NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Junior guard E.C. Hill, who led the women’s basketball team to its second straight NCAA tournament appearance this season, was named to the Kodak District 4 All-America team and is one of 45 finalists for Kodak’s All-America squad to be named April 3. She averaged 17.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.3 steals a game for the 24-6 Huskies.

The women’s gymnastics team won its second straight Midwest Independent Championships crown, totaling 189.50 points in the five-team meet in Winona, Minn. Goha Mroz led the way, winning all-around (38.40), floor exercise (9.70), vault (9.75) and tying Illinois-Chicago’s Amy Sievertsen for the uneven parallel bars title (9.65).