2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf 2007-08 MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/Table of Contents/Hook a Kid on Golf ...... 1 University Information Head Coach John Cleary ...... 2 Location: ...... DeKalb, Ill. Assistant Coach Derek Sisko/Support Staff ...... 3 Founded: ...... 1895 2007-08 Roster ...... 4 Enrollment: ...... 25,208 Meet the Huskies ...... 4-7 Nickname: ...... Huskies 2006-07 Review ...... 8-9 Colors: ...... Cardinal and Black 2007 Fall Review...... 9 President: ...... Dr. John G. Peters Honors and Awards ...... 10 Associate V.P./Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Jim Phillips History and Records ...... 11-12 Conference: ...... Mid-American 2007 NCAA Central Regional ...... 12 Home Course: ...... Rich Harvest Farms All-Time Letterwinners ...... 13 Par: ...... 72 Rich Harvest Farms ...... 14-16 Yardage: ...... 7,656 adidas ...... 17 Slope: ...... 153 Northern Illinois University ...... 18-19 Rating: ...... 78.5 Location...... 20 Website: ...... www.niuhuskies.com Jeffrey & Kimbley Yordon Center ...... 21 President Dr. John G. Peters/Board of Trustees ...... 22 Men’s Golf Information Assoc. V. P./Director of Athletics Dr. Jim Phillips ...... 23 2007 MAC Championships Finish: ...... 9th Huskie Points of Pride ...... 24 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...... 6/0 Men’s Golf Offi ce Phone: ...... 815-753-1816 ON THE COVER Men’s Golf Email: ...... [email protected] FRONT: Senior Zach Jecklin, junior Alex Wagner, and sophomore Andrew Frame are featured. Men’s Golf Fax: ...... 815-753-7700 During the 2006-07 season Jecklin earned Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar and Academic Coaches/Support Staff All-MAC selections and Frame was named MAC Freshman of the Year. Over the summer, Wagner Head Coach: ...... John Cleary qualifi ed for the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship Alma Mater, Year: ...... Kansas, 1991 in San Francisco. Rich Harvest Farms, the home Assistant Coach: ...... Derek Sisko course of the Huskies and host to the 2007 Alma Mater, Year: ...... Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 2007 NCAA Central Regional is pictured. Student Manager: ...... Joe Mills The back cover features sophomores Greg Sport Administrator: ...... Tim McMurray Bauman and Tim Kay, who each lettered during Athletic Trainer: ...... Phil Voorhis their freshman season. Strength & Conditioning Coach: ...... Kyle Gares CREDITS Media Relations The 2007-08 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf Media Guide is a product of the NIU Associate Director/M-Golf SID: ...... David Brauer Athletic Media Relations Offi ce. Written, designed and edited by David Brauer. SID Phone: ...... 815-753-3706 Cover design by Russell Houghtaling and David Brauer. Writing and research assistance by Ben Killam. Printing by Barnaby, Sycamore, Ill. Photography by Scott SID Email: ...... [email protected] Walstrom and NIU archives. M-Golf SID Student Assistant: ...... Ben Killam Copies of the publication are available to the general public at a cost of $7 each SID Student Assistant Email: ...... [email protected] (includes shipping and handling) by sending a check, made payable to Northern SID Student Assistant Phone: ...... 815-979-8787 Illinois, to NIU Media Relations Offi ce, 209 Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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JOOHNHN CCLEARYLEARY Head Coach 6th Season Kansas, 1991

Now in his sixth year as Northern eight strokes. The Huskies posted top-ten Illinois’ head men’s golf coach, John Cleary fi nishes in seven of their ten tournaments is coming off a season that saw the Huskies and came home with titles from the earn their fi rst MAC Freshman of the Bradley Fall Classic and the Illinois State Year award (Andrew Frame) and host the Intercollegiate. NCAA Central Regional at Rich Harvest A 1991 graduate of the University Farms. of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in Cleary’s tuteledge of Frame, the Mid- personnel administration, Cleary, 41, began American Conference’s top rookie, was working at the Glen View Club under NIU part of the prestigious honors collected golf alum Bob Dickman. by Northern Illinois golfers in 2006-07. In His coaching career began in 1997 as addition, Zach Jecklin earned Cleveland Golf an assistant coach for the Loyola (Ill.) CLEARY’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS All-America Scholar accolades, becoming men’s and women’s teams. He started his the fi fth such award and third different association with Northwestern University Led the Huskies to four team titles over Huskie recipient for the honor since 2005. fi rst as an assistant women’s golf coach. In During the 2007 fall season, Cleary his three seasons with the Wildcat women, the past fi ve seasons. saw another pupil earn an award when Cleary’s teams scored a runner-up fi nish Coached Joe True to a runner-up fi nish Alex Wagner claimed the MAC’s Golfer in the Big Ten Conference Championships at the 2004 Mid-American Conference of the Week honor in November. Wagner (2001) after the Wildcats garnered their Championships. also gained national prominence when he fi rst NCAA Championships berth (2000). Had three players (Ethan Roush, qualifi ed for the U.S. Amateur Tournament In 2001-02, Cleary moved over to take on Nick Schenk, and Zach Jecklin) total fi ve in San Francisco during the summer of ’07. the assistant role for the Northwestern Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar Under Cleary, Nick Schenk became men’s golf team, and the Cats appeared in Northern Illinois’ fi rst All-MAC fi rst-team the NCAA Central Regional that season. awards since 2005. selection in two decades when he earned In addition to his coaching duties at Coached six Academic All-MAC accolades in the spring of 2006. Northwestern, Cleary assisted with the selection since 2004. Cleary also guided his 2006 squad to coordination of the Windon Memorial Saw three players earn MAC Golfer of its best conference performance in nine Classic, a tournament which annually the Week honors and two named All-MAC, years with a sixth-place fi nish at the MAC showcases the best talents in collegiate golf, including NIU’s fi rst fi rst-team selection in Tournament. During the league tournament, with past tournaments including Stanford two decades in 2006. Jecklin fi nished fourth and earned All-MAC alums Casey Martin and Tiger Woods, and Tournament honors. also served as the director of the Wildcats’ Coached Andrew Frame to 2007 MAC Throughout Cleary’s tenure, his Huskies golf camps. Freshman of the Year accolades, the fi rst in have performed well off the course as well by Not only is Cleary proving to be a school history. garnering several academic awards. Cleary’s coaching prodigy, but he has shown to be Participated in the 2000 PGA Tour Advil squad produced a 3.28 grade point average an apt student of the game. Western Open. during the Fall 2006 semester. Following the He has been a Professional Golfers’ Three-year representative for the 2005-06 campaign, Ethan Roush and Nick Association (PGA) Class A-8 member Illinois PGA Radix Cup team. Schenk each earned Cleveland Golf All- since 1991. He was named the 1998 Illinois America Scholar accolades for the second PGA Assistant Professional of the Year PGA Class A-8 Member for the past 16 consecutive season while Jecklin claimed an and in October 2000 was elected to a years. Academic All-MAC nod. second term on the Illinois PGA’s Board of Served as assistant coach for the In 2004, Cleary mentored senior Joe Directors. Northwestern women's golf team that True to a runner-up fi nish at the MAC In addition to his work with the Illinois reached the 1999 NCAA Championships. Tournament, marking the highest individual PGA, Cleary also has a competitive game. Was an assistant coach for the fi nish for an NIU golfer at the MAC He played in the PGA Tour’s 2000 Advil Northwestern men's golf team that Tournament since 1978. Western Open at Cog Hill Golf Club in Just the second head coach in the 50- Lemont, after fi nishing in second place at advanced to the NCAA Central Regional year history of the program, Cleary’s impact the Illinois PGA Championship. He has Championship in 2002. was felt immediately in his fi rst season of been a three-time member of the Illinois Runner-up in the 2000 Illinois PGA 2002-03. During that initial campaign, the PGA’s Royal Cup team and a three-year Championships. Glenview native helped lower Northern representative on the state’s Radix Cup Illinois’ scoring average by more than squad.

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DEEREKREK SSISKOISKO Assistant Coach 1st Season Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 2007

Derek Sisko is in his fi rst season Sisko served as the head golf coach at as assistant coach after joining the La Crescent High School in La Crescent, Huskies’ staff in August, 2007. In Minn., during the 2006 season. addition to coaching and recruiting On the course, Sisko was a two- duties at NIU, Sisko coordinates team time qualifi er for the AAU Golf Junior practices, strength and conditioning, National Olympic Games, including a and fundraising. tie for seventh fi nish at Brooklyn Park, Sisko, a 2007 graduate of the Minn., and a tie for 19th at Orlando, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with Fla. a degree in exercise and sport science, As a prep, Sisko set the Ladysmith is enrolled in NIU’s sport management (Wisc.) High home course record and master’s program. helped lead the school’s basketball From June-August, 2007, Sisko was team to the 2003 WIAA Division 3 as an operations assistant for the State Championship after a runner- PGA of America at the 89th PGA up fi nish in 2002. He also competed Championship in Tulsa, Okla. Prior to in both AAU Golf and AAU Basketball his stint with the PGA, Sisko was a golf while in high school. marketing intern for U.S. Junior Golf Tours in La Crosse.

MEENN’S GOOLFLF SUUPPORTPPORT STTAFFAFF THHEE MMACAC Mid-American Conference 24 Public Square, 15th Floor Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: (216) 566-4622 Media Relations Fax: (216) 858-9622 www.mac-sports.com Commissioner: Rick Chryst [email protected], Ext. 310 M-Golf Supervisior: Rick Boyages [email protected], Ext. 307 Kyle Gares Tim McMurray Strength & Conditioning Sport Administrator M-Golf Media Relations: Jeremy Guy [email protected], Ext. 303

Michelle Reed Phil Voorhis Academic Support Athletics Trainer

www.niuhuskies.com 3 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf 22008008 HUUSKIESKIE ROOSTERSTER Name Height Weight Class/Exp. Hometown/Last School Greg Bauman 6-0 160 So./1L Crystal Lake, Ill. /Central HS Jeff Dick 6-3 170 Fr./HS Sherman, Texas/Sherman HS Andrew Frame 5-7 165 So./1L Manteno, Ill. /Manteno HS Zach Jecklin 5-11 175 Sr./3L Bloomington, Ill. /Bloomington HS Tim Kay 6-0 183 So./1L Bartlett, Ill. /Bartlett HS Chad Koschmann 5-10 150 Sr./Tr. Lake Forest, Ill. /College of Lake County Kyle Martin 6-1 160 Fr./HS Winfi eld, Ill./Wheaton North HS Joe Mills 6-2 150 Sr./Sq Morrison, Ill./Morrison HS Matt Triplett 5-9 150 So./1L St. Charles, Ill. /East HS Alex Wagner 6-0 175 Jr./2L St. Charles, Ill. /East HS Head Coach: John Cleary, 6th season Assistant Coach: Derek Sisko, 1st season MEEETET THHEE HUUSKIESSKIES Chick Evans Junior Amateur tournament win ... Was a four-year letterwinner and a two-time golf team captain ... Captained the GRREGEG basketball team as a senior ... Son of Doug Bauman and Gail Zalokar ... Business major ... Born Aug. 15, 1987.

BBAUMANAUMAN Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. So. / 1L Fall 2007 3 9 678 75.3 6-0 / 160 2006-07 7 20 1558 77.9 Crystal Lake, Ill. / Central HS Career 10 29 2236 77.1 2007 Fall: Finished the fall with a 75.3 stroke average in nine rounds … JEEFFFF Participated in three of the Huskies’ fi ve tournaments during the fall … Placed DDICKICK ninth at the Belmont Fall Fr. / HS Shootout fi nishing at +2 6-3 / 170 for the tournament while Sherman, Texas / Sherman HS tying his career low round of 69 … Equaled his career 2007 Fall: Participated in two of the Huskies fi ve tournaments low round with a 69 at during the fall … Finished with an 81.75 stroke average in four the Windon Memorial fall rounds … Shot a career-low round of 78 at the Jim Colbert Tournament on his way to Invitational and fi nished 56th at the tournament. a 43rd place fi nish. Prep/Personal: Twice earned All-District and All-Region 2006-07: Placed seventh recognition ... Participated in the 2006 Junior Amateur at the Marshall Invitational Tournament ... Notched a personal-best round of 69 at the All- and shot a career-best 69 Regional Tournament during his senior season ... Was a four- during the second round year letter winner ... Twice captained the golf team captain and ... Tied for 33rd at the was captain of the basketball team as a senior ... Son of Greg Big East / MAC Challenge ... Finished in a tie for 23rd at the and Lisa Dick ... Father played golf at NIU and is a member of Wolverine Invitational ... Participated in seven of the Huskies’ the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame ... Business major ... Born 11 events during the season ... Finished his freshman campaign on Aug. 8, 1989. with a 77.9 stroke average. Prep/Personal: A four-time All-Fox Valley Conference Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. selection and a two-time All-Area honoree ... Led Crystal Fall 2007 2 4 678 81.8 Lake Central to the Fox Valley Conference title as a senior ... Career 2 4 678 81.8 Averaged 36.8 per nine holes during his senior year ... Finished fi rst at the Huntley Invitational with a 71 ... Named team MVP as a junior after averaging a 38 per nine holes as a junior ... Helped Crystal Lake to the conference crown as a sophomore ... Posted score averages of 39.0 as a sophomore and 40.3 as a freshman ... Holds the school record for lowest nine-hole score (32) and lowest season average (36.8) ... Captured six tournament titles during the 2006 summer, highlighted by his

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ANNDREWDREW ZAACHCH FFRAMERAME JJECKLINECKLIN So. / 1L Sr. / 3L 5-7 / 165 5-11 / 175 Manteno, Ill. / Manteno HS Bloomington, Ill. / Bloomington HS 2007 Fall: Averaged a 2007 Fall: Averaged 76.2 team-best 74.8 in 13 fall strokes per round while rounds … Participated appearing in all fi ve of the in all fi ve of the Huskies’ Huskies’ fall events … events during the fall … Earned three top-30 fi nishes Placed fi fth at the Belmont … Placed 23rd at the Jim Fall Shootout with an even Colbert Intercollegiate par score while compiling … Finished 28th at the a season-low 69 in the Purdue Midwest Shootout second round … Finished … Turned in a low-round 16th at the Windon of 71 at the second round Memorial Tournament. of the Windon Memorial 2006-07: Named MAC Tournament and placed Freshman of the Year ... 29th at the tournament. NIU’s leading scorer with Summer 2007: Finished a 74.5 average ... Racked in a tie for 24th at the Illinois up fi ve top-ten fi nishes, State Amateur Tournament including a second-place with a 216. showing at the Wolf Run 2006-07: Named to the Intercollegiate ... Placed Cleveland Golf All-America seventh at the First Energy Scholar and Academic All- Intercollegiate and at the MAC Tournament ... Finished ninth MAC teams ... Finished the season with four top-10 fi nishes ... at the Marshall Invitational ... Finished 10th at the Wexford Appeared in all 11 events and averaged 74.7 strokes per round ... Plantation Invitational ... Participated in all 11 events during his Placed fi fth at the Big East / MAC Challenge with a score of 214 initial collegiate campaign. (-2) ... Notched a sixth-place fi nish at the Wexford Plantation Prep/Personal: Four-time team MVP, All-Area honoree, state Invitational ... Placed seventh at the Earl Yestingmeier Invitational qualifi er and team captain ... Led his team to four straight River ... Helped the Huskies to a fi fth-place fi nish with his ninth-place Valley Conference championships ... Placed second overall at two-round score of 144 at the Marshall Invitational. the Illinois High School Association Class A Championships 2005-06: Finished fourth at the Mid-American Conference with a two-round score of 143, helping Manteno to a fourth- Tournament with a four round score of 289 to earn selection place team fi nish ... Placed second as a junior in the Class A to the MAC All-Tournament team ... Named to the Academic state tournament with a two-round score of 143 and pushed All-MAC squad ... Tied for third at the Big East / MAC Challenge Manteno to 22-0 mark on the year ... Averaged 71.2 as a senior, with a three-round total of 211 ... Helped lead NIU to a fi rst- 71.8 as a junior, 74.3 as a sophomore and 74.5 as a freshman place tie at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational while fi nishing in ... Twice set the school-record for nine holes (31) and owns a sixth-place tie individually with a 219 ... Averaged a 74.7 in 28 the 18-hole record (68) ... Holds Manteno’s record for career rounds and 10 events. scoring average (73.0) ... Son of Charles and Kim Frame ... 2004-05: Started all 10 events during his initial collegiate Liberal arts & sciences major ... Born Nov. 6, 1987. campaign and ranked fourth on the team with a 75.5 stroke average ... Recorded fi ve top-20 fi nishes ... Led the team with Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. an eighth-place showing at the Iowa Intercollegiate ... Finished Fall 2007 5 13 972 74.8 second on the team with a four-round 291 at the MAC 2006-07 11 32 2385 74.5 Championships to tie for 23rd overall. Career 16 45 3357 74.6 Prep/Personal: Earned All-State honors with a 12th-place fi nish at the IHSA State Championships as a senior while helping team to a third-place fi nish ... Claimed Regional and Sectional crowns as a senior ... Shot a one-under-par 71 in the 18-hole Regional event ... Was a medalist at four events as a senior, including a season-low 67 at the Ironwood Golf Course ... Honored with the IJGA’s Spinello Scholarship Award for his outstanding accomplishments in the classroom as well as on the golf course ... Led Bloomington to three consecutive Big 12 Conference titles and was an All-Big 12 selection on three occasions ... Son of Tom and Joni Jecklin ... Finance major ... Born Dec. 12, 1985. www.niuhuskies.com 5 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf

(Zach Jecklin cont.) Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. Fall 2007 5 13 990 76.2 CHHADAD 2006-07 11 32 2391 74.7 2005-06 10 28 2093 74.8 2004-05 10 31 2340 75.5 KKOSCHMANNOSCHMANN Career 31 104 7814 75.1 Sr. / Tr. 5-10 / 150 Lake Forest, Ill. / College of Lake County TIIMM Fall 2007: Did not compete during the fall after transferring to Northern Illinois. Prior to NIU: Transferred from College of Lake County KKAYAY after spending one year at New Mexico ... Owned CLC’s So. / 1L lowest scoring average (73.24) in 2006 ... Earned three fi rst- 6-0 / 183 place fi nishes during the 2006 fall to help CLC to the Skyway Bartlett, Ill. / Bartlett HS Conference Championship ... Named team MVP and Skyway Conference Player of the Year. Fall 2007: Averaged 76.9 Prep/Personal: Did not compete for a high school team ... strokes in 13 fall rounds Was a member of the Future Collegians World Tour ... Earned … Appeared in all fi ve FCWT Second Team All-American Honors in 2004 ... Won the events for the Huskies FCWT Naples Beach event in 2003 with a three-under par … Finished sixth at the score of 141 ... Finished third overall at the FCWT Central Purdue Midwest Shootout Regional with a three-round score of 223 ... Took home the with an even par 72 in the 2002 Chick Evans Match Play title and placed second overall rain-shortened event … in the Chicagoland District Golf Association Junior Match Play Fired a low-round of 70 event ... Named the 2001 Illinois Junior Golf Association Player and placed 26th at the of the Year ... Son of Bob and Peggy Koschmann ... Corporate Belmont Fall Shootout. communications major ... Born Aug. 6, 1985. 2006-07: Appeared in 10 events and averaged 77.4 strokes per round KYYLELE ... Placed 23rd at the Wolverine Invitational while recording a season- MMARTINARTIN best three-round score of Fr. / HS 217 (+4) ... Placed 26th at 6-1 / 160 the Wexford Plantation Winfi eld, Ill. / Wheaton North HS Invitational. Prep/Personal: A three-time team MVP and fi rst-team All Upstate 8 Conference selection ... Earned fi rst-team all-state Fall 2007: Did not compete in a fall tournament. honors as a senior ... Led Bartlett to the Upstate 8 Conference Prep/Personal: Earned three letters at Wheaton North High championship and the Geneva Regional Championship in 2005 School ... Served as team captain during his senior year ... Named ... Earned three tournament titles as a senior including the all-state and all-area as a senior and was a two-time Dupage Chicago Invite (73), Elgin High School Invite (71) and Antioch Valley All-Conference selection ... Finished fi rst at regionals, Invite (69) ... Collected the Larkin Invite Championship with a second at sectionals and eighth at state as a senior ... Posted two-under par 70 as a junior ... Holds the school record for 9- an average score of 76 during his fi nal prep campaign ... Holds hole average at an even-par 36 ... Carded a four-under par and school record for lowest score in the IHSA State Tournament personal-best 32 at the Den ... Son of Thomas and Ruth Kay ...... Son of Duane and Mary Ellen Martin ... Business-Marketing Business major ... Born Dec. 30, 1987. major ... Born Jan. 9, 1989.

Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. Fall 2007 5 13 1000 76.9 JOOEE 2006-07 10 29 2245 77.4 Career 15 42 3245 77.3 MMILLSILLS Sr. / Sq 6-2 / 150 Morrison, Ill. / Morrison HS

Northern Illinois: Three-year squad member but has not competed in an event ... In his second stint on the roster and has also served as the team’s student manager.

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(Joe Mills cont.) Prep/Personal: Three-time All-Three Rivers Conference selection, including fi rst team honors during his junior and ALLEXEX senior seasons ... Named all-region during his fi nal two prep seasons ... Two-time IHSA state fi nals participant and IIAJC National qualifi er ... Averaged a 38 and 39 as a senior and WWAGNERAGNER junior and tied for fi rst at conference meet at a senior ... Jr. / 2L Earned second team all-conference accolades as a sophomore 6-0 / 175 ... Named team’s Most Improved Player as a freshman while St. Charles, Ill. / East HS helping squad to conference, regional and sectional titles and a seventh-place fi nish at the state championships ... Fourt-time Fall 2007: Averaged defending Cross Creek Club champion (2004-07) ... Son of 75.4 strokes in 13 rounds Howard and Patricia Mills ... Cousin, Casey Hahn, is a pitcher while competing in all fi ve at Illinois ... Marketing major ... Born Aug. 22, 1985. of the Huskies’ events during the fall … Named Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week on MAATTTT November 8 after placing 17th, tops among MAC competitors, at the TTRIPLETTRIPLETT Wolverine Invitational So. / 1L … Fired a season-low 70 5-9 / 150 during the second round St. Charles, Ill. / East HS of the Windon Memorial Tournament and fi nished Fall 2007: Averaged 80.25 31st at the tournament … strokes in four fall rounds Placed 26th at the Belmont … Participated in two of Fall Shootout. the Huskies’ fi ve events Summer 2007: Qualifi ed during the fall … Finished for the U.S. Amateur 17th with a season-low Championship in San Francisco, competed in stroke play and 75 at the rain-shortened shot a 156 (73-83) ... Finished 28th at the Illinois State Amateur Purdue Midwest Shootout. Tournament with a total of 217. 2006-07: Appeared in all 2006-07: Appeared in seven events and averaged 77.9 strokes 11 events and averaged per round ... Fired a season-low round of 69 while fi nishing 77.2 strokes per round ... seventh at the Marshall Invitational ...Placed 23rd at the Placed 24th at the Wolf Wolverine Invitational. Run Intercollegiate for his 2005-06: Appeared in four events and averaged 77.7 in 13 best fi nish of the season ... rounds ... Helped NIU claim fi rst at the Eastern Kentucky Shot a season-low round Invitational with a season-best three-round total of 229 to tie of 70 while placing 31st at for 22nd overall. the Xavier Invitational. Prep/Personal: Helped St. Charles East to a second-place 2005-06: Redshirted. team fi nish at the 2004-05 IHSA Class AA State Championships Prep/Personal: Helped ... Qualifi ed for the USGA Junior Amateur at the Olympic Club St. Charles East to runner- in San Francisco ... Shot a two-round 142 in the Junior Amateur up fi nish at 2004 IHSA State Tournament ... Named team MVP qualifi er at Kishwaukee Country Club in DeKalb, Ill. ... Played in in 2003 ... His 76.5 career scoring average ranks ninth at St. the IJGA’s Junior Amateur Championship ... Was a medalist at Charles East ... Claimed the 2004 Upstate Eight Conference the IHSA Sectional at Glencoe Golf Course, shooting an even- Championship and was a three-time all-conference selection par 72 before winning the three-person playoff ... Son of Dave ... Finished 12th at the Illinois Junior Amateur in 2004 ... Posted and Sandy Wagner ... Marketing major ... Born Jan. 13, 1987. three victories during 2003 season ... Shot 71 and 69 in fi nal two rounds of the Boyne Highlands Junior (AJGA Tour) and Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. fi nished ninth ... Son of Tom and Robin Triplett ... General Fall 2007 5 13 980 75.4 studies major ... Born May 14, 1987. 2006-07 7 17 1363 80.2 2005-06 4 13 1,010 77.7 Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. Career 16 43 3353 78.0 Fall 2007 2 4 321 80.3 2006-07 11 32 2471 77.2 2005-06 Redshirted Career 13 36 2792 77.6

www.niuhuskies.com 7 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf 22006-07006-07 SEEASONASON REEVIEWVIEW Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate Big East / MAC Challenge September 9-10, 2006 November 4-5, 2006 Rich Harvest Farms Golf Course, Sugar Grove, Ill. Orange County National, Orlando, Fla. Par 72 / 7,325 yards Par 72 / 7,176 yards Team Winner: Louisville 895 (297-299-299) Team Winner: Akron 863 (294-282-287) Medalist: Derek Fathauer (Louisville) 221 (74-76-71) Medalist: Ben Sieg (Marquette) 209 (70-70-69) Colt Knost (SMU) 221 (73-73-75) NIU Finish: 5-of-12, 882 (300-296-286) NIU Finish: 12-of-12, 953 (311-320-322) t-5. Zach Jecklin 214 (74-72-68) t-19. Zach Jecklin 230 (75-78-77) t-20. Alex Wagner 221 (74-73-74) t-36. Andrew Frame 237 (81-80-76) t-33. Greg Bauman 225 (78-74-73) Tim Kay 237 (82-80-75) t-49. Matt Triplett 229 (75-83-71) t-51. Matt Triplett 242 (76-79-87) t-54. Andrew Frame 232 (77-77-78) t-58. Greg Bauman 245 (80-83-82) 63. T.J. Sobeski 255 (80-88-87) Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate February 26-27, 2007 Wolverine Intercollegiate Wexford Plantation Golf Course, Hilton Head Island, S.C., September 16-17, 2006 Par 72 / 6,752 yards U-M Golf Course, Ann Arbor, Mich. Team Winner: Tennessee-Chattanooga 897 (300-303-294) Par 71 / 6,704 yards Medalist: Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) 213 (73-69-71) Team Winner: Wisconsin 851 (285-279-287) Medalist: Mitch Gillis (Ohio State) 207 (65-70-72) NIU Finish: 11-of-15, 927 (315-309-303) t-6. Zach Jecklin 223 (73-76-74) NIU Finish: 7-of-14, 868 (289-290-289) t-10. Andrew Frame 226 (80-76-70) t-23. Zach Jecklin 217 (74-72-71) t-26. Tim Kay 231 (78-74-79) Tim Kay 217 (74-72-71) 74. Matt Triplett 249 (86-83-80) Greg Bauman 217 (72-73-72) 78. Alex Wagner 259 (84-88-87) t-34. Andrew Frame 219 (71-73-75) t-58. Matt Triplett 226 (72-79-75) Pinehurst Invitational 81. Alex Wagner 258 (91-82-85) March 18-20, 2007 The Centennial Pinehurst, Pinehurst, N.C. Xavier Invitational Par 72 / 7,035 yards October 2-3, 2006 Team Winner: Indiana University 880 (297-293-290) Oasis Golf Club, Loveland, Ohio Medalist: Jorge Campillo (Indiana) 213 (73-67-73) Par 72 / 6,921 yards Team Winner: Xavier 830 (276-284-270) NIU Finish: 18-of-18, 945 (319-318-308) Medalist: Jason Kokrak (Xavier) 202 (65-69-68) t-54. Andrew Frame 232 (80-77-75) Zach Jecklin 232 (82-74-76) NIU Finish: t-16-of-18, 884 (290-297-297) t-83. Matt Triplett 240 (78-85-77) t-31. Matt Triplett 215 (71-74-70) t-85. Tim Kay 242 (79-82-81) t-53. Zach Jecklin 220 (73-74-73) 94. Alex Wagner 255 (90-85-80) Andrew Frame 220 (71-72-77) DNF Greg Bauman 91. Greg Bauman 232 (75-80-77) 93. Tim Kay 237 (75-77-85) Marshall Invitational April 6-7, 2007 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington, W. Va., October 9-10, 2006 Par 71 / 6,476 yards Delaware Country Club, Muncie, Ind. Team Winner: Penn State 565 (285-280) Par 70 / 6,438 yards Medalist: Robert Rohanna (Penn State) 137 (69-68) Team Winner: E. Kentucky 847 (276-289-282) Medalist: Shaun McConnell (Eastern Kentucky) 207 (68-68-71) NIU Finish: t-5-of-16, 583 (291-292) Jeff Lanier (Belmont) 207 (73-65-69) 7. Greg Bauman 142 (73-69) t-9. Andrew Frame 144 (70-74) NIU Finish: 12-of-17, 874 (299-282-293) Zach Jecklin 144 (69-75) t-7. Zach Jecklin 210 (71-70-69) t-66. Matt Triplett 153 (79-74) t-30. Andrew Frame 217 (77-68-72) t-86. Tim Kay 158 (80-78) t-47. Matt Triplett 221 (75-71-75) t-72. Tim Kay 229 (76-73-80) t-83. Alex Wagner 234 (81-76-77)

8 www.niuhuskies.com 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf 22007007 FAALLLL REEVIEWVIEW Wolf Run Intercollegiate Purdue Midwest Shoot-Out April 15-16, 2007 September 8, 2007 Wolf Run Golf Club, Zionsville, Ind. Kampen Course, West Lafayette, Ind. Par 72 / 7,465 yards Par 71 / 7,065 yards Team Winner: Bowling Green / Michigan 293 Team Winner: Akron 616 (303-313) Medalist: Andrew Ladwig (BGSU) / Bill Rankin (Michigan) / Erich Medalist: Brad Wright (Akron) 150 (68-82) Johnston (Purdue), / Jace Walker (BGSU) / Tim Schaetzel (Michigan) 71

NIU Finish: t3-of-14, 647 (320-327) NIU Finish: t-5-of-16, 302 6. Tim Kay 72 2. Andrew Frame 155 (77-78) t-17. Matt Triplett 75 t-24. Matt Triplett 164 (81-83) t-28. Alex Wagner 76 Alex Wagner 164 (83-81) Zach Jecklin 76 t-39. Tim Kay 167 (82-85) t-46. Andrew Frame 78 t-45. Zach Jecklin 169 (80-89) t-69. Jeff Dick 81 Jim Colbert Intercollegiate FirstEnergy Intercollegiate September 24-25, 2007 April 28-29, 2007 Colbert Hills Golf Course, Manhattan, Kan. Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio Par 72 / 7,525 yards Par 72 / 7,125 yards Team Winner: Miami (Ohio) 875 (287-296-292) Medalist: Michael Drobnick (Miami, Ohio) 216 (73-73-70) Team Winner: Eastern Kentucky 868 (295-282-291) Medalist: Ben Wood (Miami, Ohio) 215 (72-70-73) NIU Finish: 9-of-10, 935 (318-313-304) t-23. Zach Jecklin 230 (76-74-80) NIU Finish: 6-of-16, 897 (301-300-296) t-28. Andrew Frame 232 (83-76-73) t-7. Andrew Frame 217 (72-73-72) t-37. Alex Wagner 235 (76-81-78) t-44. Tim Kay 240 (83-82-75) t-37. Tim Kay 227 (79-75-73) t-56. Jeff Dick 246 (87-78-81) t-43. Matt Triplett 228 (74-79-75) Matt Triplett 246 (84-84-78) t-51. Zach Jecklin 230 (76-73-81) 92. Greg Bauman 242 (80-86-76) Windon Memorial October 7-8, 2007 Lake Shore Country Club, Glencoe, Ill. Mid-American Conference Championships Par 71 / 6,667 yards May 3-5, 2007 Team Winner: Northwestern 848 (285-284-279) The Medallion Club, Westerville, Ohio Medalist: Clayton Rask (Minnesota) 206 (75-66-65) / Mike Van Par 72 / 7,216 Sickle (Marquette) 206 (70-70-66) Team Winner: Eastern Michigan 1,138 (285-290-274-289) NIU Finish: 8-of 13, 870 (295-285-290) Medalist: Graham Hill (Eastern Michigan) 277 (70-71-67-69) t-16. Andrew Frame 215 (72-71-72) t-29. Zach Jecklin 218 (73-71-74) NIU Finish: 9-of-9, 1,192 (302-289-297-304) t-31. Alex Wagner 219 (74-70-75) t-7. Andrew Frame 286 (74-72-68-72) t-43. Greg Bauman 223 (77-77-69) t-33. Tim Kay 300 (79-74-70-77) t-60. Tim Kay 229 (76-73-80) t-37. Zach Jecklin 302 (71-71-80-80) Belmont Fall Shootout t-40. Matt Triplett 304 (78-72-79-75) October 15-16, 2007 DNF Greg Bauman Nashville Golf Club, Nashville, Tenn. Par 72 / 7,043 yards Team Winner: Akron 871 (291-285-295) Medalist: Fredric Sundburg (Campbell) 215 (71-70-74) NIU Finish: t-2-of-12, 881 (303-282-296) t-5. Andrew Frame 216 (74-69-73) t-9. Greg Bauman 218 (74-69-75) t-26. Alex Wagner 224 (77-75-72) Tim Kay 224 (78-70-76) t-51. Zach Jecklin 232 (81-74-77) Wolverine Invitational November 5-6, 2007 Andrew Frame paced El Campeon at Mission Inn, Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. the Northern Illinois Par 72 / 6,923 yards contingent in each of Team Winner: Michigan 872 (294-289-289) the Huskies’ fi nal three Medalist: Tim Schaetzel (Michigan) 211 (68-74-69) tournaments of 2006- NIU Finish: t-9-of-9, 917 (305-301-311) 07, including a second- t-17. Alex Wagner 226 (77-72-77) place fi nish at the Wolf t-37. Andrew Frame 231 (73-80-78) Run Intercollegiate. His t-39. Tim Kay 232 (75-80-77) efforts down the stretch t-46. Zach Jecklin 234 (80-75-79) helped him earn MAC t-52. Greg Bauman 237 (81-74-82) Freshman of the Year honors. www.niuhuskies.com 9 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf HOONORSNORS AANDND AWWARDSARDS CONFERENCE TITLES 1984: Drew LaBarbera ALL-CONFERENCE Mid-American Conference 1985: Kelly Holmes 1989: Rick Stewart 1976, 1985 1986: Scott Matheson Mark Voeller Mid-Continent Conference 2000: Tim Countryman 1990: Mike Briggs 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 2005: Nick Schenk Brian King 2006: Nick Schenk 1991: Jason Samuelian NCAA TOURNAMENT Derek Schoonhoven QUALIFYING TEAMS ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE 1993 Niclas Jinglov 1976 2004: Joe True Mark Voeller Nick Schenk 1994: Jason Samuelian NCAA ALL-AMERICA 2005: Nick Schenk Derek Schoonhoven 1974: Mick Soli (HM) 2006: Nick Schenk 1975: Mick Soli (HM) Zach Jecklin ACADEMIC ALL-MID-CONTINENT 1976: Mick Soli (2nd Team) 2007: Zach Jecklin 1989: Mike Briggs 1978: Greg Dick (HM) Mark Voeller 1979: Greg Dick (HM) MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 1990: Mike Briggs 1977: Mike Stolz Mark Voeller NCAA TOURNAMENT 1979: Mike Yackle 1991: Mike Briggs QUALIFIERS Mark Voeller 1972: Dick Suesens MAC GOLFER OF THE WEEK 1992: Mark Voeller 1974: Mick Soli 2004: Nick Schenk (March 30) 1994: Niclas Jinglov 1975: Mick Soli 2005: Ethan Roush (March 23) John Larson 1979: Greg Dick 2007: Alex Wagner (November 8) 1985: Kelly Holmes MCC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE MID-CONTINENT 1989: Rick Stewart GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR (1989-94) MIDWESTERN 1987: Tim Giger COLLEGIATE 1999: Dave Emanuelson COACH OF THE YEAR CONFERENCE (1994-97) Mike Suhre 1989: Jack Pheanis 2000: Dave Emanuelson 1990: Jack Pheanis ALL-CONFERENCE Mike Suhre 1991: Jack Pheanis 1996: Jeff Martin 2005: Ethan Roush 1994: Jack Pheanis Mike Suhre Nick Schenk 1997: Tim Countryman 2006: Ethan Roush CONFERENCE MEDALIST / Nick Schenk GOLFER OF THE YEAR NIU ATHLETICS 2007: Zach Jecklin 1991: Jason Samuelian HALL OF FAME Greg Dick Inducted in 1995 GTE / CoSIDA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Chuck Kittleson Inducted in 1993 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 2007: Andrew Frame Charles Garner Inducted in 1978 1998: Dave Emanuelson Jack Pheanis Inducted in 1988 1999: Dave Emanuelson NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Mick Soli Inducted in 1988 2000: Dave Emanuelson 1993: John Larson Mike Spinello Inducted in 1986 Don Wegrzyn Inducted in 1990 MID-AMERICAN 1976 Team Inducted in 1997 CONFERENCE (1975-86, 1997-present)

COACH OF THE YEAR 1976: Jack Pheanis 1985: Jack Pheanis

CONFERENCE MEDALISTS 1975: Mick Soli 1976: Mick Soli 1978: Greg Dick

ALL-CONFERENCE 1974: Mick Soli 1975: Mick Soli 1976: Mick Soli 1978: Greg Dick 1979: Greg Dick 1983: Harry Kitahata The 1976 Huskies captured the MAC Championship and a NCAA Tournament berth.

10 www.niuhuskies.com 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf HIISTORYSTORY AANDND REECORDSCORDS Career Stroke Average Leaders (Since 1980) Year-By-Year Stroke Average Leaders (Since 1980) Nick Schenk Year Player Rds Low Avg. Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 1971-72 Marty Joyce 19 73 76.6 2002-03 27 76.9 2,078 1972-73 Mick Soli 10 72 75.6 2003-04 31 74.1 2,297 1973-74 Mick Soli 17 68 74.4 2004-05 31 73.1 2,266 1974-75 Mick Soli 13 68 74.9 2005-06 31 72.8 2,256 1975-76 Mick Soli 20 68 73.3 Total 120 74.1 8,897 1976-77 Mike Stolz/Scott Webster/Jeff Thomas 79.8 1977-78 Greg Dick 17 66 76.9 Mick Soli 1978-79 Greg Dick 20 71 75.0 Year Rds. Avg Strokes 1979-80 Greg Dick 19 71 75.2 1972-73 10 75.6 756 1980-81 Mitch Duffy 29 71 77.2 1973-74 17 74.4 1,265 1981-82 Mark Taylor 24 70 76.9 1974-75 13 74.9 974 1982-83 Drew LaBarbera 27 70 77.1 1975-76 20 73.2 1,464 1983-84 Bob Dickman 25 72 77.4 Total 60 74.3 4,459 1984-85 Scott Matheson 28 70 76.3 1985-86 Scott Matheson 32 71 74.9 Zach Jecklin 1986-87 Brian King 33 73 77.5 Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 1987-88 Mike Briggs 28 71 76.5 2004-05 31 75.5 2,340 1988-89 Chad Behrends 31.5 71 77.2 2005-06 28 74.8 2,093 1989-90 Rick Stewart 30 69 77.2 2006-07 32 74.7 2,391 1990-91 Mark Voeller 27 71 76.2 2007 (Fall) 13 76.2 990 1991-92 Jason Samuelian 17 72 76.0 Total 104 75.1 7,814 1992-93 Jason Samuelian 26 69 76.7 1993-94 Jason Samuelian 30 71 76.5 Ethan Roush 1994-95 John Larson 23 72 78.1 Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 1995-96 John Larson 23 72 78.0 2002-03 24 76.6 1,840 1996-97 Mike Suhre 31 72 75.9 2003-04 31 74.4 2,307 1997-98 Jeff Martin 29 71 77.3 2004-05 31 75.1 2,329 1998-99 Tim Countryman 28 70 75.3 2005-06 31 75.3 2,335 1999-2000 Tim Countryman 32 69 74.0 Total 117 75.3 8,811 2000-01 Scott Alwes 28 71 76.2 2001-02 Joe True 29 68 77.7 Tim Countryman 2002-03 Scott Alwes 27 66 74.6 Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 2003-04 Nick Schenk 31 68 74.1 1996-97 22 79.4 1,746 2004-05 Nick Schenk 31 66 73.1 1998-99 28 75.3 2,107 2005-06 Nick Schenk 31 66 72.8 1999-2000 32 74.0 2,371 2006-07 Andrew Frame 32 68 74.5 Total 82 75.9 6,224 Top 10 Single-Season Stroke Average Mike Suhre Pl. Huskie (Year) Avg. Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 1. Nick Schenk (2005-06) 72.8 1995-96 24 78.1 1,874 2. Nick Schenk (2004-05) 73.1 1996-97 31 75.9 2,354 3. Mick Soli (1975-76) 73.2 1998-99 25 75.4 1,885 4. Tim Countryman (1999-2000) 74.0 1999-2000 29 76.9 2,231 5. Nick Schenk (2003-04) 74.1 Total 109 76.5 8,344 6. Mick Soli (1973-74) 74.4 Ethan Roush (2003-04) 74.4 Steve Childress 8. Andrew Frame (2006-07) 74.5 Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 9. Dave Emanuelson (1999-2000) 74.6 1997-98 29 77.6 2,251 Scott Alwes (2002-03) 74.6 1998-99 27 75.4 2,037 1999-2000 23 75.4 1,737 2000-01 28 77.2 2,163 Total 107 76.5 8,188 Dave Emanuelson Year Rds. Avg. Strokes 1996-97 31 77.9 2,416 1997-98 26 77.7 2,019 1998-99 28 77.0 2,156 1999-2000 32 74.6 2,390 Total 117 76.7 8,981 Jason Samuelian Year Rds. Avg. Strokes Mick Soli set school records for 1990-91 14 79.1 1,108 career and season stroke average 1991-92 17 76.0 1,330 and still ranks second and third, 1992-93 26 76.7 1,956 respectively. He was inducted into 1993-94 30 76.5 2,296 the Huskie Athletics Hall of Fame Total 87 76.8 6,690 in 1988. www.niuhuskies.com 11 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf

TEAM RECORDS (SINCE 1980) Top 18-Hole Totals 22007007 NNCAACAA Score Tournament Date 278 Bradley Golf Classic October 11, 1999 280 Kauai Collegiate Cup March 18, 2005 REEGIONALGIONAL HOOSTSSTS 281 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 3, 2005 Northern Illinois made history in 2007 282 Kauai Collegiate Cup March 19, 2005 by hosting its fi rst NCAA Regional in any Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 9, 2006 sport. NIU hosted the Central Region 283 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate September 14, 2003 May 17-19 at Rich Harvest Farms in 284 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 3, 2005 Sugar Grove. Big East / MAC Challenge November 5, 2005 Tulsa staved off a late charge by Alabama 285 Hawkeye Invitational September 11, 1999 and held on for the championship with a Dr Pepper Intercollegiate March 25, 2000 three-round tally of 895. 286 Kauai Collegiate Cup March 18, 2005 The Crimson Tide fi nished with an Big East / MAC Challenge November 5, 2006 898, followed by Louisville (899), Lamar 287 MAC Championships May 5, 2005 (900), Tennessee (904), Oklahoma State Detroit Titan Invitational September 10, 2001 (906), Texas Tech (907), Michigan State Bradley Golf Classic October 12, 1999 (915), Texas (916) and Minnesota (918) to round out the top ten. The Golden Top 36-Hole Totals Gophers edged Texas A&M (918) in a Score Tournament Date one-hole playoff to earn the fi nal berth 565 Bradley Golf Classic October 11, 1999 in the 2007 NCAA Championships. Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 3, 2005 The rest of the fi eld included Wisconsin 566 Kauai Collegiate Cup March 18, 2005 (919), Northwestern (920), Illinois State 573 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate September 14, 2003 (924), Southeastern Louisiana (925), 576 Hawkeye Invitational September 11, 1999 Wichita State (930), Western Illinois 577 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 4, 2003 (930), Baylor (937), Purdue (939), 579 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 4, 2004 Colorado (940), Oklahoma State (943), Wolverine Intercollegiate September 16, 2006 Nebraska (943), SMU (945), Kansas 580 Titan Invitational September 10, 2001 (947), TCU (957), Siena (997) and Texas Big East / MAC Challenge November 5, 2005 Southern (1,029). 581 MAC Championships May 5, 2005 Lamar’s Dawie Van Der Walt and Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 9, 2006 Wisconsin’s Dan Woltman shared the 583 Marshall Invitational April 9, 2004 individual title at one-under-par (215), Dr Pepper Intercollegiate March 25, 2000 followed by Western Illinois’ Tim Streng Kansas Invitational September 19, 2005 (+3, 219), Xavier’s Jason Kokrak and Marshall Invitational April 6-7, 2007 Alabama’s Michael Thompson, who both tied for fourth (+4, 220). Streng and Top 54-Hole Totals Woltman each earned the automatic Score Tournament Date berth into the NCAA Championships, 848 Kauai Collegiate Cup March 18-19, 2005 by virtue of being the top two individuals 856 Bradley Golf Classic October 11-12, 1999 at the tourney. 860 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 3-4, 2005 868 Wolverine Intercollegiate September 16-17, 2006 869 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate September 14-15, 2003 870 MAC Championships May 5-7, 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 4-5, 2003 Kansas Invitational September 19-20, 2005 871 Titan Invitational September 10-11, 2001 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 4-5, 2004 874 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational October 9-10, 2006 Windon Memorial October 7-8, 2007 876 Marshall Invitational April 9-10, 2004 879 Hawkeye Invitational September 11-12, 1999 Big East / MAC Challenge November 5-6, 2005

12 www.niuhuskies.com 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf ALLLL--TTIIMEME LEETTERWINNERSTTERWINNERS Since 1962 (records prior to that season are Holmes, Kelly ...... 1985-86 -S- incomplete) Howard, Tim ...... 1979-80 Samuelian, Jason ...... 1991-94 -A- -I- Sanborn, John ...... 1969 Aldrich, Eric ...... 2002 Irvine, Tim ...... 1968 Sandberg, John ...... 1968-70 Alwes, Scott ...... 2000-03 -J- Schenk, Nick ...... 2003-06 Arvanetes, Jim ...... 1994-96 Jackson, Paul ...... 1985 Schoonhoven, Derek ...... 1991-94 -B- Jakaitis, Larry ...... 1970-73 Schopa, John ...... 1966 Barenbrugge, Brad ...... 1971-74 Janesky, Kurt ...... 1975 Schwob, Tim ...... 1970-73 Batzer, Rod ...... 1972 Jecklin, Zach ...... 2005-07 Seyring, Jack ...... 1960 Bauman, Greg ...... 2007 Jinglov, Niclas ...... 1992-95 Shoger, Jack ...... 1978-79 Behrends, Chad ...... 1987, 89-91 Johnson, Bob ...... 1960 Sloan, Charlie ...... 1984-85, 87-88 Bodda, Rick ...... 1970-73 Joyce, Marty ...... 1972-73 Slobe, Tom ...... 1963-65 Bower, Dick ...... 1965 -K- Smith, Eric ...... 1998-99, 2001-02 Briggs, Mike ...... 1988-91 Kay, Tim ...... 2007 Snuckel, John ...... 1976 Brue, Jeff ...... 2000, 02 Kerr, Tom ...... 1960, 62 Soli, Mick ...... 1973-76 Byers, Tim ...... 1980 King, Brian ...... 1987-88, 90-91 Spielmann, Mike ...... 2001-04 -C- Kitahata, Harry ...... 1981-84 Spinello, Mike ...... 1960 Campagni, Dick ...... 1965 Kittleson, Chuck ...... 1960 Steger, Jared ...... 2005-06 Childress, Steve ...... 1998-2001 Kraul, Scott ...... 1996-98 Stewart, Rick ...... 1988-91 Cinotto, John ...... 1977 Kroc, Joe ...... 1978-79 Stolz, Mike ...... 1975-77 Clemens, Doug ...... 1983 -L- Strand, Derrick ...... 1986-88 Clevenger, Walt ...... 1965-66 LaBarbera, Drew ...... 1979-80, 82-83 Streeter, Brian ...... 1984-86 Conlon, Aaron ...... 2003-04 Larsen, Steve ...... 1972-75 Subry, Blair ...... 1977-78 Conway, Jerry ...... 1967-69 Larson, John ...... 1993-96 Suesens, Dick ...... 1969-72 Cook, Fred ...... 1962 Lawler, Jeff ...... 1975-78 Suhre, Mike ...... 1996-97, 1999-2000 Countryman, Tim...... 1997, 99-2000 LeMaistre, Jason ...... 1997-99, 2001 -T- Crimmins, Jim ...... 1963-64 Leider, Doug ...... 1980-81, 83-84 Taylor, Mark ...... 1982 Cronholm, Chris ...... 1983 Lindstrom, Rick ...... 1960 Thomas, Jeff ...... 1977 Crost, Eric ...... 2003, 06 Love, Dave...... 1975-77 Triplett, Matt ...... 2007 -D- -M- True, Joe ...... 2001-04 Dahlby, Steve ...... 1986 Marini, Rob ...... 1998-2000 -U- Dean, Forrest ...... 1965 Martin, Jeff ...... 1996-98, 2000 Unterscheidt, Chad ...... 1996* Dick, Greg ...... 1978-80 Matheson, Scott ...... 1984-86 -V- Dickman, Bob ...... 1981-84 McCoy, Doug ...... 1981-83 Douglas, Bob...... 1978 Melius, Mike ...... 1969-70 Voeller, Mark ...... 1990-93 Duffy, Mitch ...... 1981-82 Meyer, Ted ...... 1990-92 -W- -E- Michael, Jim ...... 1980 Wagley, Dick ...... 1971-72 Eckersall, Ray ...... 1989 Modloff, Al ...... 1962-65 Wagner, Alex ...... 2006-07 Eckstrom, Brian ...... 1980 Moehling, Ed ...... 1962 Webster, Scott ...... 1974-77 Emanuelson, Dave ...... 1997-2000 Moore, Ray ...... 1964 Wegrzyn, Don ...... 1960 Evans, Bob ...... 1962-64 Morel, Marques ...... 2002 Wegrzyn, Doug ...... 1988-90 -F- Mores, Bob ...... 1967-68 Wegrzyn, Frank ...... 1968-70 Fish, Mike ...... 1992 Mory, Jeff ...... 1986-87 Weiler, Michael ...... 1984 Fitchett, Terry ...... 1973-75 -N- Weiss, Buckey ...... 1995 Frame, Andrew ...... 2007 Nakazaki, Yuzo ...... 1997 Westfall, Mark ...... 1972 -G- -O- Woodcock, Marc ...... 1984-85 Garcia, Rick ...... 1973-74 Olson, Scott ...... 1980 -Y- Giger, Tim ...... 1985-87 Osborn, Tek ...... 1989 Yackle, Mike ...... 1978-79 Gratton, Dan ...... 2003-05 -P- -Z- Gugger, Roger ...... 1966-67 Pedersen, Robert ...... 1966-67 Zarr, George ...... 1972, 75 -H- Pepping, Ron ...... 1980 Zickuhr, Dick ...... 1963 Haegele, Rick ...... 1962-64 Podolak, Andy ...... 1994 Heideger, Don ...... 1966 -Q- Current players in bold. Heino, Gene...... 1969-72 Quirin, Al ...... 1968 Hellman, Dave ...... 1962 -R- Hillbloom, James ...... 1966-67 Rofs, Wayne ...... 1960 Hoffman, Terry ...... 1967 Roush, Ethan ...... 2003-06 Hollister, Glenn ...... 1971-72 Rueth, John ...... 1981

Tim Countryman Greg Dick Scott Matheson Ethan Roush Jason Samuelian Nick Schenk Joe True www.niuhuskies.com 13 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf RIICHCH HAARVESTRVEST FAARMSRMS - HOOMEME OOFF HUUSKIESKIE GOOLFLF About Rich Harvest Farms Jerry 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 signifi cant energies and do-it-youreslf resolve might not have been applied to creating a tough and beautiful track in northern Illinois that, in a handy turn of names, has been the invocation of farmers in the Prairie State for hundreds of years. 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 fi ve 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 infl uenced by Augusta, he also took inspiration from Dick Wilson’s Pine Tree in Florida. Within fi ve years Rich Harvest Links was ranked 5th 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 2nd 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 of 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. The course, like everything Jerry Rich undertakes, is a testament to his drive, tastes, sense of fun and devotion to the game. Each hole has been thoughtfully named. Number 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”, No.13, warns of the “most demanding tee shot in golf.” In another gesture to Augusta, the par-3 14th is “Amen Holy Stone” and offers a caution to “check the wind” when hitting over a brontosaurus shaped pond. Caddies even 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 the 4th , 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. Goals met? Not yet. Jerry’s next step was to attract the Solheim Cup, and wouldn’t you know, he did. Rich Harvest plays host in 2009.

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www.niuhuskies.com 17 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf PRESIDENT DR. JOHN G. PETERS

Dr. John G. Peters is the eleventh NIU’s longstanding commitment to regional service has also received president of Northern Illinois new attention and support under Dr. Peters’ leadership. His vision of University, a post he has held since NIU as “the nation’s premier regional public university” has been the June 2000. As NIU’s chief executive basis for substantial enhancement of regional partnerships with schools, offi cer, Dr. Peters provides business, health care and local governmental agencies. In 2005, Dr. strategic direction and oversight Peters established an ambitious fi ve-year plan that leverages historic for a nationally-recognized, NIU strengths by connecting regional engagement and applied research comprehensive university serving to the university’s well-known focus on real-world learning experiences. more than 25,000 students in 120 Fortifi ed by that plan and more than $100 million in private donations, areas of study at both undergraduate NIU this year launched its fi rst-ever comprehensive capital campaign and graduate levels. Under his and began a campus-wide strategic planning process to focus university leadership, NIU has both expanded resources and efforts in the years ahead. Among its more ambitious and refi ned its institutional vision components is creation of a proton therapy cancer treatment and to more closely align teaching, research center that integrates NIU’s respected physics program with research and outreach efforts with cutting-edge nuclear medicine. emerging needs of the northern Dr. Peters’ reputation as a consensus-builder and education policy Illinois / Chicagoland region. expert puts him much in demand for leadership roles in statewide and A native of Strongsville, Ohio, national organizations. He has served as chair of the Mid-American Dr. Peters earned his bachelor’s Conference Council of Presidents and is a member of that group’s degree in political science at Cleveland’s John Carroll University, and executive committee. His leadership in the area of intercollegiate a master’s in government from Ohio University in Athens. In 1974, he athletics also includes membership on the BCS Presidential Oversight received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois at Committee representing the “coalition conferences.” Dr. Peters served Urbana-Champaign. Prior to assuming the NIU presidency, Dr. Peters as Illinois’ representative to the American Association of State Colleges was provost and chief operating offi cer at the University of Tennessee and Universities (AASCU). He is a member of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln at Knoxville. His distinguished academic career also includes 20 years Commission on International Education; NASULGC’s Commission on in teaching and administrative roles at the University of Nebraska- Women in Higher Education; and is co-chair of Illinois’ Center for Child Lincoln, where he earned numerous awards for work in and out of the Welfare and Education. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Education named classroom. Dr. Peters to a special task force studying math and science education, Dr. Peters’ presidency at NIU has been marked by substantial increases providing a national perspective for his ongoing work with education and in university reputation and new sources of funding. In his fi rst year economic development groups throughout the Midwest. as president, he gained admission for NIU to the National Association A political scientist by training, Dr. Peters specializes in studies of of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), an honor public policy and Congress. He has published widely, including articles reserved for the top fi ve percent of universities nationwide. That same in the Journal of Policy Studies, American Politics Quarterly, American year, Dr. Peters secured NIU’s largest-ever private gift: $20 million for a Political Science Review, and Legislative Studies Quarterly, and has co- new College of Business building. Since that time, President Peters has edited two books on American politics. He is a Fellow of the Center for led efforts to expand federal funding of select NIU research programs Great Plains Studies and has served as the associate editor of the Great – a campaign that has garnered more than $60 million, strengthened key Plains Quarterly. Dr. Peters and his wife, Barbara Cole Peters, have a son, partnerships with state and federal research programs, and enhanced Russell, who lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife and NIU’s standing in the prestigious Carnegie Foundation rankings of young son. research institutions.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Robert T. Boey Barbara Giorgi George A. Moser Cherilyn G. Murer Vella

Manuel ‘Manny’ Myron E. Siegel Marc J. Strauss Shaun N. Crisler Sanchez (Student Trustee)

18 www.niuhuskies.com 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DR. JIM PHILLIPS

With a clear vision, boundless Phillips brought two new coaches to Northern Illinois in the energy and unwavering emphasis last year as Ricardo Patton, who led Colorado to multiple NCAA on providing a world-class Tournament berths, arrived to take over the Huskie men’s basketball experience – academically, team, while former DePaul All-America pitcher Lindsay Chouinard athletically, and socially – to each was tabbed as NIU’s new softball coach. That continued Phillips’ of Northern Illinois’ 467 student- trend of bringing in elite former student-athletes and exemplary role athletes, Associate Vice President/ models – like Northern Illinois women’s basketball Hall of Famer Director of Athletics Dr. Jim Carol Owens and United States track and fi eld Olympian Connie Phillips has worked tirelessly to Teaberry - to lead Huskie programs. improve the Huskie athletics Northern Illinois has also benefi ted from partnerships Phillips has program from an educational, developed with media entities such as WSCR-AM (670 The Score) fi nancial, structural, and facility in Chicago, a 50,000-watt radio station which broadcasts Huskie standpoint while elevating the football and basketball games across the region, and regional sports visibility of Northern Illinois cable station Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Twenty-fi ve of NIU’s last University on both the regional 27 football games have been televised, including all 13 NIU contests and national levels. in 2006 and 10 of 12 games last year. A Chicago native, Phillips has Northern Illinois has inked comprehensive, multi-year apparel and made helping NIU’s student- sponsorship agreements with adidas and Gatorade under Phillips, athletes achieve their academic goals the department’s number one while securing CSTV.com as the Huskies offi cial internet partner. priority. Thus, he is most proud of the fi ve straight 3.0 semesters In addition, Huskie Stadium is slated to be a host site for soccer Northern Illinois student-athletes have posted in the classroom, competition should Chicago land the 2016 Olympic Games. During including a school-record 3.074 mark in Fall 2006. Ten Huskie teams the 2006-07 academic year, NIU’s corporate sponsorships increased boast a cumulative grade point average above the 3.0 benchmark, 236 percent, while Huskie licensing hit a new sales record. while football recorded its highest team GPA ever this past fall. In The work done by Phillips to enhance the student-athlete addition, all 17 Northern Illinois teams exceeded the 925 cut mark experience earned him a 2006 Certifi cate of Recognition from NIU’s for the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) in 2007. Supportive Professional Staff Council, as well as the 2007 Robert Athletically, Northern Illinois teams have reached new heights R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award given by the All- during Phillips’ tenure. In 2005-06, both the NIU football and men’s American Football Foundation. He has served as chairman of the basketball teams captured MAC West Division titles and football Mid-American Conference Athletic Director’s Council and on the continued its winning ways in 2006 with its seventh consecutive Executive Council of the league. He currently serves on the NCAA winning season and third straight postseason appearance. That capped Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. a tremendous fall which also saw the men’s soccer team win the Phillips came to Northern Illinois after four years at Notre Dame MAC title en route to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where he served as Associate and then Senior Associate Director of the 2006 volleyball team claim the MAC West Championship, and Athletics for External Affairs, where his duties included fundraising, women’s soccer advance to the fi nals of the league tournament. With developing corporate sponsorships, managing the ticket offi ce and 19 wins, the Huskie women’s basketball team achieved its highest win overseeing several sports programs. In 2002-03, he helped launch total since 1993-94, while baseball tied the school record for overall the Rockne Heritage Fund, the fi rst Notre Dame athletics annual victories. NIU also sent student-athletes to NCAA Championships fund that directly benefi ted grant-in-aid scholarships; he played an in wrestling, gymnastics and women’s track and fi eld last year. The integral part in the funding of a $24-million, 96,000-square foot 2007-08 year began with a bang as the Huskie football team played athletics facility and assisted in the planning of a campaign that is Iowa at sold-out Soldier Field, one of several scheduling agreements raising over $105 million for capital projects. secured by Phillips, including home-and-home series with Navy and Prior to his time at Notre Dame, Phillips spent two years at Wisconsin. the University of Tennessee. As an assistant athletics director Under Phillips, Northern Illinois has placed renewed emphasis at UT, he directed a $12.4 million annual athletics giving program on developing student-athletes as role models and in 2006-07, every and was responsible for soliciting all major gifts and donations for NIU student-athlete was involved in multiple community service the Volunteers. He helped originate the fi rst capital campaign for activities totaling over 8,000 hours. athletics, raising over $50 million for endowments, facilities, and In August of 2007, one of Phillips’ primary goals was realized programs, while supervising several Tennessee sports. when NIU opened the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Academic and Phillips began his career as an athletics administrator at Arizona Athletic Performance Center. The $14 million, privately-funded State. After beginning his tenure there as a graduate student and facility serves as the home of the Student-Athlete Academic Support restricted earnings basketball coach, Sun Devil athletic director Services Unit, a 15,000-square foot strength, speed and conditioning Kevin White moved Phillips into the ASU development offi ce where center and a state-of-the-art athletic training room. Construction of he also worked on a $35 million campaign for facilities. an indoor practice facility for NIU’s softball, baseball and golf teams A graduate of Chicago’s Weber Catholic High School, Phillips was completed this fall. earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Illinois in 1990. He Phillips and the NIU development staff made history by raising added a master’s of education degree in administration from Arizona over $7.4 million in 18 months for the Yordon Center; during his State in 1992 and his Ph.D. in education administration from the tenure, athletics has secured 27 six-fi gure gifts, three of the fi ve University of Tennessee last summer. largest donations of any kind at NIU. Through the Huskie Athletic He and his wife, the former Laura Hayes of Des Plaines, have Scholarship Fund (HASF), the annual giving arm of NIU athletics, four children – Luke, 7; Madeline, 6; Meredith, 4; and John, 3. Laura Northern Illinois’ sports programs received the fi rst increases to Phillips graduated from Illinois in 1989 with a degree in economics their program budgets since 1992 with a direct allocation from the and received an MBA from DePaul University in 1993. HASF in January 2007 and again in August 2007. www.niuhuskies.com 19 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf NIU QUICK FACTS

Founded: 1895

Location: DeKalb, Illinois (Population 40,000 - 65 miles west of downtown Chicago and 45 miles southeast of Rockford) Under the leadership of President DeKalb campus: 786 acres, 63 major Dr. John G. Peters, Northern Illinois buildings University has experienced an Undergraduate colleges: Business, Education, exciting burst of energy, growth and Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health development. Since his arrival in 2000, and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Peters has guided the university into Visual and Performing Arts the modern digital age while adhering Faculty: 1,205 to the foundations of 1899. Altgeld Hall has been restored to its In-state tuition and fees (per year): former glory. Barsema Hall, home to $6,652 the College of Business, is among the Out-of-state tuition and fees (per year): nation’s most technologically-advanced $11,713 business schools. The NIU Convocation Libraries system: Founders Memorial Library, Center’s 10,000-seat arena showcases 7 branch libraries, 2 million books, 6,000 Huskie athletics along with the best in electronic journals entertainment and trade shows. The Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center Northern offers 54 academic majors, 61 minors, 71 emphases, and 8 pre-professional programs. has become the welcoming gateway to percent of all American universities, campus and DeKalb. and is a member of the Universities Total Enrollment: 25,208 Northern Illinois’ 25,000-plus Research Association, a prestigious students can pursue degrees in 54 consortium of universities across the Undergraduate: 18,031 undergraduate majors with master’s country that supports the work of Graduate and College of Law: 6,789 level work offered in 70 programs. important national laboratories. In addition, a variety of doctoral and Meanwhile, President Peters has Average freshman ACT score: 22 specialist degrees, as well as the juris committed the university to expanding (National average: 21) doctor, are granted by NIU. its service to Illinois families through Student/faculty ratio: 17 to 1 Northern Illinois has received the partnerships that improve our cities highest possible designation from the and towns, our schools and our state’s Average class size: 28 (Senior-level class size: 18) Carnegie Foundation as a “Doctoral/ economy. Research University Extensive” Opened in 1899 as the Northern Students receiving fi nancial aid: 71% institution, putting it in the top four Illinois State Normal School, the Amount of fi nancial aid: $153 million

Student body: 92% from Illinois, 46% men, 54% women, 26% ethnic minorities, 836 international students representing 90 nations

original stated mission was to prepare college-educated teachers. Today, NIU has grown into a world-class university that attracts students from around the globe while remaining committed to preparing teachers, and providing an excellent and affordable higher education to Illinois families. NIU’s second century promises a bright future for all of Illinois as we reach beyond our campus to put the lifelong learning we profess into bountiful practice.

The Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center opened its doors in time for the Huskies’ 2005 homecoming and has become a campus landmark.

20 www.niuhuskies.com 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf Among the many examples of successful power and subatomic particles, as well Northern Illinois people, programs and as reading comprehension. priorities: • NIU is a partner with the Illinois State • Several NIU programs have been Board of Education, the Chicago Public ranked among the best in the nation Schools and the Illinois Resource including the Master’s in Public Center in a federally-funded initiative Administration (MPA) program, ranked to recruit and train bilingual teachers. fourth nationally by U.S. News & World Report in city management • More than 25,000 NIU graduates and eighth for public fi nance; the NIU teach in Illinois and one in every four marketing program, ranked among Illinois school superintendents owns a the top fi ve percent in the nation by degree from NIU. the Professional Society for Sales and Marketing Training; the Department of Accountancy, ranked in the nation’s top Notable Alumni 10 by the Public Accounting Report for the last four years; and the NIU College of Business, ranked 65th in BusinessWeek’s 2007 ranking of best Made possible through a $20 million gift by undergraduate business programs in NIU alumnus Dennis Barsema and his wife the country. Stacey, The Barsema Hall for the College of Business opened its doors in 2002 and features • NIU’s federally-funded Institute 22 classrooms with Internet connections and a for NanoScience, Engineering and 375-seat audtitorium. Technology collaborates with Argonne National Laboratory on basic research in nanotechnology, an emerging fi eld that many scientists believe will spur Former U.S. Speaker of the House and the next technological revolution. Congressman Dennis Hastert (at left, pictured with President John Peters) earned • Faculty and students in NIU’s Frontier a master’s degree from NIU in 1967. Physics outreach program are working to spark interests in science among school children throughout northern Illinois. Over the past three years, the traveling road show has presented eye-popping physics demonstration to 25,000 K-12 students.

• Black Issues in Higher Education magazine consistently ranks NIU in the top 100 institutions nationwide graduating minority students, including No. 1 in the country for number of Paul Sereno (left), a 1979 NIU graduate, graduate degrees in education awarded has been credited with fi nding the world’s to African-Americans. oldest dinosaur fossil.

• NIU is creating an ultra-fast, fi ber- optic communications network that will bring next-generation technology Steve Harris (ABC-TV’s to the northern Illinois region. Dubbed The Practice, three-time “NIUNet,” the roughly 175-mile fi ber Oscar honoree Joan Allen optic loop is expected to be a huge and Dan Castelleneta boon to research and economic (the voice of Homer J. development efforts. Simpson) are NIU alums.

• Northern Illinois researchers are on the cutting edge of critical efforts in areas such as global warming, hydrogen www.niuhuskies.com 21 2008 Northern Illinois Men’s Golf

The home of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill. provides NIU students with a college-town atmosphere in the shadow of one of the world’s great cities. Located just 65 miles west of downtown Chicago and less than half that distance from 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. The proximity of Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, means that local citizens, including NIU student-athletes, have easy access to the city’s many offerings, including cultural events and festivals, professional sports, restaurants, theatres and recreational facilities. Three airports – O’Hare, Midway and Rockford – are within an hour’s drive of the NIU campus. In addition to many activities, including athletics, available on campus, DeKalb is famous for its annual “CornFest,” welcoming students back to town in late August. During CornFest, streets in downtown DeKalb are closed, bands play and vendors open their doors to the returning population. Nearly 10,000 ears of sweet corn from fi elds that surround the city, are given away free at the Corn Boil. A comprehensive bus service, proposed high-speed fi ber-optic cable installation and a young population (25% are age 20-25) make DeKalb a growing and vibrant community in which to live, work and play.

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Opened in August 2007, the state-of-the-art Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center benefi ts all 467 Northern Illinois student-athletes and all 17 Huskie programs.In a ceremony prior to last fall’s fi nal home football game on Nov. 17, NIU Athletics announced a $2.5 million gift from Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon. The gift was the largest in the 108-history of Huskie athletics. The Yordon Center provides Huskie student-athletes with brand new facilities in which to develop their minds, bodies and spirits as they work toward achieving academic and athletic success. It is a cornerstone facility in Northern Illinois’ goal to provide each and every student-athlete with a “world-class” experience while wearing the Huskie uniform. The heart of the 62,000-square foot facility is the Frances and George Wilkins Academic Support Center (honoring Carole & Joe Novak), featuring one-on-one tutorial rooms, a group study room and a fully-equipped computer lab, as well as offi ces for the counselors of the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS). This area brings the staff of SAASS into more direct daily contact with NIU’s student-athletes. Huskie student-athletes have the luxury of working out in the brand new strength and conditioning center. The spacious new area has made an immediate impact on NIU programs as student-athletes will train on new equipment with a variety of machines. The new Strength and Conditioning Center is large enough to enable NIU’s professional strength and conditioning coaches to avoid scheduling confl icts while allowing space for warm-ups, plyometric exercises and speed and agility activities. All Huskie student-athletes also benefi t from the new Athletic Training Room, which dramatically increases the space and improves facilities used by NIU’s professional athletic training staff and the team doctors to prevent, treat and rehabilitate injuries. The nearby Equipment Room provides expanded space for storage of equipment as well as new laundry facilities. Every aspect of the Yordon Center is designed not only to help NIU meet its goal of providing a “world class” experience for its current Huskie student-athletes, but to ensure the ongoing success of the Northern Illinois intercollegiate athletic program by providing an impressive welcome for prospective student-athletes and their families, alumni, donors, guests and visitors.

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• Northern Illinois student-athletes have combined to post a cumulative grade point average above 3.0 in each of the last fi ve semesters, including the highest athletics cumulative GPA (3.074 by 486 student-athletes) on record in the Fall 2006 and the highest GPA ever recorded by the Huskie football team (Fall 2007).

• NIU moved into the $14 million Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Academic and Athletic Performance Center in August 2007.

• The Huskie Indoor Training, or H.I.T. Center, a new indoor practice building for the Northern Illinois baseball, softball, and golf teams opened in Fall 2007 while preliminary work and planning for a new outdoor track and fi eld/soccer complex is currently underway with ground-breaking scheduled for this spring.

• The Northern Illinois football team made three straight postseason appearances from 2004-06 and advanced to two bowl games – the 2004 Silicon Valley Football Classic (NIU’s fi rst bowl bid in 21 years) and the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl.

• The Huskies have established multi-year partnerships with adidas and Gatorade and signed a fi ve-year agreement with CSTV to host Northern Illinois’ Offi cial Athletics website.

• Northern Illinois’ head coaches include former Olympian Connie Teaberry for women’s track and fi eld, NIU alumna and 2006-07 USA Basketball assistant Carol Owens (women’s basketball) and most recently, Ricardo Patton for men’s • NIU successfully played host to the 2007 NCAA Men’s Golf basketball and former three-time DePaul All-American Lindsay Central Regional at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Chouinard for softball. • Twenty-fi ve of Northern Illinois last 27 football games, including • NIU has received 27 $100,000 leadership gifts in the past a string of 21 straight, were televised from 2005-07. NIU made two years, has seen corporate sponsorship revenues rise 236 multiple appearances on on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPNU and percent, and realized an all-time high in licensing revenue. Comcast SportsNet during that time.

• Huskie teams and individuals achieved unprecedented athletic • Three Huskies – football’s Garrett Wolfe and Doug Free and success in 2006-07 as men’s soccer won the Mid-American women’s basketball’s Stephanie Raymond – were drafted into the Conference title and advanced to the second round of the NFL and WNBA in 2007, with Raymond becoming the highest NCAA Tournament, the volleyball team captured the MAC West draft pick in school history in any sport (24th). Division crown, women’s soccer reached the MAC Championship Game, baseball tied the school record for victories and shot- • Every Northern Illinois student-athlete participated in a school- putter Ashley Morrow advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track & sponsored community service activity as part of the Huskies’ Field Championships. CHAMPS/Life Skills program in 2006-07.

• Northern Illinois’ agreement with 50,000-watt Chicago • Reliever Matt German became the fi rst NIU baseball player sports radio power WSCR-AM 670 broadcasts Huskie games in school history to earn All-America honors while Wolfe, the to hundreds of thousands of listeners across the region. NCAA’s leading rusher in 2006, was an All-America choice by the Associated Press. • Jim Phillips has secured football scheduling agreements with Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Navy • Gymnast Jody Yednock earned the prestigious Bob James and Tennessee, and NIU played a home game versus Iowa at Postgraduate Scholarship from the MAC in 2007, becoming the Chicago’s Soldier Field on Sept. 1, 2007 in front of a sold-out second straight Northern Illinois student-athlete to be honored crowd. (following volleyball’s Marie Zidek in 2006).

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