On the Net: For the original USA Wrestling press release, visit https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/April/15/Nowry-named-2019-USA-Wrestling-Greco-Roman-Wrestler-of-Year ----------------- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former Northern Michigan University athlete Max Nowry was ...
"We always say we want talented players, but we also want athletes with good values, work ethic and character." — Mike Lozier, 4th-year head coach, NMU volleyball ---------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team will introduce six newcomers to a team which ...
Northern Michigan University hockey 2020-21 ------------------ Home games 7 p.m. Friday/6 p.m. Saturday Away game times not yet available All series Friday-Saturday except as noted ------------------ Sat.-Sun., Oct. 3-4 Opponent TBA Oct. 9-10 (off week) Oct. 16-17 ...
MARQUETTE — Two awards being presented to four student-athletes at Northern Michigan University in four sports highlight the second-to-last set of 2019-20 Wildcat Awards detailed today. This is the fourth in what will be five parts of the these awards. This story outlines the Best Play of ...
MARQUETTE — Five more awards are mentioned in today’s installment of the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards at Northern Michigan University. These are awards chosen by NMU Athletics and released through NMU Sports Information. Information on these and all the awards are also available through social ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has held a tradition of presenting the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards each spring. The university has a large number of these awards, which are being announced over several days including on social media and NMU’s official athletics website, ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Athletics has unveiled three more of its 2019-20 Wildcat Awards. Today’s awards are the Biggest Upset of the Year, Best Performance on the National Scene and the Brian Franks “Too Strong” Award. A Friday story in The Mining Journal outlined ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University varsity and Olympic Training Site have named their award winners. Each sports chooses an Athlete of the Year, Breakthrough Athlete, top Newcomer and Scholar-Athlete: ------------ Men’s basketball — Athlete of the Year: Sam Taylor and Myles ...
"When you think of our final product and the amount of obstacles we had to go through this year, I can’t help but be excited." — Jon Sandoval, first-year head coach, NMU women’s soccer ----------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University varsity soccer teams announced ...
MARQUETTE — Sixteen members of the Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams earned All-American status for the recent season as named by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. Due to the cancellation on the third day of the five-day NCAA Division II ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams’ season came to a sudden end on the morning of March 12 when the NCAA called off all postseason championship events. It came during the third day of the five-day national finals meet held in Geneva, Ohio, at the Spire ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University senior Caro Els of the African country of Namibia earned conference honors for the third straight season as she was named to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Els competed in all four meets last fall, plus one that was held in the spring season before the ...
"Simply put, (Coach Carl “Buck” Nystrom) made it his mission for us to own the final quarter of the game." — Jack Hirn, player, 1975 national championship NMU football team --------------------- ESCANABA — Going from worst to first in any sport at any level doesn’t happen very ...
MARQUETTE — By this time next week, two years ago a tragedy occurred in Saskatchewan that rocked Canada as well as the hockey world. Later that summer, Northern Michigan University junior Joseph Nardi tried to help people heal and it was by doing what he loved, playing hockey. On April 6, ...
MARQUETTE — If there’s one word that sums up Northern Michigan University senior Myles Howard, it’s defense, specifically shot blocking. That’s how he made a name for himself as a high school basketball player in Chicago and that’s what stands out to everyone who’s watched him ...
"The issue is we’re losing seniors and we’re replacing them with freshmen." — Troy Mattson, NMU head women’s basketball coach, on prospects for next season ------------------ MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team had a chance this winter to have ...
MARQUETTE — Their college hockey careers may not have ended the way they hoped, but this year’s Northern Michigan University seniors definitely left their mark on the program. The Wildcats only had three this year, but each of them played a role in helping NMU earn home ice in the WCHA ...
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"I felt like they really led us and a lot of the credit for us having a better year than people thought really goes to those seniors." — Matt Majkrzak, NMU head men’s basketball coach, on seniors Myles Howard, Sam Taylor and Marcus Matelski ----------------- MARQUETTE — Heading into ...
MARQUETTE — A devastating loss can be hard to recover from, but the Northern Michigan University hockey team is doing the best it can. Two weeks ago, the Wildcats’ season came to an end in a triple-overtime loss to rival Michigan Tech on the ice of the Berry Events Center to open the WCHA ...