Rick Costello

Purdue University Northwest | Director of Athletics

[Purdue Northwest Lions @PNWathletics]

🚨SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR🚨

Congratulations to Purdue Northwest STUNT junior Addison Black on garnering 2026 GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors!

📰: https://t.co/g8MGbVjTdH

#PowerOnward 🦁

[Purdue Northwest Lions @PNWathletics]

ATTENTION‼️‼️
For those participating in the Powers-PNW Golf Outing on Monday, June 22, due to weather, there will be a new start time.

The outing will start at 12:00 PM CT with breakfast beginning at 10:30 AM CT.

The event will still take place at Briar Ridge Country Club.

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PRIDE ADVANCE‼️‼️‼️
The @PNWSoftball team upset 4-seed Parkside, 7-6, in a thriller to begin the GLIAC Tournament!

Grace Wilson came up clutch in the 7th with a 3-RBI double for the Pride!

PNW continues tomorrow at 11:00 AM CT against 1-seed Saginaw Valley State!

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Purdue Northwest Athletics celebrates record-setting Day of Giving!

#PowerOnward 🦁 #PNWDayofGiving

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Welcome to PNW‼️‼️

Purdue Northwest Athletics is proud to announce Chris Vincent as the next head coach of the women’s basketball program!🏀
@Coach_Vincent_

#PowerOnward 🦁
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HISTORY‼️
In their second season and for the first time in program history, PNW STUNT has qualified for the STUNT National Tournament!
The event is held on April 23-26 in Nashville,Tennessee!
Congratulations!
#PowerOnward 🦁
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BACK-TO-BACK SWEEPS 🧹🧹🧹
@PNWSoftball gets two more big wins at the USSSA Space Coast Spring Games!

Abbey Bond earned the win in Game 1, while Jordyn Roop recorded the win and Hannah Raffety-Flatter notched her first-career save in Game 2!

#PowerOnward 🦁

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🚨HISTORY MAKER🚨
Congratulations to @PNW_Hockey Senior goalie Cooper Olson on signing with the Indiana Sentinels of the FPHL!

Cooper becomes the first PNW Hockey student-athlete to sign a professional contract!

📰: https://t.co/C5UgE47eF4

#PowerOnward 🦁

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FIRST EVER GAME AND FIRST PROGRAM WIN‼️‼️‼️

Congrats to Women’s Flag Football on recording the programs first win on their inaugural game over Marian!

#PowerOnward 🦁

[Rick Costello @PNWPride]

@PNWathletics @PNWBasketball Thank you @CoachAshton23 for the outstanding leadership of @PNWBasketball !The result of “stacking great days on great days” was an amazing transformation of @PNWBasketball !! #Back to Work

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Send the @PNW_Hockey team off to Nationals! 🏒

Join us tomorrow at 10 AM CT at the Fitness & Rec Center as we send our hockey team off to the ACHA DI National Tournament. #PowerOnward 🦁

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Year one. Record books rewritten. 🔥

Head @PNWBasketball Coach Jordan Ashton made an immediate impact in his first season.

🏀 Most overall wins in the D2 era
🏀 Most conference wins in the D2 era
🏀 First .500 season in the D2 era
🏀 Best GLIAC defensive season
#PowerOnward 🦁

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A New Era Begins 🔥

Starting this July 1, Purdue University Northwest enters a bold new chapter, competing as the Lions 🦁.

📰: https://t.co/BEOv3j8wW3

#PowerOnward

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Lucas Bass secures the first first-place finish for @pnw_xctf at the GLIAC Indoor Championships! 🥇

Bass wins the Long Jump with a mark of 7.05m.
#PowerOnward 🦁

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STUNT SWEEP🧹🧹🧹

The PNW STUNT team open with Alma Invite with two big wins!

#PowerOnward 🦁

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SATURDAY SWEEP🧹🧹🧹

@PNWSoftball continues the Oasis DII Collegiate Classic with two more wins!

Halie Charmat and Hannah Rafferty-Flatter get the wins on the mound!

#PowerOnward 🦁

[Purdue Northwest Men’s Basketball @PNWBasketball]

Ticket Punched to the GLIAC Tournament 🎟️🦁 #MoreWorkToDo

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PRIDE WIN‼️‼️‼️
It’s a season sweep for @PNWBasketball over the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals!

Pride get the big GLIAC win!

#PowerOnward 🦁

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PRIDE WIN‼️‼️

@PNWBasketball completes the season sweep of Parkside with a strong road win!

#PowerOnward 🦁

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The Purdue University Northwest Department of Athletics is thrilled to announce that its student-athletes have achieved 10 consecutive years of academic excellence.
#PowerOnward 🦁
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