and works in world learning experiences. Fortified by Dr. Peters is a fixture on NIU sidelines during Huskie Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife, son and that plan and more than $100 million in football games. daughter. 18
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JEFF COMPHER
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ince taking over as associate vice president and director of athletics at Northern Illinois University on June 1, 2008, Jeff Compher has made strategic decisions to keep the athletics program moving forward while planning for the future and engaging with Huskie student-athletes. On February 10, 2009, Compher unveiled the NIU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Strategic Plan. The plan defines the mission, vision and values of the department while setting The Compher family (from left): David, Jeff, Cathy and C.J. strategic goals and objectives for each unit for the next three in the top 30 in the Director’s Cup standings while surpassing NCAA years. Developed by NIU head coaches and a team of administrators, Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate standards. the cornerstone of the plan is the one-sentence, comprehensive, mission statement — “We develop champions in the classroom, in At both UW and Western Carolina, Compher was directly involved with capital projects and facility renovations, including construction of a competition, and in life.” new track/soccer and tennis complex and a significant expansion of While Compher was laying out his plan for Huskie Athletics, NIU the football stadium at Western Carolina, and the completion of the student-athletes continued to raise the bar academically. For the Football Legends Center at the University of Washington. eighth consecutive semester, NIU student-athletes combined to post a cumulative grade point average above 3.0 as the spring term GPA While at WCU, he also hired successful head coaches who have since been hired at BCS programs, and saw the operating budget increase by came in at 3.025. 42 percent and the total budget for athletic scholarships improve by 113 On the fields of play, Compher was instrumental in securing the percent. During his tenure in Cullowhee, the Catamount teams improved Huskie football team’s berth in the 2008 Independence Bowl on an their individual and conference records, and the baseball, women’s golf at-large basis, while the NIU men’s soccer team lost in overtime of and indoor track and field teams won Southern Conference titles. the MAC Championship match after claiming a win over No. 2 ranked SMU earlier in the year. Northern Illinois sent two wrestlers and two As associate and then senior associate athletic director at Vanderbilt gymnasts to NCAA Regional competition, and both the softball and University for four years, Compher directed nearly every area of the department, including leading the external areas from 1998-2000. Prior baseball teams claimed wins over ranked teams in 2009. to that, he oversaw the NCAA compliance, academic support, strength and In addition, in his first year, Compher oversaw the completion and opening conditioning, equipment and CHAMPS/Life Skills areas at Vanderbilt. of Northern Illinois’ new Track &Field/Soccer Complex as well as the installation of a new FieldTurf surface at Huskie Stadium. He completed Compher spent 13 years in several different positions at North Carolina the negotiation of a 10-year contract with ISP Sports to manage NIU’s State University in Raleigh, N.C. As assistant athletic director at N.C. multi-media rights and corporate partnerships, giving Northern Illinois State from 1986-92, he managed the student-athlete support services a guaranteed income stream. He also oversaw the renegotiation of units, established the first life skills program and handled scheduling agreements with 670 AM WSCR The Score and Comcast SportsNet and travel for the football and men’s basketball teams. He was the Chicago to broadcast Northern Illinois contests. Most recently, Compher assistant to the chancellor at N.C. State before moving on to Vanderbilt and back into athletics administration. hired Eric Luzzi to lead the Huskie men’s soccer program. A veteran collegiate athletics administrator, Compher came to DeKalb after Throughout his career, the 50-year-old Compher has continued his nearly four years at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash., where education, participating in the NACDA Management Institute (1998), he served as executive associate athletic director and was responsible for the Sports Management Institute Executive Program (1998-99) and the general management and daily operations of the athletic department the Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Institute (2005 and 2006). He at the Pac-10 school. The Baltimore, Md. native also brought previous served on numerous university committees at each of his previous experience as an athletic director to Northern Illinois as he led the athletics stops and spent time in the classroom as an instructor at Washington, Western Carolina and N.C. State. program at Western Carolina University from 2000 to 2004. In each of his previous three stops, Compher has been involved in Compher earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from James developing and implementing long-range planning and working closely Madison University, where he was a football student-athlete, in 1980, with constituencies within and outside the university. He has emphasized and graduated with a master’s degree in counseling and student personnel services from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania the student-athlete experience. in 1982. His first position in collegiate administration was at North At Washington, Compher had day-to-day responsibility for a 23-sport, Carolina State, where he was the assistant director of Housing and 650 student-athlete department, including direct oversight of the Residence Life from 1982 to 1986. football, men’s basketball, baseball and crew teams, as well as facilities and game operations. He also managed the student-athlete He and his wife, the former Cathy Fatica, have two sons, C.J. (17) and welfare areas. During his tenure at Washington, it consistently ranked David (14). www.niuhuskies.com
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hen a Northern Illinois University student-athlete steps onto campus in DeKalb, Illinois, they are stepping onto the national stage. Located just 65 miles west of downtown Chicago, the nation’s third-largest media market, Huskie student-athletes are a part of one of this country’s great sports towns. During the 2007-08 season, the NIU football team took on Iowa at Soldier Field in the fall, while the baseball team faced Notre Dame at U.S. Cellular Field in the spring. In 2011, the Huskies will return to Soldier Field to play Wisconsin. DeKalb’s proximity to Chicago also affords local citizens, including NIU students, the opportunity to experience all that the city has to offer, from cultural events and festivals, to restaurants and theatres. Three airports – O’Hare, Midway and Rockford – are within an hour’s drive of NIU. While it is close to the “Windy City” and the city’s ever-expanding western suburbs, DeKalb maintains a unique character and offers a quality existence to its nearly 45,000 residents. DeKalb is successfully combining the old and the new as brick-paved streets and historic homes co-exist with a growing business sector and brand new residential and commercial developments. In addition to many activities, including Huskie athletics, available on campus, DeKalb is famous for its annual “CornFest,” welcoming students back to town in late August.
Soldier Field (right), the home of the Chicago Bears, is the Huskies’ home away from home. NIU opened the 2007 season there against Iowa and will play Wisconsin in 2011 at the site.
The water tower on NIU’s campus (above left) proudly advertises NIU’s relationship with DeKalb, while Chicago’s historic Water Tower (above right) harkens back to the city’s past.
DeKalb’s CornFest (left) and Taste of Chicago (right) are two popular summertime events. The Taste leads up to Chicago’s Fourth of July festivities, while CornFest coincides with the students’ return to campus in late August. 20
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he Huskie Indoor Training (H.I.T) Center is the newest athletic training facility to open on Northern Illinois University’s campus. Joining the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center, which opened in August of 2007, the H.I.T. Center serves as the indoor practice home for NIU’s baseball, men’s and women’s golf and softball programs which opened November 1, 2007. Located southwest of the Convocation Center in what was formerly known as the John Deere Building, the H.I.T. Center provides studentathletes a place to develop their skills during the winter months. The H.I.T. Center measures 9,800 square feet and features an Astroturf carpet floor and sport specific lighting. Space is divided equally for baseball/softball and golf. Retractable netting allows for the redistribution of practice space. Four full-size batting cages are located on the baseball/softball side of the facility, while the golf side features space for six practice tees surrounded by netting, and a putting green with multiple target holes. Prior to the opening of the H.I.T. Center, NIU’s spring sport student-athletes used space in the Rec Center or on the east side of Huskie Stadium. Now they have a place of their own to call home.
The netting in the H.I.T. Center (above) can be rearranged to distribute the space appropriately for any of the four teams that use the facility. The H.I.T. Center provides plenty of room for oneon-one instruction, as NIU women’s golf coach Pam Tyska demonstrates (right).
NIU Executive Vice President Dr. Eddie Williams dedicated the H.I.T. Center, Nov. 1, 2007 in front of coaches and student-athletes from each of the four sports that benefit from the facility. www.niuhuskies.com
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orthern Illinois University is among the nation’s premier regional public universities. Located in one of the most dynamic regions of the country, NIU is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a diverse and international student body of more than 25,000.
NIU is included in the Research Universities (high research activity) category of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
• Northern Illinois has been ranked in the top four percent of all American universities by the Carnegie Foundation, having received the agency’s highest possible designation – “Doctoral/Research University Extensive.” •The NIU College of Business was ranked 65th in BusinessWeek’s 2007 ranking of best undergraduate business programs in the country. The college received especially high marks for the quality of its faculty, its job placement services and for its facilities. According to the survey, “With dedicated professors and extraordinary facilities, students say NIU provides a private school education on a state school budget.” •Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine consistently ranks NIU in the top 100 institutions nationwide for graduating minority students, including No. 1 in the country for number of graduate degrees in education awarded to African-Americans. • Northern Illinois University is the alma mater of more than 50,000 College of Education graduates, 60% of whom live in Illinois, and 25 percent of all Illinois school superintendents. • NIU’s School of Art is the largest producer of art teachers in Illinois, and overall, NIU is one of the 10 largest teacher preparation programs in the nation.
Founded: . ..........................................1895 Location: ...................................DeKalb, Ill. (population 40,000) Enrollment:..................................... 24,397 (18,069 Undergraduate) Faculty: ............................................. 1,279 Student/Faculty Ratio: ................17 to 1 Undergraduate Colleges:..........Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health & Human Services, Law, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Visual & Performing Arts Programs of Study: .......63 undergraduate majors, 79 graduate programs, including 11 Ph.D. programs, doctoral degrees in education and the Juris Doctorate Library System: . ..........Founders Memorial Library and its seven branch libraries contain more than 2 million books and 6,000 electronic journals.
• Northern’s Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, won the top prize at the 2008 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Festival. The prestigious festival celebrated its 41st year in March 2008.
Opened in 1899 and rededicated in 2004, Altgeld Hall (bottom left) is NIU’s signature building and the university’s oldest structure. With its open layout and scenic landscaping, Northern Illinois’ campus offers a beautiful surrounding for its students to pursue their studies.
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•The American Chemical Society (ACS) has ranked the NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry among the top 25 in the nation for the number of ACS-certified bachelor’s degrees awarded annually. The department also is wellknown for producing highly sought-after chemistry and science teachers. •U.S. News & World Report ranks the NIU Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) program in the top 10 nationally in the field of city management and for public finance. • About one-third of Illinois city managers are graduates of the NIU MPA program, a major force behind efforts to professionalize municipal staffs in Illinois and advance the national good government movement.
One of the newest buildings on campus, Barsema Hall is the home of NIU’s highly-respected College of Business.
•NIU’s Department of Accountancy has consistently been ranked in the nation’s top 10 by the Public Accounting Report, while its graduate program has become a fixture in that ranking’s top 20. •Northern Illinois University’s marketing program is ranked among the top five percent in the nation by Chicago-based Professional Society for Sales and Marketing Training. NIU’s Professional Selling program was the first collegiate sales program in the nation certified by SMT. • Students from the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology took first place in the Spring 2007 Basic Utility Vehicle Competition hosted by the Institute for Affordable Transportation in Indianapolis. The Institute challenges teams to design and build simple, durable and affordable transportation that can be manufactured cheaply in third world countries. •The 2007 graduates of the NIU School of Nursing posted a 99 percent passing rate on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensure Examination. Comparatively, the pass rate was 86 percent for all nursing programs in Illinois and 85 percent for all U.S. programs.
Business
Dennis Barsema - Chairman of the Board, Blue Lane Technologies, Inc. Jeff Yordon - Chief Executive Officer, Sagent Pharmaceuticals
Education
Paul Sereno - Paleontologist
Entertainment
Dan Castellaneta - Actor, Voice of Homer Simpson, The Simpsons Steve Harris - Actor Eugene Young of ABC’s, The Practice
Government
Dennis Hastert - Representative (retired), 14th District of Illinois; former Speaker of the House of Representatives
Law
Barbara Giorgi-Vella - Partner, Vella & Lund, P.C.
Below: NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has ranked in the top 40 among engineering master’s degree programs nationwide over the years, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Media
Tim Bennett - President, Harpo Productions, Inc.
Science
Kathleen O. Havelka - Chemist, The Lubrizol Corporation
Right: By virtue of its location alone, the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center has become a campus landmark. The building offers a welcoming facade of brick and stone, topped by a distinctive multi-gabled roof—an elegant example of classic American campus architecture. www.niuhuskies.com
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he Jeffrey & Kimberly Yordon Center is a state-of-theart facility in every way. From the Midwest Orthopaedic Training Room to the Chet and Teresa Young Equipment Room, the strength & conditioning center to the Frances and George Wilkins Academic Support Center, every Huskie student-athlete is provided with the resources necessary to excel in the classroom and in competition. While all 450 NIU student-athletes utilize the Yordon Center throughout the year, the facility is the full-time home of the Huskie football program, with locker rooms for players and coaches, meeting rooms, a spacious football equipment room and office space. The heart of the 62,000-square foot Yordon Center, the Frances and George Wilkins Academic Support Center (honoring Carole & Joe Novak), features one-on-one tutorial rooms, a group study room and a fully-equipped computer lab, as well as offices for the counselors of the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS) unit. This area brings the staff of SAASS into more direct daily contact with NIU’s student-athletes and is a constant hub of activity in the building. The 12,500-square foot strength & conditioning center allows NIU’s professional sports performance coaches to avoid scheduling conflicts between teams while allowing space for warm-ups, plyometric exercises and speed and agility activities. The spacious area features brand new equipment with a variety and multitude of machines, as well as a three-lane sprint track. All Huskie student-athletes benefit from the spacious and technologically-advanced facilities used by NIU’s professional athletic training staff and team doctors to prevent, treat and rehabilitate injuries in the Yordon Center. Doctors and trainers have been provided with all the tools they need, as the Yordon Center’s state-of-the-art health center features an X-ray room, doctor’s office, two rehabilitation pools, a drug testing area and offices for staff.
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