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Hot Seat with Kelsey Laumann

Hot Seat with Kelsey Laumann

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor October 6, 2014

Sport: Soccer Year: Junior Major: Exercise Science Kelsey Laumann holds a strong place on the Norse offense this season, but what else do you know about her? Q: What is your favorite before game meal?A:...

Hot Seat with Kelly Burrows

Hot Seat with Kelly Burrows

Gavin Colton, Contributor September 29, 2014

Year: Sophomore Sport: Distance Runner Major: Accounting With a personal best of 18:49.7 5k time, Kelly Burrows holds the ninth best time in NKU history, but what else do you know about her?   Q:...

Hot Seat with Ian OReilly

Hot Seat with Ian O’Reilly

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor September 22, 2014

Sport: SoccerYear: SeniorMajor: Organizational Leadership Ian O’Reilly holds a strong place on the Norse defense for the men’s soccer team, with nearly 2,000 playing minutes last season alone, but...

Jalen Billups and mens basketball Head Coach Dave Bezold try to persuade a group of people on who to side with.

Beard causes petition

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor September 20, 2014

 Facial hair is rarely a thing that causes commotion, often only doing so when it takes extreme form. However over the last week on NKU’s campus this has not been the case, as men’s basketball player...

Student athlete faces life without soccer

Troy Bendgen, Reporter September 18, 2014

Imagine a life dedicated solely to one sport for the majority of your life. Every waking moment is committed to getting better and practice lasts for hours. Now imagine waking up one morning and just deciding...

Hot Seat with Keely Creamer

Hot Seat with Keely Creamer

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor September 14, 2014

Keely Creamer has proven her worth on the volleyball court over the last year, racking up 264 kills last season alone. But what is Keely like off the court? Sport: Volleyball Year: Sophomore Major: Undeclared Q:...

NKU women’s volleyball team has earned their third consecutive team academic award this year from the American Coaches Association. The award recognizes teams that perform exceptionally in the classroom throughout the school year and maintain a 3.0 cumulative team grade-point average.

Student-athletes succeed on and off the court

Carrie Crotzer, Molly Patrick, and DeSherion McBroom September 10, 2014

Over the last three years, NKU athletics has shown that they instill this in their student-athletes, receiving 148 Atlantic Sun All-Academic awards in the last year alone, according to President Geoffrey...

Hot Seat with J.J. Weber

Hot Seat with J.J. Weber

Hannah Siefert, Contributor September 7, 2014

J.J. Weber is known as an amazing Cross Country and Track star but what else do you know about him? Get to know Weber a little better. Sport: Cross Country / Track Year: Senior Major: Organizational Leadership Q:...

2014 women’s volleyball players to watch this season

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor September 5, 2014

With three wins already under their belt, their own invitational tournament this weekend, and an exciting season in front of them, The Northerner sat down with women’s volleyball Head Coach Elizabeth...

Globe trotting soccer player makes NKU his new home

Globe trotting soccer player makes NKU his new home

Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor September 3, 2014

Few have ever traveled outside of their home country and even fewer have ever lived in another country. None of these apply to sophomore transfer Alwin Komolong, who is also a member of NKU’s soccer...

NKU Mens Soccer forward Caleb Eastham heads the ball towards the goal in the first half of NKUs home opener game vs UK. NKU tied University of Kentucky 0-0 Sunday, August 18, 2014 at NKUs Soccer Complex.

2014 soccer players to watch this season

Molly Patrick, Contributor August 28, 2014

Both the men and women’s soccer teams at NKU are facing exciting schedules this season. Recently, we sat down with Coach Sheehan, the women's head coach, and Coach Basalyga, the men's head coach, to...

Athletes careful on social media, but not tracked

Athletes careful on social media, but not tracked

Brooke Ginn, Staff Writer September 20, 2012

“Porn,” “beer pong,” “doobie,” “fight” and “robbery” are all words that would probably catch your eye when scrolling through Facebook or Twitter news feeds, especially if they were...

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