DEKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University Athletics invites all elementary and middle school girls and boys in grades one through eight to the Power of the Pack Youth Clinic on Wednesday, February 28 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. (CT). 
 
This free event takes place inside Victor E. Court in the NIU Convocation Center prior to the NIU versus Toledo women's basketball game, which tips off at 6 p.m.
 
All participants at the Clinic, which includes the opportunity to interact and learn skills from NIU student-athletes from the gymnastics, track and field, volleyball, softball, tennis, soccer and golf teams, receive free admission to the women's basketball game that night.  Adults accompanying the clinic participants can purchase a ticket to the game for $5 each.  In addition, youth participants in the Power of the Pack Clinic will receive a free Jacoby Trophy hoodie (limited sizes) while supplies last. 
 
Following the Clinic, the children will be invited to form the entrance tunnel for the NIU women's basketball team when they take the floor in the arena prior to the game.
 
For more information on the Power of the Pack Youth Clinic, contact Debra Boughton, NIU Athletics Chief of Staff, at dboughton1@niu.edu.
 
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