• TrueNU’s Sydney Supple sat down with Northwestern Football captain and defensive back Coco Azema for an exclusive conversation about leadership, loss and what lies ahead as his final season with the Wildcats kicks off on Saturday. It’s bigger than football.@Sydney_Supple sits down with 2x @NUFBFamily captain, @coco_azema as he shares his journey on and off the field and how he plays every game for his brother, whose memory inspires him to lead with heart and purpose. đź’ś PART I pic.twitter.com/pBSfOOVM2j […]

  • By Austin Siegel The clearest sign that Northwestern’s 23-15 win over Purdue on November 18 wasn’t a normal college football game? Nobody wanted to leave. More than 30 minutes after quarterback Ben Bryant took a knee and students rushed the field to celebrate a victory that clinched the school’s first bowl berth since 2020, hundreds of Northwestern fans, coaches and student-athletes were still milling around Ryan Field. They took photos on the field and snatched blades of grass. Three days […]

  • Youth & Opportunity United Evanston, an organization that hosts after-school and summer learning programs, has plenty of students with a passion for sports. But creating opportunities to play for more than 1,400 participants across Evanston hasn’t always been easy for Y.O.U. Program Manager Michelle Hinojosa. Enter, TrueNU. “I connected with Jacob [Schmidt] and TrueNU because we’re always looking for someone who can come in and play sports with our kids,” she said. “Finding out that working with these student-athletes would […]