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NIU announces 2017 Hall of Fame inductees

DeKALB — Sean T. Frazier, associate vice president and athletic director, unveiled the six former Huskie student-athletes who were inducted into the 2017 NIU Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Victor E. Ball at the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center.

The Huskies Hall of Fame was created in 1978 with nine student-athlete inductions. NIU has inducted 212 student-athletes, 18 teams and one family.

The inductees for this year include 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.