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The Council of Chief Executive Officers of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) met last week and approved a plan for the Conference to resume competition in 2021.

Dec 11th 2020, 11:25am 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

The AU Coaches Corner - Alex Lowe

Welcome to the AU Coaches Corner, a weekly feature giving you an inside look into the staff and administration of the Aurora University Athletic Department. This week we feature Alex Lowe, Head Coach of the Spartan men's and women's cross country progr...

Oct 14th 2020, 10:00am 3K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

NACC Announces Updated Competition Plans for 2020-21 Academic Year

The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) has announced adjusted scheduling and/or tournament formats for 13 of its 21 championship sports for the 2020-21 academic year.

Aug 31st 2020, 3:39pm 4K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Spartan Athletics Year in Review - 2019-2020

The Aurora University athletics program had another successful season in the storied tradition of Spartan athletics throughout the 2019-2020 academic year despite the unfortunate shortening of the winter NCAA championships and spring seasons due to the...

Jul 29th 2020, 9:00am 3K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

NACC Postpones Fall Semester Conference Competitions and Championship Events

The Council of Chief Executive Officers (institution presidents) of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) today announced that they made the difficult decision to postpone all conference regular-season competitions and championship events...

Jul 27th 2020, 9:00am 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

2019-2020 Spartan Scholars Announced

In the classroom the Spartans once again were successful with 300 student-athletes earning Spartan Scholar designation. A Spartan Scholar is a student-athlete from any of the 22 sponsored NCAA sports who earned a 3.25 gpa or above for the 2019-2020 aca...

Jul 22nd 2020, 10:00am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Spartan track and field receives USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the 2020 All-Academic track and field honors which recognizes teams and individuals for their success both academically and athletically..

Jul 16th 2020, 12:42pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

NACC announces 2019-2020 Scholar-Athletes

Today the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference announced those named to the 2019-2020 NACC Scholar-Athletes. Aurora University led the way with 217 Spartan student-athletes earning recognition. The award requires the student-athlete to maintain a 3...

Jul 14th 2020, 12:05pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

AU launches Spartan apparel store through Nike-BSN

The Aurora University Athletic Department today launched the exclusive sideline online store through the multi-year partnership with NIKE and BSN SPORTS. The agreement which commenced today, July 1, 2020 is part of BSN SPORTS Collegiate Select program,...

Jul 1st 2020, 12:29pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

AU announces Female Athlete of the Year award

The 2019-2020 athletic seasons culminated with an early conclusion due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) but leading up to the abrupt end of the athletic season, AU was in the middle of one of the most successful years in the history of A...

Jun 23rd 2020, 11:00am 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments