The Duke Ellington Ballroom was filled with past and present student-athletes, alumni and members of NIU Athletics, as the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017 was inducted Friday.
The inductees included Dee Abrahamson, who has the most wins as softball head coach in school history from 1980 to 1994 and athletics administrator from 1995 to 2011, Steve Azar, who played football from 2000 to 2003, men’s gymnast Mark Goodson, 1976 to 1980, Ed Kositzki, men’s soccer player from 1969 to 1971, Angela Lockett, women’s basketball player from 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1995 and Garrett Wolfe, former running back from 2004 to 2006.