The stats looked at are from games, meets and matches between Feb. 4 and 5 p.m. Sunday. If you feelthere are student athletes left off who deserve to be on the list or student athletes who deserve to be on the list in coming weeks, feel free to comment on the Northern Star’s Facebook account or tweet them at @NIUNorthernStar using #NIUTop5.
Top-5 status went solely based on individual performance. The author looked at the student athletes’ previous three games, meets or matches to determine if their was a spike in recent performance compared to the overall season.