The Northern Illinois Huskies softball (officially NIU Huskies softball[2]) team is the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I college softball team that represents Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois, United States.

The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Conference tournament champion NIU softball head coach Christina Sutcliffe is the seventh head coach in NIU softball program history and took over the program starting with the 2013 season.

[4][5] NIU softball has had seven players named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America teams, including three First-Team All-American selections.

[3] NIU softball has had two players named Pitcher of the Year by the conference.