"Individuals like Jack Marks who come here without a scholarship are very important to the success of our team." "One of my goals as the head coach at Northern Illinois is to continue to have a very strong walk-on program," Doeren said. Spann, Coffman, Progar and Schepler all earned All-Mid-American Conference accolades in 2010 while playing key roles for the record-setting 11-3 Humanitarian Bowl Champions. Current Huskies Jason Schepler, Sean Progar and Rashaan Melvin began their careers as walk-ons as did 2010 seniors Chad Spann, who now stands as NIU's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns, and Jake Coffman, who ranks on the Huskies' list for career quarterback sacks. Northern Illinois coaches have long acknowledged the value walk-ons bring to the football program with Marks the latest non-scholarship player to be rewarded. Marks has continued a family football tradition at Northern Illinois as two of his uncles played football at NIU in the 1970s. In all, Marks has played in 22 games over the last two years and has nine catches for 80 yards. "He is a true Huskie and has earned the right to be a scholarship athlete at NIU." "We were honored to award Jack with a scholarship after all the hard work he has put into the program here," Doeren said. He also caught passes versus Toledo, Western Michigan and Iowa State. Five of his catches came versus Illinois, when he totaled 55 receiving yards, including a career-long 22-yard catch. He finished the season with a career-high eight catches for 75 yards and averaged 9.4 yards per catch. In 2010, Marks played in every game for the Huskies as one of NIU's top two tight ends and made a pair of appearances in the starting line-up. Northern Illinois unofficially added senior tight end Jack Marks (Orland Park, Ill./Marist HS) to its list of 2011 football signees Monday as Huskies' Head Coach Dave Doeren announced that the former walk-on has earned a scholarship, effective immediately. 21 Red Raiders at 4 p.m.įans can watch Saturday' women's basketball game through Huskie All-Access and both of softball's games with Texas Tech through RaiderVision All-Access. That will be the case Saturday in Lubbock, Texas as the baseball team faces Texas Tech at 12 p.m., while the softball team, which is in Lubbock for the Jeannie McHaney Memorial Classic hosted by Texas Tech, will face the No. While it isn't that unusual for two teams in the same conference to be playing each other in two different sports on the same day, it is unique when the same schools from two different conferences square off in doubleheader action.
As fans are leaving the Convocation Center, they can turn to 1360 AM WLBK and probably catch Bill Baker's pregame show prior to the start of the men's basketball contest at Toledo. Tip off for Saturday's contest, which is also Senior Day and NIU PinkZone game, is set for 3 p.m. The women play host to the Rockets in a key Mid-American Conference West battle. Saturday, the men's and women's basketball teams will be facing Toledo in a doubleheader action. This weekend in NIU Athletics is an interesting scheduling anomaly.
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