NATCHITOCHES – Fans and former Northwestern State student-athletes are invited to submit nominations this month for the N-Club Hall of Fame, the university's highest athletic honor, as the 2024 ballot takes shape.
 
Nominations of former athletes, coaches and staff members can be submitted online by anyone with an interest in Northwestern State athletics. Nomination deadline is Sunday, April 28.
 
Voting, which will occur in early May, is open to any N-Club member whose membership dues are current. Fees are free for first-year athletic alumni. Dues afterwards are $120 annually ($10 monthly) with discounted longer-term rates available.
 
The nomination portal and more information is available at the https://nsudemons.com/sports/2018/10/1/nsu-n-club.aspx link online. Included are nomination criteria, including the requirement that a former athlete must have concluded competition at NSU for at least 10 years.
 
A ballot of approximately 60 candidates was considered last year. As many as 12 inductees are chosen annually, from a variety of NSU's current 14 intercollegiate sports as well as sports no longer contested, such as gymnastics and golf.
 
Previously nominated candidates who are not elected are carried over to the following year's ballot (click here for 2023 ballot), so there is no need to re-nominate.
 
While the easy online nomination process requests career information for nominations, it's best to submit a nominee by the April 28 deadline even if there's credentials which are unknown to the nominator, said N-Club selection committee chair Doug Ireland.  The committee and the NSU athletic media relations staff will check nominations and add relevant information as the ballot is prepared for voting.
 
Selection of the N-Club Hall of Fame inductees is made by a combination of voting from N-Club members and assessment of the N-Club selection committee, which is comprised of over a dozen former competitors and staff members representing the range of sports contested at Northwestern State.