2006-07 Annual Report Division of Collegiate Athletics, University of Illinois

2006-07 ANNUAL REPORT Division of Collegiate Athletics University of Illinois 1 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT Yours in athletics, Ronald E. Guenther Director of Athletics Coach Law joins a stable of Illinois strongest head in the country. coaches Under their that supervision, Illinois I teams continue believe is the to reach new heights, competing every year for Big Ten titles and NCAA championships. Our head coaches lead with dignity and honor, and the wearing they women and men young the for advisors and models role as serve successful as sports beyond life for them prepare to helping uniform, Illinois professionals, contributing members of their communities, and influences on future generations. positive Another cause for excitement is the Network, which launches in August 2007, will provide a Big new platform for Ten Network. Theour All country. the across Bigfans reach to athletics Ten Big of excitement the Ten programs will benefit from increased media exposure, and the additional will fund many new initiatives. revenues from the network Of equal importance to the extraordinary efforts of our coaches, student- athletes, and staff over the past year has been the continued enthusiasm of basketball men’s Our world. the around fans Illini and community local our team has played in front of 45 consecutive capacity crowds at the Assembly Hall. Over 11,000 new season tickets have been sold for the 2007 football and fund, annual our to amounts record in give to continue Donors season. several years. our endowment has increased steadily over the past athletic top nation’s the of one in involved be to us of each for privilege a is It programs at one of the world’s foremost universities. This is a privilege that we must never take for granted. Guard against complacency. In athletics, as in life, there is no staying the same. Every getting day better or our getting worse. program The standard is we expect either is excellence. Our life. in Victory classroom. the in Victory field. the on Victory victory. is goal Whatever your role in this endeavor, my challenge to you is the same. Do something every day to make Fighting Illini athletics stronger. Join in our crown of a champion. cause. If you do, one day soon we will all wear the

DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS DIRECTOR’S athletic program remains second to none, and, in 2006-07, the Fighting Illini continued to set the academic standard against which other collegiate student-athletes are measured. Many of the coming pages highlight these achievements. impressive academic Our commitment to academic excellence remains we strong. will In open the 2007-08, doors on a nearly Academic $5 Services million Center. expansion The of expansion the Irwin will feet of space, add more than doubling over 11,000the original square building’s size. The facility will feature individual and group study rooms, tutor space, and additional center academic student-athlete any by unmatched be will It labs. computer in the country. The Irwin Academic Services Center expansion is one of Demirjian the several on doors the building opened we year This underway. have we projects Indoor Golf Facility. We have also broken Stadium, which, ground combined with on Eichelberger Field, Martin will form Softball one of the nation’s premier softball venues. No building project, however, has captured fans worldwide the like the Illinois imaginations Renaissance, the of renovation of Illini Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium is undergoing the most sweeping renovations in its eight-decade existence. A new 5,000-seat permanent seating structure will open for the 2007 football season, and renovations to the main stands will be completed for the 2008 season. by only matched is stadium football renovated the regarding excitement The and energy Zook’s Ron itself. team football our surrounding enthusiasm the exciting of crop a Featuring storm. by Nation Illini the taken have intensity young talent, including the highest rated recruiting class in school history, Coach Zook’s squad is poised to begin its ascent up the Big Ten standings. Illini fans have responded, purchasing more new season tickets than in any and experience, gain players young these As history. program’s our in season as the stadium renovation draws to a close, Illinois football stands on the verge of a new era of unparalleled success. Like football, women’s basketball promises to reap the benefits of new and of coach head seventh the became Law Jolette May, In leadership. energetic assistant an as seasons 12 In program. basketball women’s Illini Fighting the at Rutgers University, Coach Law helped the Scarlet Knights to two Final Fours and a 2007 National Runner-Up finish.

am pleased to present you 2006-07 with the Annual Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Report at for the Dear Fellow Illini: I the University of Illinois. Years from now, our in watershedyear a as standwill 2006-07 program’s proud history. Every champion must persevere in the face of adversity. This year we surmounted numerous obstacles These on-the-field accomplishments, while extremely important, remain secondary to our primary purpose at the University of Illinois: to educate Fighting Illini student-athletes and prepare them to lead successful following lives completion of their athletic careers. In that area, the Illinois Other team accomplishments during the 2006-07 seasons included a Sweet a included seasons 2006-07 the during accomplishments team Other Sixteen appearance by our women’s soccer team, whose 16 wins matched the school record for victories in 20-win season a recorded by our season, men’s basketball team. Notable and individual an eighth consecutive achievements included Big Ten Baseball Player of the Year Lars Davis and Big Ten Gymnast of the Year Wes Haagensen. to grow stronger, more united, and more focused on ourthe core values program: of scholarship, sportsmanship, integrity, loyalty, and the winning season, past this crown that wore team field and track women’s Our the 2007 Big Ten Women’s Outdoor Track It and was their Field second Big Championship. Ten title in three years, and the 11th championship conference under head coach Gary Winckler. Our men’s tennis team is another Fighting Illini program that has exemplified the on-the-court excellence that we and off- expect. Last spring, the men advanced to the Runner-Up National The Tournament. NCAA the of match championship season. finish capped the men’s 10th consecutive 20-win The strength of our organization — our display people than during — was the never 2006-07 more on campaign. The Fighting Illinistudent-athletes, and staff responded coaches, to many challenges, working tirelessly to uphold the reputation of the University of flames the Illinois from emerged has and program our fire, Fighting by galvanized Now, Illini athletics. and stands ready to wear the crown of a champion. pursuit of victory. On the nation’s biggest collegiate stage,Illinois head-to-head thewith undefeated and national top-ranked Georgia. In the title dual placed match, Illinois dropped the singles. doubles,Unfortunately, thesingles but strength ofthe Bulldogs still held upuntil came the outend as fighting they clinched in a 4-0and victoryRowe, forfor theirthe effortsNCAA in title.leading Spicijaric team after the finish. selected to the NCAA All-Tournament Illinois to the title match, were With the team portion of the 2007 close to journey doubles and singles their NCAA on embarked Rowe and Anderson Tournament in the books, semifinals, the to way the all battled Anderson 4-seeded No. season. the out Alex semifinalist eventual to loss a after round first the in exited Rowe while Slovic of Washington. The South African Anderson ended his run in the semifinals, dropping a three-set affair to eventual NCAA singles champion Somdev Devvarman. For his efforts and semifinal appearance, Anderson garnered the ITA Player to Watch Award recognition, becoming the first Illini to receive the national honor. In doubles action, the 2006 NCAAthey doublesare onechampions of showedthe bestwhy second-straight tandemsNCAA title match. Despite in winning the thefirst set 6-4, country, advancingthough, the two could not hold off the hard-serving duo of Marc Born to their and Andreas Siljestrom of Middle Tennessee, in tiebreaks. losing the final two sets Both Anderson and Rowe received All-America accolades for their singles and doubles accomplishments – Rowe in singles by way of finishing in the top 20 in the final ITA poll – and became history to return to the title match with the same partner. the only doubles tandem in In the end, the duorespectively, in finished singles, while in the doubles the year pair ended 5. ranked rankedAs a team, No. Illinois finished one of its No.best seasons in history with a 4 and 23-9 No.record and a 19-9 ledger against ranked opponents, including 10 19, victories over top-10 foes. THE ILLINI ENDED THE SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE THEIR LAST 11 MATCHES. STREAK OF NINE WINS IN From there, Illinois momentum took into its Athens, Ga., where they went on the to most script exciting story of postseason. the In the round of 16, dropped the the Illini doubles point No. to 7 Mississippi, who entered the contest 100-4 since when winning the doubles point. 2002 The Illini, impervious to streaks and the odds, defied history with the 4-3 upset behind a set three- come-from-behind win Anderson by to clinch Illinois’ spot in the quarterfinals for the fourth time in the last eight years. Waiting for Illinois in the quarters was No. 2 Ohio State. The Illini dropped Illini The State. Ohio 2 No. was quarters the in Illinois for Waiting Buckeyes the when record 30-0 OSU’s at staring were and point doubles the won the doubles point. Illinois, however, was on a mission, proving Ohio State was no match for its intensity, as sophomore Marc Spicijaric’s win at semifinals the in spot a and victory 4-2 a to Illini the propelled singles 3 No. against No. 3 Baylor. the stole they as flukes, no were wins previous two its proved Illinois There, after match title NCAA the to lifted were and Bears the from point doubles Rowe’s win at No. 2 singles and a 4-3 defeat of Baylor. opened with a 4-0 victory in the opening round against Western Michigan to snap the Broncos’ 11-match win against streak Michigan, 4-2, before in the coming-from-behind second round. On top of advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the eighth time in the finished last the season nine on a years, 17-match home Illinois winning streak and extended its to 12. home postseason win streak

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UI then set its sights on a 12th-straight NCAA berth, entering the NCAA championships as the No. 10 seed. As a regional host, the Fighting Illini The fury included a run at the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 3 seed all the all seed 3 No. the as Tournament Ten Big the at run a included fury The way to the conference finals, including avenging its loss to the Wolverines (4-1) in the semifinals. In the finals, the Illini significantly improved from again short just fell but State, Ohio against performance regular-season their to finish conference runner-up. Following the championships, Ryan Rowe and Kevin Anderson collected unanimous selections to the team; All-Big marking the Ten 18th-straight season at least one Illini has received the honor, while Anderson was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Putting the losses behind it heading schedule, into Illinois the opened the Big conference Ten regular portion season State Ohio 2 No. to of later winning and Michigan 19 No. to fell UI there, From four. its the first on the road, losing only their second and third conference regular season matches since the beginning of the 2002 season. The loss to the Buckeyes, however – which was one of the toughest setbacks in recent years – proved remainder the tear a on went who Illinois, for point turning pivotal the be to of the season. Playing one of the toughest schedules in the country to open the season, the Illini entered the dual-match season slated with for the seven month of January. ranked Despite the opponents challenge, Illinois went 6-1 in those matches before hosting the USTA/ITA Indoor National Championship in Chicago. Making Men’s the quarterfinals for Team the sixth- straight year at Indoors, Illinois had mixed results overall, going 1-2 at the prestigious event. Illinois finished No. 5 in the final Fila ITA poll, marking the sixth-straight that during finishes top-five four including — program the for finish top-10 span — tying for the second-best streak in wins the nine of streak impressive country an with season behind the ended also Illini UCLA’s The eight. in their last 11 matches. the direction of second-year head coach Brad Dancer, the 2007 Fighting Illini recorded their 10th straight No. 1 Georgia. runner-ups behind undefeated 20-win season and finished NCAA

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2 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 3 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 4x100-meter relay (45.60). She also took third in the long jump (20-4 1/2), bringing for Illinois. her total to 46 points scored was title Ten Big the to Illini the helping Also the team’s performance in the traditionally scored athletes Four events. hurdling strong points in the 400-meter hurdles, Robinson, Carlene and Camile twins senior led by who placed second and fourth, respectively. Junior LaNeisha Waller took second in the teammate while (13.41), hurdles 100-meter (13.59). Nikkita Holder placed fourth Coach Gary Winckler was named Big Ten USTFCCCA and Year the of Coach Outdoor Year the of Coach Outdoor Region Mideast for guiding the Illini to their sixth Big Ten Outdoor Championship. After successful Ten’s, performances the at Illini the Big sent NCAA five Track athletesChampionships and to Field in Outdoor Carlene Sacramento, Calif. Robinson on a ended high note, her placing seventh career in the 400-meter hurdles (57.11) to earn in highest finishing NCAAs, at events three in competed Mensah time. All-America status for the secondthe triple jump (12th place, 41-1 1/2). In total, Mensah ended her illustrious career as in one Illinoisof the tracktop athletesand field history, winningtitles, setting three school 15records and earning All-America Bigstatus three Ten Championship times. For her efforts, she was the and Big named Ten the Medal University of of Illinois Honor Dike recipient Eddleman Female Athlete of the Year as well as the USTFCCCA Mideast Region OutdoorAthlete of the Year. Track America accolade of her career by placing sixth in the long jump (20-6 1/4), taking 14th in the triple jump (41-5 3/4) and helping the 4x400- meter relay to an 11th-place finishGreene and (3:37.94). Waller competed at NCAAs in the 60-meter and overall) 14th 3/4, (5-10 jump high hurdles (8.21, 11th), respectively. The outdoor season opened withshowing at the Horned Frog Invitational in Fort a successful Worth, Texas, where Illinois up athletes four first-place racked finishes. The Illini followed that performance by qualifying six athletes for the NCAA Regional Championships prestigious Texas at Relays and dominating the their home Illinois Invitational. Berkeley, in Challenge Collegiate California the At Calif., the Illini won four events and posted 16 NCAA regional qualifying marks. Subsequently, Ten Big as honored was Robinson Carlene senior Track Co-Athlete of the week after winning the 400-meter hurdles (57.88) and running a leg of the first-place 4x100-meter relay (44.63). The Illini then traveled to the 2007 Big Ten Outdoor Championships,which will go down as one of trackthe and mostfield memorablehistory. Afterevents standingin Illinoisfinalin seventh day placeof goingcompetition, into the the finalsIlliniand scored 106 hadpoints to grab15 the title athletesof Big Ten Co-Champions qualify with Michigan. for event Leading the charge for the Orange and Blue was Mensah Mensah, Pa. Park, who University in won championships the four of day final the on events dominated the field by winning gold200-meter dash (23.57), triple jump in(42-6 1/4) the 100-meterand as a member of dash (11.53), the

he Illinois women’s track and fieldteam continued its tradition of excellence under the direction of the head 2006-07 coach season, Gary with Winckler record-setting in performances, individual

Championships Big Ten Indoor // 3rd Place CHAMPIONS BIG TEN OUTDOOR The Illini completed the indoor season by sending six athletes to the NCAA the to athletes six sending by season indoor the completed Illini The Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Mensah earned the third All- Other noteworthy Illinois 1/2), (5-8 jump high the in second taking Greene included Championships performances Carlene and (8.15), hurdles 60-meter at the in second placing Waller LaNeisha the Big run 600-meter the in records school setting Whittaker Ashley and Robinson Ten Indoor (1:29.40) and pole vault (12-10), respectively. Senior Yvonne Mensah provided most of the highlights for the Illini, contributing an astonishing 44 points theto Bigthe Ten teamChampion total. in bothMensah the longwas jump(43-7 (20-8)3/4), and took andsecond triplein the 60-meter jumpdash (7.36) and 200-meter dash (23.86). She also Robinson combined and Carlene with Robinson Omoye to finish Ugiagbe, relaysecond(3:38.74). in Camile For her theefforts, 4x400-meterMensah was named Field Athlete of Championships. the In 2007, Illinois hosted the Big Ten Indoor Armory Championships Track at in the Champaign UI for the fourth time a in team, the school Orange history. and As Blue placed third at the narrowly meet finishing behind second-place Michigan (108.5). with Minnesota won 107 points, the team title with 121.5 points. After a successful indoor season marked by the squad of Katie Engel, Omoye Engel, Katie of squad the by marked season indoor successful a After record school new a setting Bizzarri Angela and Robinson Carlene Ugiagbe, in the Distance Medley Relay (11 minutes, 27.13 seconds) and Greene qualifying Mariesa for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the high jump portion championship the begin to ready were Illini the inches), 1/2 feet, (6 of their schedule. conference champions, All-America honorees and a 2007 Outdoor Big Ten Big Outdoor 2007 a and honorees All-America champions, conference Championship.

YVONNE MENSAH ENDED HER ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER AS ONE OF THE TOP ATHLETES IN ILLINOIS TRACK & FIELD HISTORY. HISTORY. FIELD & TRACK ILLINOIS IN ATHLETES TOP THE OF ONE AS CAREER ILLUSTRIOUS HER ENDED MENSAH YVONNE

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4 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 5 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT Masar earned a spot on Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the team and Season was selected fifth- to Soccer Buzz’s All-Great Lakes Region first team. Top and team second All-Freshman America’s Soccer to selected was Nweke Drawer Soccer’s All-Rookie second team, as well as making Soccer Buzz’s Great Lakes Region All-Freshman team. Midfielder Jackie Santacaterina was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team along with Nweke and earned a spot team. All-Freshman on Region Lakes Great Top Buzz’s Soccer Drawer and team first Soccer’s Rookie All- Midfielder Kristy Weeks was a second-team selection to Soccer Buzz’s All- Great Lakes Region squad, while defender Mary Therese McDonnell was third team. named to the Soccer Buzz All-Great Lakes Region The achievements continued in the classroomAcademic All-Big Ten, led by Zurrer and as 10 Masar. McDonnell was selected Illini were named to the NSCAA’s Scholar All-Central Region second team, while midfielder Paula Faherty was named to the third team. Midfielder Kara Gostisha was an honorable mention selection.

ELLA MASAR PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE BEST ALL-AROUND SEASONS IN ELLA MASAR PUT TOGETHER NOTCHING NINE ASSISTS. SCORING NINE GOALS AND ILLINOIS HISTORY, Illinois earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament,Louis travelingfor to theSt. first and secondthrough rounds. the The Orange NCAArevenge exacting before round first andthe in 2-0, tournament’sState, Missouri BlueSoutheast ripped first two rounds,on the host taking Billikens in carecommanding fashion, of 4-1.up toThose a victoriesrematch ledwith No. 5 Florida afterStatethe Seminoles in had theended Illinois’ NCAA 2005 Roundseason in theof second 16 round ofthe NCAA tournament. FSU notched a goal in the 20th minute and, despite a number of scoring chances theandIllini in athe second frantichalf, the ’Noles defensiveadvanced to effortthe Elite Eight by with a 1-0 victory. The loss ended Illinois’ season one winthe program’s best-ever finish in an NCAA tournament. short of equaling Masar put together one history, scoring of nine goals the and notching best nine all-around assists, the seasons second-most in Illinois in a season at single-season Illinois, for points 27 list.by streak point record school the tied and history, Illini points,in second-most She which also ranks scored eighth five 12. scoring in eight straight games from Oct. 20-Nov. on game-winning the goals, together putting season, incredible an had also Carstens Lindsey Goalkeeper a 0.88 goals-against average, third-best in Illinois history, with 11 shutouts and five consecutive shutouts, both ranking as the second-most at Illinois. Nweke tied the freshman record for goals in in goal-scorer rookie fourth-best the as a season the finished and Utah against game with her hat trick Illinois history with eight tallies. In addition to her NSCAA All-America honor, Zurrer was named a third- team All-American by Soccer Buzz and was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Ten Big earn to defender first the was also She team. first Season the of Team Defensive Player of the Week honors multiple times in a season, collecting the honors on Sept. 11 and Oct. 23.

llinois soccer celebrated its 10th season by tying the school record for wins, advancing to the NCAA Round of 16 for the second time and tying a program-best by finishing second in theBig Ten. The Illini also

// NCAA Round of 16 // Tournament Finals Big Ten 2nd in Big Ten // Big Ten) // 16-8 (8-2 I After consecutive Sunday losses to Ohio State and Michigan, the Illini pulled Illini the Michigan, and State Ohio to losses Sunday consecutive After it together for a stretch run in which they won their and 3-0, Wisconsin, dispatching before final4-0 of score combined a by matches three Big Ten Purdue, 1-0, in the Big Ten Tournament. That set up a rematch with PSU, which the Nittany Lions won, 3-1. Masar and Emily Zurrer were named to the All-Big Ten Tournament team. That led up to the marquee match of the regular Illinois season, against No. pitting9 No. 15 Penn State. The Illini spotted the Nittany Lions an early 2-0 lead before Nweke found the back of the net in the 58th minute. Ella Masar followed with the tying tally just over two minutes later, then she added the game-winner in the 84th minute, setting off pandemonium among the 2,667 fans in attendance. It was only Illinois’ second win over PSU in program history and first during theher heroics. named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for regular season. Masar was After starting the season 1-3 with all three losses coming at the Big 12 foes, the Illini bounced back by winning the Illini Tournament with hands of shutouts against Syracuse and No. 13 Auburn. Following a tough double- overtime loss at Saint Louis, Illinois responded with a 4-1 thrashing of No. 12 Utah at home, led by freshman Chichi Nweke’s hat trick, and a Ten play. sweep at Wisconsin and Northwestern to start Big road The Illini became the first team to everawards as junior sweepElla Masar was named conference Offensive thePlayer of Big Ten postseason the Year, sophomore Emily Zurrer Yearearned honorsco-Defensive and Chichi PlayerNweke ofwas namedthe Masarthe wasFreshman a second-teamof the All-American,Year. while Zurrerthe thirdearned team, a spotas selectedon by the National Soccerof America. Coaches Association shattered the school attendance record, with 2,667 fans enjoying a dramatic a enjoying fans 2,667 with record, attendance school the shattered 2006, SoccerFest of part as State Penn 9 No. against win come-from-behind and finished 21st in the national attendance rankings with a school-record average of 908 fans per match. SOCCER

6 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 7 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT BrianRandle missed nearly one-third ofhisjunior season due to groin surgery followedfasciitis. by plantar He returnedand averaged to 7.4 points the while theranking starting team third in on rebounding lineup with boards.an Randle averagetied his career high ofwith 16 points 5.0 vs. Iowa (Jan. 10) and shot 50 percentfield onfrom the season.the All three seniors on the 2006-07 roster – Carter, McBride, and improving Marcus the Arnold number of have – completed Illinois their players graduated, eligibility who andtheir degree also under earnedWeber to a perfect 11-for-11.The Illinois basketball program maintains the best Academic Progress Rating (APR) in the Big and Ten received a public recognition award schools of percent 10 top the in by ranking for NCAA the nationally for its APR score. UI fans, outstanding meanwhile, support for have Illinois Illini basketball. set continued a The school record with theirAssembly 17 sellouts Hall at last the season, while also setting a school record for total attendance (282,506). In addition, Illinois tied its record for average attendance with the sellout average of 16,618 ranking 10thnationally. school will consecutive carry recorda UI 45 The of sellout crowds into the 2007-08 season. And with all the success the program has enjoyed during Bruce Weber’s four-year tenure, it’s no surprise to find that Illinois is the winningest team tied are Illini The victories. 112 with seasons four last the over nation the in with Florida and Duke for the most wins over that time period.

ILLINOIS IS THE WINNINGEST TEAM IN THE NATION TEAM IN THE NATION ILLINOIS IS THE WINNINGEST WITH 112 VICTORIES. OVER THE LAST FOUR SEASONS

in 14 games. At the conclusion of his career the of Big Ten Medal received also Carter Honor, an award that is presented annually at school to each conference a graduating senior that has demonstrated proficiency in service. community and academics athletics, McBride earned All-Big Ten honors after ranking honorable third on mention of 9.6 an average with in scoring team the points. He also led the team in minutes, was in second and assists, third ranked in the Big Ten in 3-pointers with an average of 2.7. McBride finished his career ranked fourth in school history with 216 career 3-pointers, and as the player fifth in Illini history, winningest having played in 104 victories during his career. Shaun Pruitt had Ten All-Big third-team to route en season a breakout junior accolades. The only UI player to start all 35 games on the year, he was second on the led and ppg) (11.4 scoring in team the Illini and ranked third in the Big Ten in rebounding (7.5 rpg). Pruitt was second in the conference with doubles nine double- ranked on in fourth the field goalcareer in season scoring shooting highs with 20 Iowa (March 3). the at 54.9 points and at percent. Penn State league (Feb. 24) He and posted back-to-back at Chester Frazier was recognized for his intense defensive named effortto bythe Big being Ten All-Defensive Team. The sophomore point guard ranked fourth in the Big Ten in assists (4.5 apg) and sixth in the league in with Illini the on fourth was and points 7.2 averaged also He spg). (1.5 steals an average of 4.5 rebounds.

vercoming adversity was the theme for the Illinois basketball team during the 2006-07 season. Despite a barrage of injuries that led to seven different starting lineups and caused six different players to

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O Seniors Warren Carter and Rich McBride were named Co-MVPs of the 2006-07 2006-07 the of Co-MVPs named were McBride Rich and Carter Warren Seniors finalist a and selection All-District NABC and Ten All-Big second-team A squad. most of one was league’s the Carter Award, Comeback ranked V the for Foundation and times, ppg) 28 (13.7 scoring in scoring Illini in the led He figures season. last double players reached improved scorer Carter leading rpg). (6.1 Illinois’ was and rebounding 2), in (Dec. second Arizona vs. points 24 career-high a by led Illinois relied on tenacious half-court defense to wear down opponents. The opponents. down wear to defense half-court tenacious on relied Illinois Illini ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing an average of only 57.1 points per game on the season. Those defensive numbers rank third in the modern era of Illinois basketball, covering over 50 years. The Illini also ranked 21st nationally in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 40.2 percent on the year. In Big Ten play, Illinois led the league in scoring defense and 3-point field goal percentage defense, while ranking third in field goal percentage defense. With it’s NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, Illinois rose to the occasion the to rose Illinois line, the on hopes Tournament NCAA it’s With at the Big Ten Tournament, beating Penn State followed in by Indiana the in the opening quarterfinals in round anthe overtime win, the thrillerWith Weber. asunder games theovertime in UI all-time 5-0 to improved of history 10-year the in time ninth the for semifinals the to advanced Illini the Big Ten Tournament. When combining 23 wins, a fourth-place finish RPI an and appearance, semifinals tournament conference a Ten, Big the in berth, Tournament NCAA straight eighth its secured Illinois 29, of ranking tying a school record first set from 1983-90. Illinois did it against one of the toughest schedules in America. The Illini’s Strength of Schedule ranked among the top 25 nationally, while Illinois played 16 regular season games against teams that made the 2007 NCAA games more play to country the in team only the was Arizona Tournament. against Tournament teams than Illinois. miss a combined total of 58 games and over 200 practices, the Illini won 23 games, marking the eighth consecutive season that Illinois has recorded 22 or more victories. MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S

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Although Bizzari claimed an individual fifth-place finish at Championships, the Big Ten the team’s finish was lessaccumulated than 107 team expected, points in as their fifth-place the Illini outing,of second place. 26 points out Illinois bounced back with a vengeance at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, claiming its first regional championshipalso inautomatically qualified program the Illini history. for their Thethird-straight berth title to the NCAA Championships. 20:47 of time a clocking way, the led Bizarri competition, fifth-straight the For time a with runner-up Illinois’ was Simms Stephanie overall. second finish to and Hunt Cassie Carroll, Maggie Sophomore overall. fifth finish to 21:02 of line the finish bombarding scorers, out the Illini’s rounded Baliga Stephanie respectively. with a wave of orange as the 11th, 12th and 14th finishers, As a result of the impressive showing at regionals, six Illini were honored on the Midwest All-Region roster. Theto Orange the and No. Blue 5 position in also jumped the U.S. Coaches Track and Association’s Field and top-30 Cross poll. Country Harvey Midwest Regional Coach of the Year – the first in Illinois history to receive was also honored as 2006 the honor. Illinois finished the season with a bang, capturing eighth-place at the 2006 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The finish was the second-best in 2005. program history behind the fifth-place finish in The Illinois pack was led once again by Bizzari, Illinois for scorer who second the Hunt, was honors. All-America garnered 24th that finish overall, a in 33rd, missed earning All-American status by three spots.

THE ORANGE AND BLUE JUMPED TO THE NO. 5 AND BLUE JUMPED TO THE THE ORANGE AND CROSS THE U.S. TRACK AND FIELD POSITION IN TOP-30 POLL. COACHES ASSOCIATION’S COUNTRY Up next for the Illini to was a the trip Notre Dame squad Invite. was off The to a good start, but was challenged with a stacked field, including seven nationally ranked teams. Bizzari continued to build a solid reputation for herself as she shattered the 5K freshman record by twenty-two fifth-place seconds,a to UI leading and 16:56 clocking finish. The Orange and Blue then faced a tough test at Pre-Nationals, going up against several top-30 teams. Bizzari starred once again, finishing eighth overall while leading the the Illini and finish crushing seventh-place to a 6K freshman record by twenty-four performance. 20:26 a with seconds With the jumped performance, in No. Illinois to 17 No. the from leaping rankings, top-30 national 9 and building momentum as the its achieving toward looked program first conference title two weeks later in Bloomington, Ind.

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A The following week, the Illini made competed at the Brissman-Lundeen Invite and left their mark, claiming both the team and individual titles. Highly recruited freshman Angela Bizzari took home the crown in the first race of crossing the her collegiatefinish line in 20:54 and career, earning her Big Ten Runner of the Week honors. After using the opening event, the experienceracinggive to Open,Illini to its predominately young squad, the Orange and Blue hosted their second and final home meet of the season, the Illini Challenge, ranked No. 6 in the nation. There, junior Rachel Hernandez won individual the cross country title of first her career, crossing the finish line with a 5K personal-best of 18:02, while leading the Illini to consecutive Illini theirChallenge crown. fourth the Illinois women’s cross country program established itself as one of the elite programs in the country. For the 2006 season, head Karen coach Harvey looked to continue that excellence and become a major threat at the national level with the entire 2005 roster returning, a and large, talented group of freshmen joining the squad. WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CROSS WOMEN’S

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Gymnast of the Year, becoming the second straight Illinithe to take honor. home Haagensen also claimedbars and high bar. second-place finishes on parallel Yamauchi did not go home empty handedfirst Bigeither Ten title ason vaulthe and apicked third-place up performancehis Overall, onthe stillIllini had a rings.total of six top-three finishes, including both Haagensen and Yamauchi being named All-Big whoTen continuedselections. his freshmanWiest, success on floor exercise,the narrowlyevent crown missedto finish second, while fellow freshman Luke Stannard, the lone Illini to qualify on pommel horse, finished seventh the Illini superlatives. to wrap up With Big Tens behind them, the Illini looked towards the 2007 Championships NCAA on the championships horizon. hosted by Penn Ranked State, the eighth Illini themselves, putting up the highest team score of the year, a 217.300, and a surprised heading everyone but into school-record 38.450 the on floor to finish fifth overall. Host PSU took home the team title for the 12th time in school history and still remains the only school with more titles than the Illini (nine). From there, Illinois finished the honors All-America five of seasontotal a for combined Wiest and Yamauchi Silcox, on a high note as Haagensen, between them. Haagensen brought his final total of All-America accolades All-America first his earn to Illini second the was Silcox while six, career a to accolade (high bar) along with Wiest, who captured the honor along with Yamauchi. on floor So with a core group of juniors returning for their senior seasons next year, the Illini can only build from their top-five finish in 2007 and once again become a national threat as they look toward 2008. best competition the sport has to offer. There,finished Haagensen seventh in around in a field that included the all- International and US Senior National team while Yamauchi closed out the members, competition in 27th. Returning to the college arena, Illinois suffered another tough loss to then No. 2 Penn State, before heading to the Pacific 2007 Coast Classicit where finished fifththe overall. outing, Illinois In gymnasts registered a total of 17 season highs, charted six career highs and tied another, and finished 11 combined a with Classic the top-10 finishes. t NCAA Championships ILLINOIS FINISHED THE SEASON ON A SILCOX, HIGH YAMAUCHI NOTE AND AS WIEST HAAGENSEN, COMBINED THEM. ALL-AMERICA HONORS BETWEEN FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE From there, the Illini looked to close out on the a high dual note with meet opponents Michigan regular and Illinois-Chicago. season Despite a disappointing loss to then No. 1 Michigan on the road, the Illini turned regular-season finale. their luck around as Illinois defeated UIC in their Heading to Big Tens on the coat tails of Illinois’one of itsHaagensen best performances,captured the 2007 Big the TenOrange all-around and Blue title,advanced whilea total of five Illinois gymnastsfinished fifth as to a eventteam. After finals.securing the 2007 Big Ten all- around title Friday night, Haagensen was named the 2007 Big Ten

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I Moving on, Illinois took a break from collegiate competition to send From there, Illinois began the dual meet part of its schedule, opening with a with opening schedule, its of part meet dual the began Illinois there, From Ohio contender title national by followed Minnesota against challenge road State at home. The meets proved to be tough setbacks for the young Illini, but learning experiences nonetheless for down the road. In the second-place outing – Illinois’ second straight runner-up finish – the – finish runner-up straight second Illinois’ – outing second-place the In Fighting Illini were led by junior Haagensen, who captured the all-around title and backed up the crown by grabbing the floor exercise followed title. Week, For the of his Gymnast Ten’s Big the named was Haagensen efforts, by the nation’s first National Gymnast of the Week as well. Theevent also served as the debut of Illinois’ young and talented freshmen Chad Wiest and Brian Liscovitz. The tremendous story of the 2006-07 campaign began with the 37th Annual 37th the with began campaign 2006-07 the of story tremendous The Illinois Illinois-Chicago. of University the by hosted Invitational City Windy down taking second, finished and 6 No. preseason ranked event the entered Big Ten powerhouse then No. 3 Ohio State. With a tough challenge ahead, the Illini met it head on. In fact, Illinois not With a tough challenge ahead, the Illini met it head only came together and peaked at just the right time, it advanced for the fifth straight year to the Super Six at NCAAs where the team finished fifth nationals. overall to mark its fifth straight top-five finish at Haagensen and Yamauchi to the 2007 Winter Cup, featuring some of the Those expectations would have tono be seniors filled and only by four a lineup returning Haagensen, that included All-Americans Chris Lung, (Ross Tyler Yamauchi), Bradley, who Wes combined for a seven All-America honors between them. total of should never be counted out as a NCAA title standout contender. 2007 After graduating class losing that included a 2008 Olympic hopeful and six-time national champion Justin Spring, seven-time All-American Adam and Brown Ted horse pommel on runner-up NCAA and Ten Big Pummer, a veteran leader in Anthony Russo, the Illini had large shoes to fill heading into the 2007 season.

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 12 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 13 Pomeroy was one of six finalists for the prestigious American Award, which Award, American prestigious the for finalists six of one was Pomeroy is awarded annually to a senior female gymnast who has best demonstrated her competitive, leadership, academic and community skills throughout her career. She was also a second team ESPN the Magazine Academic All- District selection and a second team All-Big Ten selection to become the first Illini ever to earn All-Conference accolades in each of her four seasons and second team in 2004 and 2007). (first team in 2005 and 2006 Other Fighting Illini picked up conference accolades as Nicole well. Cowart Freshman was a first team All-Big Ten pick after winning 10titles on the season, including at least one in each event and event the all-around, and finishing fourth in the all-aroundSophomore at Julie the Crall picked up Big Ten Championships. second team All-Conference accolades despite missing the last five meets due to injury. Crall wasn’t the only Illini to Botterman catch (foot) the and injury Melissa bug, Singer as (foot), seniors up both Danye during regulars their in first the three line- seasons,(back). season entire the missed Hamilton Lori freshman and combinedcompetitions, to compete in only two With so much experience on the sidelines, several youngsters picked up the slack to help make 2007 the special season it was. In addition to Cowart’s success, freshman Sarah Schmidt opened some eyes with her solid season (four event titles, sixth place in the all-around at Big Tens), Krystal and Melcarek and juniors McGrady stepped up to larger roles to complement the stacked sophomore class of Marijka Botterman, Crall, Kim Kruk and Lindsey Smith. With 2007 in the books as one of the best in school history and a stellar recruiting class joining a team that has 22-of-24 2008, it appears the best is still to come for a program already on the rise. routines returning for The Fighting Illini also left quite a mark on the record books in 2007. They set the vault school record with a 49.125 vs. UIC after tying on the March old 17record of 49.100 earliertheseason. Overall, theOrange andBlueinposted five of the top-8 vault scores in school history andputupfour ofthetop-6 uneven bars scores. In terms of overall team score, the Illini racked upthree of the top-10 all-time scores, including a 195.975 and a 195.925, which rank third and fourth on the list, respectively. Pomeroy finished her stellar Illini career as one of the top gymnasts in school history. She won theuneven bars, her signature event, in seven of the last nine meets, including the Big Ten title, and finished the season ranked seventh in thenation un the event. Her season high of 9.950, which she earned twice, equaled the second- highest bars score in only her own school10.0, which won the event historyat the behind 2004 South Central Regional Championship. Pomeroytotal10eventwontitles season,the on seven on bars and three on beam, and 41 titles in her illustrious career. ILLINOIS FINISHED THE SEASON RANKED 20TH IN THE THE HIGHEST final RANKING IN SCHOOL HISTORY. RANKINGS, NATIONAL FINAL GYMINFO regular season, which was the highest RQS In rankingaddition toin beingschool ranked history.themselves, the Illiniknocking also offhad ahigher knack rankedfor foes during Illinithe regularbeat sevenseason. top-25 In teamsall, theon theranked higher season,than the Illini at the includingtime of competition. A home win five that were over No. 16 Auburn on March 9 with a season-high victory. was the squad’s marquee score of 195.975

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Illinois finished the seasonin the ranked final 20th GymInfothe highest national final ranking rankings, in school history. The team topped out at No. 19 during the Two weeks later, the headed Orange to Tucson, and Ariz., Blue for South the Central NCAA Regional where they finished fourth Championships, to equal the best regional finish in school history the to trip a and finish top-two a on out miss and just National Championships. Junior Michelle McGrady nearly advanced to the national meet as an individual, taking second place on vault with a 9.850, while Pomeroy closed out her stellar career with finish a on fourth bars (9.825). place Starkell was named South Central Regional Coach of the Year after the meet, marking the second time in the last three years he’s won the region’s top coaching honor. At At the Big Ten Championships on the campus of Penn State University, senior star Cara Pomeroy turned in a near-perfect 9.950 performance on in eight champion event conference first Illinois’ to bars become the uneven seasons. of Pomeroy’s score bars team performance, a to squad along the led event, the with on 9.900 of score freshman second-place Sarah Schmidt’s point exclamation an put and history, school in score best second the 49.300, on Illinois’ breakout day at the conference championships. The third place team finish the won squad UI 1990 the since best the was Big Ten crown. Ten Championships, including an event champion for the first time since 1999, highlighted a season that kept Illinois on a steady path as an up-and- coming national program.

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 14 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 15 won THE BIG TEN RUSHING TITLE, AVERAGING 188.8 YARDS RUSHING PER CONTEST. 188.8 YARDS AVERAGING ON THE OFFENSE, THE ILLINI

he 2006 Illinois football squad took giant leaps under the second-year the under leaps giant took squad football Illinois 2006 he leadership of head coach Ron Zook. Those improvements have set the stage for the inevitable program turnaround, which is just ahead

Despite a sub-par 2-10 record, the Illini were on the verge of wins in five games, which came down to the final drive of the contest. The squad took then-No. 1 Ohio State down to the wire, falling 17-10 in the closest game for the Buckeyes that season. The Illini defense allowed no points and only 39 yards in the entire second half vs. OSU. Illinois went on the road and defeated a highly potent Michigan State team, defeating the Spartans on a many to spoiler played also defense The 23-20. win to goal field last-second of the league’s top stars, holding many to well below the season averages, including PSU’s Tony Hunt, OSU’s receivers Anthony Gonzales and Ted Ginn, and Wisconsin’s P.J. Hill. Four Illini, in addition to Leman, earned conference accolades including Thomas, placekicker Jason Reda and cornerbacks Alan BallDavis. and Vontae Davis also led a young group to Freshman All-America honors. He was a unanimous first-team pick, followed by honorable mention honors for Williams and tight end Jeff Cumberland. On the offense, the Illini won the Big Ten rushing title, averaging 188.8 yards rushing per contest. It was also the highest rushing average for Illini an team since the 1973 season. Aiding running backs Pierre Thomas and the Rashard Mendenhall, who both Illini ranked in its Williams. “Juice” effortsIsiah quarterback and runners, top-10 league’s were the among league- a were which average, carry per yards 8.2 an posted also Mendenhall best. Williams posted big numbers on the ground, breaking school records for single-game, season and career rushing by a Williams quarterback. was However, impressive in the passing record. touchdown passes over 60-yards, which also is an Illinois game as well, throwing three The biggest improvement came on the defensive side of the ball. The team, led by middle linebacker J Leman, allowed 130 yards per game fewer than they did in 2005. That difference put the squad among the upper echelon in the Big Ten in passing defense, Leman made a name rushing for himself, leading the defense league in total tackles and (162) total defense. and tackles per game (12.7). He also ranked third in the nation. For his efforts he earned first-team All-Big Ten accolades and honorable mention All-America honors. on the horizon. T

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 16 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 17 THE SEASON BEGAN IN IMPRESSIVE IN BEGAN SEASON THE OVER VICTORY 3-1 A WITH FASHION ILLINOIS STATE IN FRONT OF THE LARGEST HOME CROWD IN OVER A DECADE. The season began in impressive fashion with a 3-1 victory over Illinois State Illinois over victory 3-1 a with fashion impressive in began season The in front of the largest home crowd in over a decade. The promotion, called late August. “Stuff Huff” drew 3,129 fans on a sultry night in Junior middle blocker Vicki Brown, an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection, was the story of the non-conference season, earning MVP honors of the State Farm Illini Classic and the Marquette Kick-Off Tournament. clip .625 a for hitting Classic, Illini the in .413 hit and kills 45 belted Brown in a 3-0 victory over UW-Milwaukee. Paced by 19 kills and a .459 attack Illinois downed No. 16 percentage Ohio State 3-0. Senior Meghan from Macdonald broke an ailing Turner, the Illinois single-game attack percentage record by hitting a perfect 1.000 with 12 kills in a 3-1 win over Indiana on Senior Weekend. The Illini finished the season 15-15 overall, 6-14 and ninth in the Big Ten.

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espite injuries to three of its Topping season. top 2006 the during highs several saw volleyball Illinois players throughout the season, the list were two tournament championships -- the State Farm Illini

Lizzie Bazzetta, who missed the final four matches of the season with a broken broken a with season the of matches four final the missed who Bazzetta, Lizzie hand, ranked sixth in the nation in the assists per game at throughout 13.54. Edinger honors and Week the of Player Defensive Ten Big earned Bazzetta season, both came after matches with Northwestern and Iowa. The Illini freshmen were impressive. Ashley Edinger stepped into the libero Illinois in all-time second digs, 488 posting and matches 30 all starting spot, history. Outside hitter Kylie McCulley, in kills playing 19 with .265 hitting starter, a as debut for her in impressive was Turner, the injured Kayani Illinois State. Penn country, the in team 2 No. the with match competitive a had a pair of game points in games one and 30-23, 32-30 to the Lions. three before falling 34-32, Classic and the Marquette Tournament and an upset of No. 16 Ohio State in convincing fashion at Huff Hall. D the at , Illini the for way appearance the led career At At the NCAA Midwest Regional, the Orange and Blue posted a strong barelythefinish,missing neededto top-five seventh-place toadvance the finish in the 10K a with emerged Bill third-place Championships. NCAA for the national meet. and a time of 30:48.29, qualifying him individually Bill rounded out his UI career with his third appearance at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 119th placegarnered (32:46.4).academic recognition being named to Thethe ESPN the Magazine senior also Academic All-America third Graduate Scholarship. team and receiving an NCAA Post third his Bill Jason Senior . hampionships NCAA C making egionals est R After finishing 11th in a loaded field at the Notre Dame Invitational, racing Invitational, Dame Notre the at field loaded a in 11th finishing After action continued into October at the Saluki Invitational for finisher top where the was Kelly Tim the Sophomore finish. place third Illini a to cruised his personal best. the Illini, gliding to a seventh place 8k time of 25:22, The Illini started gearingthe for spot bright the was Hoerr Trent 15th. for tied they where Nationals, up for the post-season beginning 43rd. Illini, finishing with an 8K time of 24:26 to place with Pre- At the Big Ten Championships, the Illini took eighth place to improve on Bill Stevens. and Bill were Illini the for Shining finish. 10th-place year’s last ran an 8K time of 25:13 and finished 20th, while Stevens turned in a time of 25:26 to finish 28th.

n the second year under Coach Wendel McRaven, the Illini men’s Senior improvement. and success see to continued team country cross appearance career third his making Illini, the for way the led Bill Jason

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COUNTRY CROSS MEN’S I The next week, the Orange and Blue stayed at home by hosting the annual the hosting by home at stayed Blue and Orange the week, next The “Pack-It-Up” Challenge. The Illini dominated the eventfirst for the second straight year, grabbing and finished the top seven finishers, led by Stevens with an 8k time of 24:56. To start off the season, the Illini hostedSeptember. Freshman Jeremy Stevens finished first overall with a time of the 6K Illini Open in early finishes. 18:11.80 as the Illini snagged four of the top seven at the NCAA Championships.

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fourth place finish in the Big Ten highlighted the 2006-07 Fighting Illini women’s basketball season. Illinois was 8-8 during conference season The 19-12. of mark overall an with season the finished and play A 56-46 win over 20th-ranked Michigan State to extend the program’s streak a win over a ranked foe to 13. of consecutive seasons with Sophomore guard Lori Bjork led the UI attack, pouring in 14.3 a points per team-high game and shattering the Illinois single season three-point field goal record with 84 treys. Bjork had streaks of 35 consecutive games with at least one trey, and 27 straight games with a least two treys during the season. Lone Illini senior Erin Wigley eclipsed 1,000 career points in the regular to history Illinois in player 20th the becoming Purdue, against finale season reach the milestone. Wigley finished her careerwith 1,023 points, placing list. her in a tie for 18th place on the Illinois career-scoring team second a named was Bjork as year the on awards several in raked Illini The All-Big Ten selection and freshman Jenna Smith was an honorable mention Team. All-Freshman the of member a as well as selection Ten All-Big ESPN the to named was she as classroom, the in done job the got also Bjork in Illini first the becoming team, third All-America Academic Magazine the 25 years to receive the honor. which Award, Eckman Carol WBCA’s the won Grentz Theresa Coach Head is awarded annually to a coach who exemplifies Eckman’s spirit, integrity and character through sportsmanship and the season, ethical Grentz stepped behavior. down as Illinois’ Following coach after 12 seasons the with Illini. The Hall of Famer left Illinois as the 10th winningest Coach in her 33 seasons. Division I history with a mark of 671-311 (.683) in was capped by the program’s 10th trip to the postseason in the past 11 years, 11 past the in postseason the to trip 10th program’s the by capped was the third round of the WNIT. as the Orange and Blue reached pre-conference a 10-2 posted Illini the as a bang, with off started season The record, the best in school history. Big Ten play was highlighted by a Round NIT Third W Ten) // (8-8 Big 19-12

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S n what originally began as a “rebuilding” the year, University of Illinois wrestling Mark team knew from Johnson the start they had and their work cut out for them for the upcoming season. After losing I four national qualifiers due to graduation after the 2006 season, openings for wrestlers to move up or fill in weight positions looked to the mixture of youth and experience to lead them were to what would left. The squad yet successful season. ultimately become an unpredictable The squad looked to the year to gain experience, but ultimately added the single-season team 2000 the matched They book. record the to season 2007 pin record with 51. The Illini also placed 12th on the school record list for points scored at the NCAA Championships with 31, and placed seventh in dual meet points scored with 48 against Central Missouri tie three-way the to State. year another added they After conference, the in 7-1 finishing percentage. at fifth-place (.875) for the top Big Ten dual win Ranked ninth in the country, Illinois suffered its first at lossthe hands ofof No. the season 1 Minnesota, 28-12, on Feb. 4. The Illini took only three out of the 10 weight classes in the dual with No. 10 Kennedy (133), Illinois victorious. away coming (197) Bond 20 No. and (157) Poeta 1 No. finally wrapped up its Big Ten road slate with back-to-back wins against Purdue and No. 6 Wisconsin before closing out its season at home with an impressive come-from-behind win to top Ohio State. The short-handed the was This 19-18. match, the take to classes weight 10 of out six took Illini undefeated on the road. second time in three years that the Illini have gone With an 11-1 regular season record, going 7-1 in the conference, No. Illinois headed to East Lansing, Mich., for Big Ten Championships. All 10 6 grapplers in the lineup earned a preliminary seed, with top-ranked Poeta receiving the only No. 1-seed for the Illini. tournament, all At 10 starters found themselves on the the medal stand and eight end of the two-day qualified for the NCAA Championships. finish third-place a with honor All-America first his earned Poeta NCAAs, At at 157. He became the 40th All-American in head coach Mark Johnson’s career at Illinois. The team finished 19th overall.

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 20 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 21 llinois baseball continued its improvement under second- under improvement its continued baseball llinois mark 30-win the reaching Hartleb, Dan coach head year and qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament for the I third-straight third-straight year and the ninth time in the last 12 second-team a years. named being Illini, the led Davis Lars Catcher by after the Baseball becoming All-American Collegiate first 1996. Illinois player to hit .400 since After a rough start to the season, with a 5-1 record on its Illinois annual Spring Trip. The Illini split bounced back the first two BigTen series before taking three of four at Northwestern thanks to some stellar pitching, including a one-hitter by sophomore Mike Stankiewicz, the first Illini one-hitter since 1998. Illinois struggled the next two weekends, dropping three of four games to both Iowa and Minnesota, but the squad bounced back with a series split at No. 13 Michigan. The Illini then swept Indiana and Michigan needed State to two qualify for wins the conference against tournament. After losing two of the first three regular-season against the the of Spartans, inning the fifth the in 7-0 MSU trailed Illini finale before mounting an amazing comeback thatfeatured two homers by Davis to make the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 5 seed. Illinois won its first tournament game, 12-3 over Iowa, but fell in consecutive contests with Minnesota and Penn State to end the season. Shortstop Shawn Roof broke three school records in 2007: single-season stolen bases (40), single-season hit-by-pitch Snowden Ryan Outfielder (45). hit-by-pitch career and (22) string 25-game a with record streak hitting school the broke from Feb. 25-April 14, and closer Jake Toohey broke the Illini record for saves in Big Ten play with seven. Following the season, Davis was named Big of the Ten Year – Illinois’ Player second in three years – and starting second Ten All-Big the to named was Roark Tanner pitcher team. Designated hitter Daniel Webb was selected to the third team. AFTER AFTER A ROUGH START TO THE SEASON, ILLINOIS BOUNCED BACK WITH A 5-1 RECORD ON TRIP. SPRING ITS ANNUAL

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Three individual records fell. Juniors Shanna Diller and Angelena Mexicano Mexicano Angelena and Diller Shanna Juniors fell. records individual Three a in most second for tied and history school in most runs, home 16 hit each set Armstrong Lana catcher Sophomore Ten. Big the of history the in season the record for single-season RBI (55), while Mexicano’s 56 runs shattered the previous mark. 5-3 a than bigger none year, the on comebacks amazing some had Illini The victory over No. 8 Michigan on April 15. The Illini trailed the Wolverines, 3-,0 going into the seventh inning. Diller’s two-run home run tied it and next The Illini. the for 5-3, it, won shot two-run eighth-inning Bryers’ Sarah a 5-1 deficit to defeat Penn State, 7-5. weekend, Illinois overcame Illinois won its first tournament since 2004 by sweeping fiveclaiming games and the 15-team Capital Classic in home Sacramento. runs and out-scored opponents, The 58-7, in the tournament, Illiniincluding hit 14 a 16-run first inning against Sacramento State. In that game, Mexicano hit two home runs before there was an out. The Illini had back-to-back Big Ten Players(March 20) and Armstrong (March 26) and hit two ofgrand slams (by Diller the Week in Mexicano (vs. history school in time first the for game same the in Martin) Kisten and Florida International on Feb. 9). The World’s Largest Softball Tailgate IVa was record another success, drawing crowd of 1,445 groundbreaking of Martin Stadium on April 21. on April 28. The Illini also celebrated the Ten, Big the in sixth-place and 7-8 overall, 30-25 season the finished Illinois years seven its in time sixth the for tournament conference the for qualifying in the conference. T of 1,445 on April 28. The World’s Largest T Softball

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Paula Smith retired following the 2006 spring season. wasted Slone no time bringing back some of the success she had as a player from 1990-93, when she earned National Player of the best golfer in Illinois history. Year honors and left as the Slone led the Fighting Illini to a sixth place finish atspots four and 2002 since thefinish best their Championships, Ten Big better then their 10th-place finish the previous year. The team’s best third the was championship conference the at 1,255 of total 72-hole team total in school history. The Orange and Blue also place a second including season, the on finishes top-five four had at the Shootout of the Legends in October after a school record breaking 54-hole team total of 890. weather-shortened the at honors medalist took Park Ki Seul Junior in April Invitational Indiana with a 36-hole school record-tying total of 144 (even par) to become the first tournament winner for Illinois since 2005. Park led the Illini to a third place team finishat the fivebettering tournament, other Big Ten teams in after Week the of Co-Player Ten Big named was and process, the the individual victory. Park led the Illini in stroke average (78.10) and was the team’s best finisher in five oftournaments. 10 She had two second- place finishes, at the Shootout atSpring Invite, the Legends before finally breaking throughand the UC at the Indiana Invitational. Junior Casey Burden (78.75) and Stephanie Mory (79.04) also had strong seasons for the Orange and Blue, while lone senior Meghan Naik earned NGCA All-American Scholar play solid her and classroom the in work stellar her for accolades on the course (79.88). T

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Masheto carried that momentum into the outdoor season, running a blazing 45.41 in the 400m at the season-opening Willie Classic, which was Williams the top time in the world at the time. He’d go on to win the Drake Relays Invitational 400m title Special as the only collegian in a world class field to up Illinois’ total of Drake titles to 133, blazing season- a the our conference titles highlighted a season that saw Wayne Angel’s and Relays, Drake historic the at success of legacy it’s continue squad take steps back to national prominence with a solid core of young at F the most of any other school in the 98-year history of the event. Masheto would follow that up by winning the Big Ten Outdoor 400m taking title fourth in the and event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to pick up All-America honors once again. Masheto wasn’t the only Illini to shine outdoors, though. Senior Adrian Walker won the 400m hurdles at the Big Ten Championships 4x400m relay and of Walker, the senior Tramell Smith, junior Paul Johnson and Masheto took home the conference crown as well. finished Additionally, second in Smith the 800m and junior Trent Hoerr took second in the 10,000m at Big Tens. and Orange the for spot bright the was Zollner Andrew vaulter pole Junior Blue at NCAA Mideast Regional, taking second place to qualify for (10,000m) Hoerr and (400m) Masheto the joined He Championships. NCAA as representatives of Illinois at the national meet. Senior distance runner Jason Bill wrapped-up his stellar Fighting Illini Botswana. Masheto won the Big Ten Indoor 600m title and finishedfifth in honors. All-America earn to Championships Indoor NCAA the at 400m the career not only with another NCAA Regional appearance in the 5,000m, recognition All-America Academic Magazine the ESPN team third with but and an exclusive NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. talent and a strong showing at the Big Ten Championships. talent and a strong showing Theindoor season saw the Illini shorthanded as several injures depleted a roster that already had several of its top athletes redshirting. Though the 10th ata team finished the disappointing Big Ten Championships, Indoor a new star emerged in Lesiba Masheto, a sophomore transfer from ran the 400m

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best second the with trio trio of upperclassmen led the Fighting Illini men’s golf team throughout the 2006-07 season. Nagle closed Senior out his brilliant Patrick UI career by ranking first A on the team with a 73.04 stroke average. A team four-time All-Big Ten second- selection, Nagle recorded five top-10 finishes three of which were in in appearances, the nine tournament top five.He tied his career-highfinish by taking runner-up honors at the Louisiana Classics, finishing 8-under par. He also his tied career-low tournament score with a 9-under-par 207 at the school in score 54-hole lowest fifth the tying Invitational, Fossum best second the with Illinois of University the leaves Nagle history. in of at just the the 73.16, average history program stroke career from set 73.15 of record the of shy point a of one-hundredth one Stricker. Steve member Tour PGA current by 1985-89 74.46 a with team the on second was Hosick Kyle senior Fellow stroke average. Hosick played in all 12 tournaments, recording three top-10 finishes. He had a season’s best finish of seventh at score career-low his tied also he where West, PGA at Prestige The with a 5-under-par 67 during the final round. Hosick finished his career with the fourth best career stroke average in school history at 73.94. A standout in the classroom as well, Hosick earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and was a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar for the second straight season. A total of just 10 shots separated 74.74 a with Illini the on third Hosick was Ogren season. the on Ogren from junior Mark stroke average. Also appearing in all 12 tournaments year, Ogren on record the three top-10 finishes, led by a career-high finish of fourth at the Western Intercollegiate with a career-low in four tournament score of 208. He was the Illini’s top finisher events and was also an Academic All-Big Ten selection. during lineup traveling Illini the in time considerable seeing Also the 2006-07 season were junior Frank Alafoginis, sophomores Jon Krick and Andy Shiels, and freshmen Matt Hoffman and Zach Barlow. MEN’S GOLF MEN’S Illinois of University the leaves Nagle Patrick 73.16. at of the program in the history career stroke average swimmers Ten ig B the at three well with ue Novitsky’s 2006-07 Fighting Illini swimming and continued diving squad to raise the bar performances that of ranked among the best achievement, in school history as turning well as in numerous performed setting multiple personal bests. setting multiple personal The Illini started their fall season strong, winning the first two dual meets against Oakland and Illinois State. After losing a back-and-forth battle at Ohio State, the Orange and Blue had six swimmers record personal bests at A&M Reveille Invitational. the highly competitive Texas After more than a month away from competition, the Illini opened Clapp Marissa sophomore where Invitational, Michigan the at their season spring Illini The history. school in time breast 200 fourth-best the 2:17.36, a posted Hawkeyes. the over victory 174-126 a after 4-1 season match dual the ended recorded Moore Caroline senior fellow while free, 100 and 50 the won Viney the out rounded Bachtell Kyla freshman and Clapp free. 500 the in victory a diving, respectively. Illini victories with wins in the 200 free and one-meter The team performed wellswimmers reaching atindividual event finals. The the 400 free relay also Big finished Ten Championships,sixth and recorded with three a national “B” cut time of 3:22.13. The mostteam second Ten All-Big an Viney, as free 100 the in exciting came Illini the for race performer, missed repeating as Big Ten champion by just two-hundredths of a second. As Illinois’ lone Illini illustrious her ended She events. free representative 200 and 100, 50, the in competed at the NCAA career Championships, ranked first in the 50, 100, and Viney 200 free in school history as well as squads in school history. being part of the top 200, 400, and 800 free relay S team . event finals individual reaching The , Championships

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WOMEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S I Again the highlight of the spring came by way tremendous freshman campaign by being named first team All-Big Ten. of Fudge, who ended a Facing the likes of NCAA title contender Notre Dame, top-10 foe William foe top-10 Dame, Notre contender title NCAA of likes the Facing & Mary and eventual NCAA champion Georgia Tech, the Illini finished the season 5-16 overall, 1-9 in the Big Ten, including a first round exit at the Big Ten tournament to Minnesota. Unfortunately from there, Illinois’ challenges grew as it throughout faced the 12 dual regular teams season that were ranked, four of which were ranked in the top 10 at one time. However, injuries spoiled a young season for most of the Illini, as Finnegan as Illini, the of most for season young a spoiled injuries However, suffered a season-ending foot injury, while Fudge and Minor both sat out parts of the season due to injuries as well. Putting a solid fall season in the books, the Illini match season then on opened the road the with a dual win over Marquette, 4-3, to kickoff the spring schedule on the right foot. The feat marked the first time an Illini had advanced to the semis since 2003 since semis the to advanced had Illini an time first the marked feat The when all-time winningest Illinois women’s tennis player Cynthia Goulet became the first Illini to do it. The highlight of the fall, however, came from the racquet of Fudge, who battled through the qualifying bracket and finished 7-1 at the 2007 ITA in the semifinals. Midwest Regionals, with her tremendous run ending The Illini kicked off the season strong, traveling to thein Rice Invitational Texas, where the entire team received situations. Finnegan, Fudge and Minor then closed out the fall season with valuable experience in match a bang by making it to the final match of their respective bracketsto up paired Fudge atand Finnegan – Illini the the by hosted Blast Midwest 2007 as well. make it to the finals in doubles Dasso was equipped with a young squad led by the talents of its incoming freshman Leigh Finnegan, Megan Fudge and Kristina Minor. Joining the young trio were senior Emily Wang, juniors Momei Shivani Davé. Meza Cuadra and sophomore Qu and Alejandra national stage. national stage. ALL-BIG TEN ALL-BIG TEN / Men’s Tennis Kevin Anderson & Field / Women’s Track Tiara Armstrong Alan Ball / Football Angela Bizzarri / Women’s Cross Country Lori Bjork / Women’s Basketball Vicki Brown / Volleyball Warren Carter / Men’s Basketball Nicole Cowart / Women’s Gymnastics Julie Crall / Women’s Gymnastics Lars Davis / Baseball Vontae Davis / Football Shanna Diller / Softball Megan Fudge / Women’s Tennis Mariesa Greene / Women’s Track & Field Trent Hoerr / Men’s Track & Field Hope Howell / Softball Paul Johnson / Men’s Track & Field J Leman / Football Ella Masar / Soccer Lesiba Masheto / Men’s Track & Field Rich Mcbride / Men’s Basketball Yvonne Mensah / Women’s Track & Field Patrick Nagle / Men’s Golf Cara Pomeroy / Women’s Gymnastics Shaun Pruitt / Men’s Basketball Jason Reda / Football Tanner Roark / Baseball Camile Robinson / Women’s Track & Field Carlene Robinson / Women’s Track & Field Ryan Rowe / Men’s Tennis Jenna Smith / Women’s Basketball Tramell Smith / Men’s Track & Field Pierre Thomas / Football Omoye Ugiagbe / Women’s Track And Field Adrian Walker / Men’s Track & Field Laneisha Waller / Women’s Track & Field Daniel Webb / Baseball Emily Zurrer / Soccer Cara Popmeroy / Women’s Gymnastics BIG TEN CHAMPIONS Lesiba Masheto – Outdoor 400m, Men’s Track & Field Lesiba Masheto – Indoor 600m, Men’s Track & Field Cara Pomeroy – Uneven Bars, Women’s Gymnastics Adrian Walker – 400m Hurdles, Men’s Track & Field Adrian Walker, Tramell Smith, Paul Johnson, Lesiba Masheto – 4x400m Relay ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS / Men’s Tennis Kevin Anderson Country / Women’s Cross Angela Bizzarri Lars Davis / Baseball Wes Haagensen / Men’s Gymnastics J Leman / Football Ella Masar / Soccer Track & Field Lesiba Masheto / Men’s Indoor and Outdoor & Field Yvonne Mensah / Women’s Outdoor Track Michael Poeta / Wrestling & Field Carlene Robinson / Women’s Outdoor Track Ryan Rowe / Men’s Tennis Chris Silcox / Men’s Gymnastics Chad Weist / Men’s Gymnastics Tyler Yamauchi / Men’s Gymnastics Emily Zurrer / Soccer

/ Men’s Tennis / Men’s Tennis Kevin Anderson of the Year Big Ten Athlete Country / Women’s Cross Angela Bizzarri Year Big Ten Fresehman of the Wes Haagensen / Men’s Gymnastics Big Ten Athlete of the Year Ella Masar / Soccer of the Year Big Ten Offensive Player Yvonne Mensah / Women’s Track & Field Indoor Championships Field Athlete of the Big Ten Chichi Nweke / Soccer Big Ten Freshman of the Year All-Freshman Cara Pomeroy / Women’s Gymnastics American Award Finalist Bob Starkell / Women’s Gymnastics South Central Region Coach of the Year Gary Winckler / Women’s Track & Field Big Ten Coach of the Year USTFCCCA Midwest District Coach of the Year Emily Zurrer / Soccer Big Ten co-defensive Player of the Year

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AWARD WINNERS AWARD

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 28 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 29 KEVIN ANDERSON Men’s Tennis 2007 Dike Eddleman Female Athlete of the Year Kevin Anderson excelled when it counted most, leading the Illini to an NCAA runner-up finish with victories over No. Ohio 7 State and No. 3 Baylor at the NCAA Finals Mississippi, No. 2 in Athens, Ga. The Big Ten Player offollowed the Year that up with strong runs through singles the and doubles draw individually, reaching the semifinals in singles and teaming with Ryan duo The doubles. in finals the to advance to Rowe was attempting to become the firstNCAA history to win back-to-back tandemnational titles in in doubles. The No. 1 singles player for the Illini was ranked WARREN CARTER WARREN Men’s Basketball Medal of Honor Big Ten Male Warren Carter became the third basketball straight player Illinois to earn the Honor, Big following in Ten the Medal footsteps of of Jack (2005) Ingram and Dee Brown (2006). Carter stepped up big during his senior season in 2007, earning second team All-Big Ten and honors while averaging second a team-high 13.7 points per team All-District game. He was one of the most improved players in the nation, nearly tripling his scoring average from NCAA an to Illini the leading while year previous the Tournament appearance. Carter was also very active off the extremely court, as active he is in Illinois’ Hometown Heroes ATHLETIC HONORS ATHLETIC in the top-10 nationally the entire year, finishing the season ranked No.FILA 4tennis poll. He infinished the season the 32-9 in singles, final going 18-8 against ITA nationally ranked also Rowe and Anderson partners. different three with playing doubles, in 29-8 and opponents, had a 13-5 record against nationally ranked opponents. program, speaking a schools and banquets and serving as a mentor to area children. He completedHe children. area to mentor a as serving and banquets and schools a speaking program, committee, diversity Illinois Identify Athletic Intercollegiate of Department the with internship an where he met regularly with cultural groups on campus. YVONNE MENSAH & Field Women’s Track the Year male Athlete of 2007 Dike Eddleman Yvonne Mensah played a tremendous her team’s role success, winning four event in titles and 40.5 at points scoring the Big Ten meet Outdoor in vaulting Illinois to a tie for the conference title. Mensah won gold medals in the 100 and meters and 200 the triple jump and as a member the in of silver a claimed team, relay 4x100-meter the jump. triple the in bronze a and relay 4x400-meter Mensah also had a strong Big Ten meet indoors, scoring 38 points, winning the long and triple jumps and finishing runner-up in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes and as a member of 4x400-meter the relay. She was named Big Ten Field YVONNE MENSAH Women’s Track & Field Big Ten Female Medal of Honor three-time Champion, Ten Big 10-time staggering: is accomplishments of list Mensah’s Yvonne and Year the of Athlete Ten Big Championships, the of Athlete Ten Big two-time All-American, a Regional Championship highlight a long list of accomplishments for the British Columbia native. She also helped lead the Fighting Illini to the 2005 Big Ten Outdoor Title and has set new school records in both the long and triple jump. She’s one of the most diverse athletes in lists on seven different events. Illinois history, appearing in the UI’s top-10 performance with involvement her is however, track, the on accomplishments her than impressive more Even for Counselor Camp (FCA) Athletes Christian of Fellowship a been has Mensah community. the community with speaking Member, Program Outreach FCA an is and athletes school high area members about her experience as a Christian athlete. She also volunteers official with community track and field teams. as a coach and an Athlete of the 2007 Indoor Championships and set a school record in the long jump (20’8”) at the meet. Mensah finishes her career with 15 Big Ten titles and three All-America honors after Indoor Championships. placing sixth in the long jump at the 2007 NCAA 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 TITLES WON Michigan – 3.5 (46/13) Penn State – 4.3 (52/12) Ohio State – 4.8 (62/13) Minnesota – 5.1 (61/12) Illinois – 5.2 (57/11) Purdue – 5.4 (54/10) Indiana – 6.08 (79/13) Northwestern – 6.11 (55/9) Wisconsin – 6.2 (68/11) Michigan State – 6.6 (86/13) Iowa – 6.8 (80/12) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. WOMEN’S SPORTS 10. 11. 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 TITLES WON SPORTSMANSHIP NOMINEES SPORTSMANSHIP One male and female individual is selected from each Big Ten sportsmanship award. win an annual conference institution to Baseball – Shawn Roof Men’s Basketball – Trent Meacham Women’s Basketball – Lori Bjork Men’s Cross Country – Jason Bill – Stephanie Baliga Women’s Cross Country Football – J Leman Men’s Golf – Kyle Hosick Women’s Golf – Meghan Naik Men’s Gymnastics – Chris Silcox Women’s Gymnastics – Marijka Botterman Soccer – Quinn Reynolds Softball – Shanna Diller Swimming and Diving – Caroline Moore Men’s Tennis – G.D. Jones Women’s Tennis – Emily Wang Men’s Indoor Track and Field – Lesiba Masheto Women’s Indoor Track and Field – Yvonne Mensah Men’s Outdoor Track and Field – Lesiba Masheto Women’s Outdoor Track and Field – Camile Robinson Volleyball – Kayani Turner Wrestling – Cassio Pero * Award winners Wisconsin – 2.7 (27/10) Minnesota – 3.6 (39/11) Ohio State – 4.0 (48/12) Michigan – 4.2 (50/12) Indiana – 5.4 (59/11) Penn State – 5.5 (66/12) Purdue – 6.1 (61/10) Illinois – 6.6 (66/10) Iowa – 6.64 (73/11) Northwestern – 7.0 (56/8) Michigan State – 7.7 (85/11) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. MEN’S SPORTS 10. 11. 4 5 7 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 TITLES WON -- -- Sweet 16 -- 8th NCAA 1st Round -- 19th 5th -- -- T47th T56th -- -- 2nd ------T47th T67th NCAA FINISH th th th th nd th st th th th th rd th rd th th th th th nd th T10 8 5 T4 4 7 5 3 9 10 3 5 6 T2 10 T9 6 6 T1 9 2 BIG TEN FINISH Michigan – 3.8 (96/25) Minnesota – 4.35 (100/23) Ohio State – 4.4 (110/25) Wisconsin – 4.5 (95/21) Penn State – 4.9 (118/24) Indiana – 5.8 (138/24) Purdue – 5.8 )115/20) Illinois – 5.9 (123/21) Northwestern – 6.5 (111/17) Iowa – 6.6 (152/23) Michigan State – 7.1 (171/24) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. ALL SPORTS 10. 11. th th th

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Student- Illini took part of this event an overall rating athletes gave 4.44. Nine career development workshops were Nine career development student-athletes presented this year, with 215 workshops an attending. Students gave these overall rating of 4.50. opportunity to Ninety-seven juniors had the hear Brad Karsh, President and CEO of JOB of a Recruiting BOUND present “Confessions gave Coordinator” in October. Student-athletes this program a rating of 4.68. with recruiters Information nights were held Stryker Medical from Newell Rubbermaid and this year. Staff from the Career Center provided student- athletes with the opportunity to complete resume’ reviews and do mock interviews.      The DIA Student-Athlete Resume Portfolio Development Career was sent out this year to over 250 companies interested in hiring Illini student-athletes. Thirty A Job and Internship Binder listing job and internship opportunities is available A Job and Internship Binder listing job and internship opportunities for student-athletes in the Irwin Academic Center. teams, participated Over 400 student-athletes, representing all nineteen athletic in more than 120 Hometown Heroes events this year. through Hometown U of I student-athletes volunteered more than 2000 hours of our community. Heroes events this year reaching more than 11,000 members Heroes this year. Fourteen Illini teams achieved 100% participation in Hometown Fifty seven student-athletes took part in five Illini Kids Club events this year. by selected been have student-athletes senior and junior, sophomore, Eighty-four their coaches to take part in the first year of the Illini Leadership Academy. The nation’s leading sport leadership expert, Jeff Janssen, will visit campus four times next year to work with our student-athlete leaders and coaches.        student-athletes submitted resumes for inclusion in the portfolio this year. student-athletes submitted resumes for inclusion in the Community Service (Hometown Heroes Program) Illini Leadership Academy to kick-off in 2007-08 Jon Houseworth / Men’s Track & Field omen’s Soccer, represented the Division of Intercollegiate Eva Strickland, Women’s Soccer, represented the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics on the Avery Brundage Scholarship Committee. this year including Student-athletes took part in various campus-wide activities Campus Acquaintance Get Carded Day (to promote sexual assault prevention), Rape Education (CARE), Alcohol Culture Explored Interactive Theatre (ACE-IT) and the Fall Fitness Day on the Quad. Thirteen personal development workshops Thirteen personal development student-athletes were held this year with 266 attending these sessions. Student-athletes rating of gave these workshops an overall 4.38 on a 5 point scale. Three hundred seventy-six student-athletes attended the Speaker Series program, on March 5th, “DUI: A Powerful Influence”. This program received an overall rating of 4.45. Thirty-eight student-athletes, representing all nineteen athletic teams, served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Athletic Director this year. Various guest speakers spoke to the group including Faculty Athletic Ron Guenther; Director of Academic Services, Tom Michael, Representative, Matthew Wheeler; Compliance Officer, Ryan Squire. Women’s Soccer, were Melissa Singer, Women’s Gymnastics, and Eva Strickland, elected to serve as SAAC Co-chairs this year. of Illinois on the Jon Houseworth, Men’s Track & Field, represented the University Big Ten Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Meghan Naik, Women’s Golf, was appointed to serve as the student-athlete representative on the Athletic Board this year. FL in May. Illinois at the 2007 NCAA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Four athletic workshops were provided this were provided workshops Four athletic student-athletes in pursuing year to assist sport. 161 student-athletes excellence in their a workshops and gave them attended these a 5 pts scale. rating of 4.5 on Advisor Program continue to The Agent and the student-athletes who have support those athletic careers opportunity to continue their agents at the professions level. 88 sports this year. registered with the program         of ayani Turner, Women’s Volleyball, was selected to represent the University K   Excellence Athletic Personal Development

he Division of Intercollegiate Athletics was pleased to announce in 2006, 2006, in announce to pleased was Athletics Intercollegiate of Division he the renaming of the program to honor Douglas C. Roberts. Roberts, a donor to Illinois athletics for over 20 years, has long embraced the

The Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award honors student-athletes who maintain a year This performances. athletic noteworthy have and GPA cumulative high or 3.0 33 student-athletes from seventeen different sports received this award, while 83 student-athletes received nominations throughout the year. Eight academic workshops were offered to student-athletes this year with 108 Eight academic workshops were offered to student-athletes student-athletes attending. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being considered excellent, the student-athletes rated these workshops a 4.5 in terms of being beneficial to them. One hundred twenty incoming freshmen participated in the CHAMPS 101: One hundred twenty incoming freshmen participated in designed to help Student-Athlete Success Seminar, a 7-week non-credit course into college as a our freshmen student-athletes make a successful transition Division 1 student-athlete.

    In 1997, the Division 1A Program of Excellence Athletic Award in order Directors to serve Association as an assessment created tool universities for seeking the to improve their programs and services athletes. for This student- award establishes a standard of excellence and Division I CHAMPS a model for Life Skills programs to strive for and serves to honor those universities that have made a commitment to providing broad-based programs of student-athlete support services. In 2005, the University Illinois of CHAMPS/Life Skills Program was recognized as Excellence. Kathy Kaler of the a Academic Services Department coordinates Program of Program. the Douglas C. Roberts Illini CHAMPS/Life Skills The Douglas RobertsC. Illini CHAMPS/Life Skills Program focuses on and growth the towards making is program our that areas commitment five development of our student-athletes. The five areas include a commitment Career Development, Personal Excellence, Athletic Excellence, Academic to Development, and Community Service. opportunity he has to make a difference in the lives of others. In 2003, after after In2003, ofothers. in lives the he a to has make difference opportunity student-athletes Illinois of lives the in played role important the about learning Douglas the established Doug Program, Skills CHAMPS/Life NCAA’s the by 2006, in Then, Fund. Endowment Program Skills CHAMPS/Life Roberts C. Doug cemented his Fighting Illini legacy by increasing his endowment place to his name on the entire program. For now and forever, the Douglas will Program stand Skills as C. a to CHAMPS/Life Illini Roberts testament for the future of Illinois athletics. Roberts’ generosity and vision Academic Excellence

CHAMPS / LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM / LIFE SKILLS CHAMPS T DOUGLAS C. ROBERTS ILLINI ILLINI C. ROBERTS DOUGLAS

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 34 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 35 974 959 981 978 982 980 993 969 993 1000 994 971 970 3.300 3.261 3.260 3.180 3.160 3.158 3.121 3.110 3.078 3.069 3.058 VOLLEYBALL 1. Soccer 6. Softball omen’s Golf omen’s Volleyball 5. Volleyball omen’s Track Track omen’s 981 907 980 976 976 960 983 965 979 937 n/a 931 933 omen’s Tennis Tennis omen’s 3. W BASEBALL 4. W 11. W omen’s Gymnastics omen’s TEAM GPA (SPRING 2007) TEAM GPA omen’s Cross Country omen’s Men’s Gymnastics 10. Men’s 8. Swimming & Diving Men’s Cross Country 9. Men’s 2. W 7. W 926 943 957 958 922 919 962 928 960 915 935 n/a 934 FOOTBALL 959 976 987 939 953 948 973 997 945 951 956 962 958 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 986 890 940 949 965 887 962 902 950 910 931 932 936 MEN’S BASKETBALL 3.300 3.261 3.260 3.180 3.160 3.158 3.121 3.110 3.078 3.069 3.058 976 969 966 977 972 933 984 968 976 959 976 OVERALL APR 1. Soccer 6. Softball omen’s Golf omen’s Volleyball 5. Volleyball omen’s Track Track omen’s omen’s Tennis Tennis omen’s 3. W 4. W 11. W omen’s Gymnastics omen’s omen’s Cross Country omen’s Men’s Gymnastics 10. Men’s 8. Swimming & Diving Men’s Cross Country 9. Men’s 2. W 7. W BIG TEN ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE BIG TEN ACADEMIC PROGRESS

Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Purdue Wisconsin Overall Division 1 Overall 1-A INSTITUTION TEAM GPA (FALL 2006) (FALL TEAM GPA Lori Bjork / Women’s Basketball Third Team Academic All-American Bjork was one of only 15 players honored from around the country and 3.94 one of a only has two sophomores honored, who Bjork, Parker. Candace Tennessee’s joining average grade-point in political science, is just the third Illinois women’s basketball player to be an Academic All- Robinson Lisa joining years, 25 in first the and American namedwas Bjork ‘81). (1980, Brauer Liz and ‘82) (1981, to the All-District team two weeks ago. The five finalists Jason Bill / Men’s Track American Third-team Academic-All A community health major Outstanding Illinois’ with as May in honored a was Bill average, 3.78 grade-point Male Senior Scholar-Athlete at the annual UI Scholar- Athlete Banquet. He is just the second Illinois men’s track/cross country student-athlete to be Academic All-American, named and an is the first injoining Aaron Mobarak who was 16 years, a first team selection in 1991. ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Tiara Armstrong / Women’s Track & Field, 2nd Team Lizzie Bazzetta / Volleyball, 3rd Team Jason Bill / Men’s Track & Field, 1st Team Lori Bjork / Women’s Basketball, 1st Team Shanna Diller / Softball, 1st Team Ryan Hastings / Baseball, 1st Team Kisten Martin / Softball, 2nd Team Ryan McDonald / Football, 1st Team Rashard Mendenhall / Football, 1st Team Yvonee Mensah / Women’s Track & Field, 2nd Team Cara Pomeroy / Women’s Gymnastics, 2nd Team Momei Qu / Women’s Tennis, 1st Team Ryan Snowden / Baseball, 1st Team Beth Vrdsky / Volleyball, 3rd Team Bill recently wrapped-up a stellar career time for National the meet Orange qualifier and in Blue. cross country, He NCAA running was Championships. In a track, athe three- ran thein the 2002, 10,000m at the 2004 and 2006 2004 Championships, NCAA finishingOutdoor 22nd overall, and was in performer fastest fifth the as Illinois a two-time leaves Bill 2007). and (2005 5,000m the in qualifier NCAA Mideast Regional 5,000m (14:01.08) and 10,000m (29:14.85) runs. school history in both the Members ballot. All-America Academic the on placed are then districts eight the of each from of the College of Directors Sports Information America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America committee vote on the final team. (SELECTED BY COSIDA) BY (SELECTED INE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS ACADEMIC INE MAGA Z THE ESPN

n May 11, 2006, the University of Illinois- Division of Intercollegiate of Division Illinois- of University the 2006, 11, May n Athletics announced the beginning of a $116 million renovation Stadium. project of historic Memorial 2006 began December Construction

Illinois Renaissance: Renaissance: Illinois RENOVATION STADIUM MEMORIAL O The renovations began following championship football games. Construction has the occurred on the north and 2006 football season and IHSA west sides of the stadium, with the east side to begin after the 07’ season. Permanent seating in the north end zone will be completed for the 2007 season. The remaining areas of thewest and east side will be completed for the 2008 season. indoor suites, luxury of addition the is side west the on renovation the Among and outdoor club areas and a refurbishment of the concourses. An outdoor and balcony west the under added be will Club, Colonnades and space club seats back chair outdoor as well as hospitality, day game indoor for allow will for contest viewing. In the west balcony, a three-level structure will be built to house two floors of suites and an indoor club space as well as a new press box for media seating and game day Illinois operations. of number retired Thethe honor to indoorClub” “77 named club, been has 200, which seats gridiron legend Harold “Red” Grange. In March of 2007, additional buildfunding the wasfootball secured personal from performancea stands. donor center Theto underneath new the center north willsq. ft. be of space. comprised The personal of performance approximatelyfootball players center 30,000 with will multiple provide new Illinois services, strength including and the conditioning latest training, in sports medicine,and technology.academic Asservices part of the project, an 8,000 sq. will ft. mezzanine be level created that provides views of the state-of-the-art recruiting and meeting facilities. football field and houses north elevation

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center practice and instruction “The Demirjian Golf P ractice F in college golf finest facility “The Demirjian Golf Practice Facility is an all-inclusive instructionpractice and center that is without a doubt the finest facility in college golf,” says Coach Mike Small, Head Coach of the Men’s Golf Team. “It is the home away from home for our golfers. They can walk inhere any time of year and work on their clubs, use state-of-the-art digital video equipment to record their swing, work on their putting, practice any shot in golf, and do homework in our lounge. This building is something we needed to be competitive but also to reach our goals. It shows the commitment we have the nation.” to making Illinois one of the top golf programs in Head Women’s Coach Renee Slone shares similar “Thesentiments Demirjian and says Indoor Practice in Facilitythe process of moving our is programs to the goingnext level. Our toplayers play alreadya experiencedkey rolethe benefits of thisspring facility seasonin preparation and for started our theyears. year We more are confident very than indoor facilities.” fortunate in previous to have one of the nation’s premier

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T DEMIRJIAN GOLF PRACTICE FACILITY DEMIRJIAN GOLF PRACTICE The new facility includes; 6,700-square foot putting, chipping and pitching includes; facility and chipping putting, 6,700-square foot new The area; six heated hitting bays that open twoonto of an the outdoorhitting drivingbays arerange; outfitted with state-of-the-artequipment; videotwo analysisteam locker rooms for our men’s a andfully women’sequipped teams;and functional golf club building1,500-square foot team lounge completeand with study areas andflat-screena repair room; a programs. TV; and, two offices for our men’s and women’s gift from the Demirjian family been of named the Decatur,Demirjian Golf IL. Practice TheFacility. Designed new Architects,by RATIO facilityInc., it is located has on St. Mary’s Road, across from the Atkins Tennis Center. The new center spans approximately 16,000 square feet, measured three and half stories tall, at its highest point, and features the finest golf training amenities. east elevation south elevation remains the same n July 2006, the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics broke ground on ground broke Athletics Intercollegiate of Division the 2006, July n has addition This Center. Services Academic Irwin the of expansion the Family Irwin the from support continued the with possible made been Construction Completed I Foundation. The Irwin Center expansion will further assist student-athletes assist further will expansion Center Irwin The Foundation. with their academic endeavors. The 4.6 million dollar expansionIrwin of the Center, designed by Ratio Architects, Inc., will add approximately Center. 12,000 square feet of new space to our existing Irwin Thenew space is comprised of a large presentation theater style room, a spacious general study area, individual tutoring and study rooms, and an additional computer lab. All academic of these their new within areas and will enhance classroom our the student/ in compete to opportunities athletes excited is Michael Tom Academics, of Director Athletic Assistant disciplines. about the expansion and states “The expansion of to have the best to our allow student-athletes will continue Center Services the Irwin Academic necessary the with them is to provide goal Our to them. available resources tools in order for them to achieve success in the classroom.” IRWIN ACADEMIC CENTER EXPANSION IRWIN ACADEMIC CENTER

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 38 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 39 Illinois tennis and the community for years to come. The new expansion willaiderecruitingin andalsohelp gain exposure ourtoschool andtennis program due to the possibility of hosting more big time tournaments on our campus.” Brad Dancer, Head Men’s Coach excitedsays, about“I am the extremelyKhan addition to our facility.is going to The keep Illinois at the Khan’stop in recruiting generosityand developing student- athletes. In addition, it will enhance our ability to showcase the team and other events to the Champaign-Urbana community,” of theOutdoor Tennis Complex. new Khan and a 8,000 square foot area for parking will help make our new facility a the Big Ten Conference. jewel within “The impact of the Martin’s gift to our softball program is immeasurable,” said Illinois head coach Terri donation, we Sullivan. will now “Thanks be able to to build their start-of-the-art players and facilities fans. Martin meaningful for Stadium will out provide first-class amenities, giving us a tremendous recruiting tool and the ability to championships. compete for Everyone national who is alumni, support involved staff, coaches and administration-is honored to have been with our program-players, so generously thought of by the Martins. Alice and to forward look I family. softball Rex Illinois the of part special a are are who people outstanding a long relationship with them.”

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Shahid Khan, a successful entrepreneur and wife Ann, U through their of philanthropic efforts have I made this outstanding graduate, and his addition possible. O T stretched streak sellout home get autographs, and hear speeches about various Fighting Illini programs. A men’s basketball coach also appeared at every stop. The tour,Illinois thehas first orchestrated in five years, generated numerous positive stories alumni. goodwill with fans and and tremendous The marketing department won Association awardsfour of College schools I Group Marketing among nation the in second and Ten theat Big the in first placed Administrators annual National convention. Illinois in terms of 2007 NACMA Awards. Group I is the most rigorous group to the (with conferences largest the of members all includes It against. compete Big XII, Big Ten, Big ACC, the including staffs) largest and budgets largest West, SEC, PAC 10 and WAC. East, Conference USA, Mountain department marketing athletic Illinois the that evidence provide honors The competes at the highest level against its peers. The marketing department excellence in 2007-08 and beyond. will continue to strive for consecutive Olympic sports enjoyed record attendance and long-time attendance bests as well. The women’s soccer team set high a for new all-time season attendance,single-match record crowd of including2,667 for the a promotion Kickoff/Soccerfest Homecoming that resulted in a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against Penn State. The merger of the newlycreatedSoccerfest promotion withthe annual Homecoming Kickoff demonstrated the collaborative power of the DIA and the Alumni Association. Illinois would end the season as the Big Ten’s attendance and leader one of the nation’s Top 25average attendance. teams in attendance single-game a set team softball The record for the second consecutive season at the World’s Largest Softball Tailgate. The 2007 edition was attended by 1,445 fans — besting the previous year’s then-record basketball men’s crowd of 1,283. The softball program posted three of the top six crowds in school history. Volleyball also finished in the Top 25 in attendance attended fans 3,129 of crowd A Hall. Huff at matches attending fans 1,366 with an average of match home Illinois an for crowd largest the marking match, Huff Stuff the comprised was crowd the of half than more Remarkably, 1993. 6, Nov. since of students as 1,682 UI attendees stuffed Huff. promote both to efforts its in aggressive also was department marketing The the football program statewide and to bring life to the tagline: “Illinois: It’s Where We Live. It’s Who We Cheer.” DIA marketing worked with Coach Ron Zook to bring Chicago its Zook firstheadlined all Springsix stops Gameof a Meet in ‘n’ Greet 30 years. Tour that opportunity to gave have fans one-one-one an time with Illinois coaches, take photos, The . to 45 games by the end of the 2006-07 season

t was truly a banner year for the DIA marketing department. Record attendance figures, record season ticket sales, and consecutive sellout was a success. streaks are indicators that the 2006-07 marketing effort

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I The men’s basketball consecutive home sellout streak stretched to 45 games 45 to stretched streak sellout home consecutive basketball men’s The by the end of the 2006-07 season. to install A a marketing season ticket department wait indicator true list a led fans showed gave fact demand effort That tickets. for season basketball more men’s than additional 10,000 amazing an in resulting basketball, Illini Fighting in interest amazing the of 99 percent season ticket renewal rate. A $60 “construction pricing” football season ticket in the horseshoe led to that area being sold out with season ticket holders by ranked May of Illinois 2007. sold. More been already had tickets season football new 10,000 than second in the nation in new football season ticket sales at that time. The Fighting Illini were on target to establish theme a Ballgame” new New record Brand for a football “It’s season The season. single a in growth sales ticket and attention-grabbing ads were a hit with fans and alumni. held Game Spring Champaign Attendance annual the for 10,000 than more to doubled in April 2007.

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 40 41 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT FIGHTINGILLINI.COM The official web site of Illinoiscontent athletics for the is fightingillini.com. site Editorial is handled information office. DIA by has contracted with DIA, CSTVOnline, Inc. primarily (CSTV) through the to host the site. sports The web site averages more than 200,000 unique visitors each month. For page views. the year, Illinois will generate more than 15 million Fightingillini.com remains a revenue generator for generated DIA. is ThroughRevenue March, online. directly generated been has $100,000 than more to subscriptions and auctions online sponsorships, store, online the through the audio and video services. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS CORPORATE In addition, Kentucky Fried Chicken Catering was the title sponsor for the 2006 Illini Street Fest held prior to Illinois football games. Famous Dave’s BBQ also sponsored the event. Chevys Fresh Mex sponsored the Illinois Kids Club, and Lexus sponsored the for the second year in a row. Classic” at the United Center “Lexus December to Remember There were two new corporate partners this year. DEKALBwelcomed partner of Seeds was a Illinois football and the Illini Sports Radio Network for both football and men’s basketball. Stone Seeds also joined as a sponsor of Illinois football radio broadcasts. The corporate sponsorship program was responsible for $3 more million than in revenue and $1in 2006-07.million Of thatin total,in-kind $1.08 milliongoods was Sports Radio Network. andgenerated servicesfrom the Illini Collegiate the LICENSING by managed is Illinois of University the at program licensing The 450 has Illinois of University The Ga. Atlanta, of (CLC) Company Licensing reproduce to authorized are licensees These CLC. through licensed companies for retail sale. University trademarked logos on all types of products Through three quarters of the year, the licensing program had generated $1.59 million. It is anticipated that when the fiscal2005-06. yearin ends onroyalties Junefrom 30, generated million $1.8 the surpass will DIA 2007, Should this occur, it would mark the sixth straight year that Illinois has set record royalty totals. Illinois’ on-site merchandise sales at all varsity athletic events and summer camps is handled through Gameday Spirit Fan Store in Champaign, which merchandise On-site DIA. with services these for contract exclusive an holds 2006-07. sales will generate more than $90,000 in revenue in

he Division of Intercollegiate Athletics has managed sponsorship program its since 1994. Since its corporate inception, the goal of our mutually long-term, build to been has program sponsorship corporate

Our other returning 2006-07 corporate partners and Illini Sports Network sponsors are: Ameren IP, The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette/WDWS and WHMS Radio, County Market Grocery Stores, First Federal Savings Bank, FS Growmark, Gameday Spirit Fan Store, Gatorade, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sub Shop, PowerBar, the Tanger Outlet Center in Tuscola, the Radio. University of Illinois Alumni Association, and XM The most significant companies in the corporate sponsorship program are our “Team Illinois” sponsors. These sponsors receive category exclusivity across all marketing vehicles that the DIA controls including in-stadium signage and recognition, logo rights, advertising on the Illini Sports Radio Network and sponsorship on www.fightingillini.com. Our current Team Illinois partners are Nike, State Farm Insurance, Health Coca-Cola, Alliance, Verizon Wireless and the Carle Bank of America Fighting Illini and Credit Card. One important component of the corporate sponsorship program includes advertising on the Illini Sports Radio Network. The University of Illinois is the only Big Ten Conference school which manages its radio network in-house. We handle production, affiliate relations and sales. Sponsors may basketball women’s and men’s football, for broadcasts network on advertise and volleyball. Programming also includes the weekly call-in shows for the head football and men’s basketball coaches. When many people think of “corporate sponsorships” they might simply think of viewing a business’ logo on a sign located in Memorial Stadium or our of aspects visible most the of one is signage Although Hall. Assembly the sponsorship program, in reality, Illinois’ corporate partners receive much more. They are intertwined with the DIA in a way that helps enhance the of Illinois and that particular company. image of both the University beneficial business relationships with local business leaders and Fortune 500 500 Fortune and leaders business local with relationships business beneficial companies. T Illinois Notre Dame Northwestern Northern Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan MSU Minnesota OSU PSU Purdue Wisconsin ISU DePaul Loyola UIC EIU SIU Bradley WIU Number of Stories Chicago Print Media Analysis (Aug. 2006-May 2007) Media Analysis (Aug. 2006-May Chicago Print

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n this school year, the Illinois Athletic Communications Office, also known as the sports information sports the as known also Office, Communications Athletic Illinois the year, school this n department, experienced some highs and lows and came head-to-head with some challenges it hasn’t faced in recent times at the University of Illinois. Fortunately, these challenges offered great learn- ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ATHLETIC

Brought in nationally renowned media trainers “The basketball teams and men’s tennis team. Speaking Specialists” to work freshmen all with to image public on our program a presented football, and developed Office Communications men’s Athletic the of Members Illinois student-athletes as part of the Champs Life Skills program. Men’s Basketball – 31 games (two additional games broadcast online at ESPN360) Men’s Basketball – 31 games (two additional games broadcast The Illinois Athletic Communications Office credentialed over 250 media to home football games and reached its The Illinois Athletic Communications Office credentialed event. maximum capacity for media at each men’s basketball regional and three national newspapers. The University of Illinois is covered on a daily basis by 14 Illinois’ coverage on Chicago’s seven major television stations in 2006-07 was astounding. In the year, the Illini Illinois’ coverage on Chicago’s seven major television stations 108 million viewers. The value of Illinois’ airtime were represented in 1,219 stories, which were seen by over equaled over $4.8 million. Implemented a media tracking service to gauge our coverage in the Chicago media market, the third largest Implemented a media tracking service to gauge our coverage market in the country. in Chicago’s two major newspapers, the Chicago Ranked No. 1 among all Universities and colleges in coverage stories written in the 12-month period, 102 stories Tribune and Sun Times (see below chart). Illinois had 340 better than the next Big Ten school, Northwestern. more than the next highest school, Notre Dame, and 118      

  Soccer – Two games Baseball – Two games  online at EPN360) Football – Nine games (two additional games broadcast Women’s Basketball – Three games Volleyball – Two games      Ranked 15th nationally in the CSTV family in total page views Ranked 15th nationally in the Ranked fifth in all-access audio/video subscriptions Logged over 16 million visitors in 2006-07, averaging 1.4 million per month Logged over 16 million visitors FIGHTINGILLINI.COM Here are some of the highlights of 2006-07: Here are some of the highlights ing experiences in which we grew as public relations professionals. The function of the Illinois Athletic Communications office is to act as the official spokespersons for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Our daily responsibilities include maintenance and development of Illinois’ official website, fightingillini. athletic the covering media the and student-athletes and coaches Illinois’ between liaison the as serve com; department; implement public relations plans for Illinois’ 19 varsity sports; promote of archives historical the grow and house finally, and department and athletic the within from activity positive publicize all the athletic department. PUBLIC SPEAKING TRAINING TELEVISED EVENTS

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2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 42 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 43 COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE From July 2006 through June 2007, the Compliance Office reported 23 secondary violations. A secondary violation is defined by the NCAA as “a to intended is or provides nature, in inadvertent or isolated is that violation does and advantage other or competitive recruiting, minimal a only provide or extra benefit.” not include any significant recruiting inducement In October 2006, the University concluded its probationary period that resulted from its major infractions case in October 2005.

The Compliance Office reviews all documents thatto,limited not complianceisimplications. includes,butThis have competitionandpractice summariesfollowing:ofweekly the activities for all student-athletes, weekly summaries of all off-campus recruiting activities for all coaches, telephone records, medical expenses, student-athlete employment records, donation requests and expenses for team travel, awards and post-season competition. recruiting, 9,263 reviewed Office Compliance the 2007, June through 2006 July From documents in the course of monitoring the Department’s compliance with NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. 3.REPORTING Potential violations can infraction be discovered can be in self-reported a discovered number by the by Compliance of Office the through ways: responsibleits monitoringit can effortsbe reported party, the or to the Compliance it responsible Officeis Office canCompliance the byreported, is anviolation potential outsidethe be party. Once for investigating the matter and Tenreporting and/or theit, NCAA.if Copiesnecessary, of allto self-reported thesent to the Chancellor’s office. Big infractions are also Many answers given by the Compliance Office are confirmed in writing. A answer(s) the and asked question(s) the document to used is format standard who individual the to provided is confirmation written this of copy A given. or Manual NCAA the in defined clearly are that Answers question. the asked understood easily are that answers and Handbook, Conference Ten Big the Office. Compliance the of discretion the at writing in confirmed be not may From July 2006 through June 2007, the Compliance Office documented answers. 399 of these questions and 2.MONITORING

t is the responsibility of the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign,its employees, student-athletes and all individuals organizationsand promoting institution’sthe athletics interests I 1) Education, 2) Monitoring; and 3) Reporting. 1) Education, 2) Monitoring; Office concentrates its efforts in three areas: Office concentrates its In order to meet the objectives mentioned above, the Compliance to control the intercollegiateto ensure its athleticsfull compliance program and with University and NCAA, Big endeavor rules. Ten The ConferenceCompliance Division Office of was Intercollegiate established efforts Athletics’ to facilitate to comply the University’s with athletics. monitor and audit intercollegiate these rules and to provide a means to A second form of rules education assistance, occurs or a when rules “interpretation” an from individual the rule. Conference or NCAA Compliance an requests of application Office proper the understand to effort in an These requests must be made on all occasions when an individual education rules is of form This situation. given a to rules apply to how certain not is available from the Compliance Office to any individual or organization upon request. There are two basic forms of rules education. One form of rules education occurs when meetings are held to discuss rules, or rules-related information is distributed by, or with the assistance of, the Compliance form Office. of This rules education is most often planned the in provision of timely advance rules-related information and to individuals whom involves the Compliance Office has determined will benefit from its receipt. Examples include the compliance meetings held with coaching staffs, fall “check-in” each on student-athletes the with meetings “check-out” spring and meetings team, and the distribution of new rules adopted by the NCAA Division I Board of Directors. From July 2006 through June 2007, the Compliance Office coordinated 285 such rules education items. 1.EDUCATION The provision rulesof education is a primary focusIllinois of the University of Compliance Program. Theeducation to Compliance Division of Office Intercollegiate Athletics coaches provides and personnel, rules student-athletes, University personnel and efforts annually. Athletic Board’s Executive Committee reviews these University supporters. The

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athletic expenses

and

pursuit EXPENSES Sport Operations Facilities Scholarships Administration Revenue Production Student-Athlete Support Services Retail Operations and Camps Other Total Expenses Total champions on the court, At Illinois, in business is very good. Every day, championships are being won the classroom, and on in the field and in the the lives of community. Illini youngthrough football menIllinois of glory andto return women.anticipated the future, Inthe toward looking of accomplishments thrilling the Zook, Ron coach, head its of leadership the Coach Bruce Weber’s Men’s Basketball Team, coupled with the continued investments of donors in the futures of Illinois’ student-athletes, our future is bright. Without question, it is an Fighting Illini athletics. exciting time to be involved with including , , active increasing 6% 7% 4% 30% 24% 18% 11% 100% the sponsorships

on streams

8,236,799 5,080,660 2,778,238 2,893,372 1,898,890 10,909,879 $13,585,729 $45,383,567 areas to competition no venues. question There that is big college business: athletics the is business of a producing emphasis incrementally revenue corporate 0.0% 67.1% 68.0% 40.6% 102.6% 139.6% INC/DEC Total Revenues Total OPERATING SURPLUS / (DEFICIT): Atkins Tennis Center, merchandise & concessions sales and all summer camps. (2) Includes all (1) Includes revenue from the University of Illinois Golf Course, costs. (3) Includes operating costs associated with Marketing & Promotions, Sports Information, debt service, capital expenditures and facility maintenance Ticket Office, Corporate Sponsorship & Licensing and Development. REVENUES Gate Receipts Conference Distributions Big Ten Donations & Endowment Income Sponsorships & Licensing General Student Fee Retail Operations & Camps Other FISCAL YEAR 2006-07 OPERATING STATEMENT 2006-07 OPERATING FISCAL YEAR NR 400 1,674 3,212 4,504 allowed to each sport under NCAA guidelines, 13th and the to marked operate year in fiscal a 2004-05 fiscally The manner. disciplined and responsible budget. consecutive year that the DIA has operated with a balanced Illinois student-athletes resources in are every aspect provided of their pursuits with of excellence, championship-caliber from study 22,069 31,859 0.0% 67.1% 68.0% 40.6% 85.2% 151.9% INC/DEC 400 RES 8,626 1,674 3,212 4,504 18,416 2006-2007 NR 400

9,210 1,002 1,912 3,204 15,728

400

RES 3,425 1,002 1,912 3,204 9,943

ince its inception in 1892, the University Intercollegiate of Athletics Illinois (originally Division known of as the collegiate of landscape the to changes vast witnessed has Illinois Association), Athletic FINANCE Tuition: Tuition: Fees: Room: Board: Books: Total: 1996-1997

THE RISING COSTS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION

S Such Such incrementally increasing expenses have placed an emphasis on active pursuit the and cultivation of new revenue streams, including athletic development (fundraising) and corporate Since the DIA receives no state tax dollars, sponsorships it is only through the boundless and tireless the and body, student the of support licensing. the donors, loyal its of generosity outperform to continues it that staff and administration DIA’s the of efforts fund to fully it is possible stakeholders, many of these Because expectations. every athletic program, providing the maximum number of scholarships In striving to uphold the standards that the DIA is founded upon, however, upon, founded is DIA the that standards the uphold to striving In operating costs — including scholarships, capital facility maintenance, project and expenditures, staffing requirements — continueexample, to ten years rise. For ago, in-state and out-of-state scholarships costs Illinois athletics $9,419 and $14,581, respectively. For year, those same scholarships now cost the $16,842 and $29,242, representing 2005-06 academic respective increases of 78.8 and 101.8 percent. For the 2004-05 fiscal year, expenditures within the DIA, including those rapidly rising costs, totaled over $46 million. scholarship sports, and there can be no doubt that have major evolved college into multimillion athletic dollar programs enterprises. At Illinois however, be compromise never will athletics amateur of aspects business the that assured the pursuit of its mission. Illinois is committed to producing on- and off- field champions by adhering toprinciples that transcend the balance sheet, such as integrity, academic performance, gender and ethnic equality, and community service.

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VARSITY “I” VARSITY id you know that Dick Butkus, Perdita Felicien, and Dee Brown were were Brown Dee and Felicien, Perdita Butkus, Dick that know id you all part of the the Family. same right… That’s family? Athletic Illini Varsity “I” Association. are constituents of the exclusive Together they Secure the future of the Varsity “I” family by supporting the current Illini student- Illini current the supporting by family “I” Varsity the of future the Secure athletes in team captains Yearlong celebration recognizing over 125 years of excellence Total number of former letterwinners and participants returning to campus for a reunion: 831 Total amount contributed to the I FUND in $805,868.49 student-athletes by former letterwinners and participants: support of the education of Illini   Keep our members connected to the Illinois Athletic Department  Total number of sport reunions: 19   Total number of team captains returning to campus: 162 Celebrated 100 years of Illini Tennis Total number of Active Members: 1139  Make Varsity “I” a family members Keep our members connected to their teammates and other VARSITY “I” IS A FAMILY The Varsity “I” Association consists letterwinners University of Illinois. former Its members span ofthe all decades of the keep long and proud all to strives “I” former letterwinnersVarsity athletics. Illini is at the that history touch in letter) not did but team of part a were who (those participants and with each other and facilitate support for the current Illini student-athletes – the family’s next generation. Through Varsity “I”, members of the Illinois Athletic Family return to campus for reunions, competitions, and attend other Illini events. Its members gain active membership by supporting the education of Illini student-athletes through the I FUND and scholarship endowments. VARSITY “I” GOALS 2006-07 VARSITY “I” ACCOMPLISHMENTS D Soccer Reunion Softball Reunion Men’s Tennis 100-Year Celebration to the of return Volleyball Reunion competitions, members amily reunions, “I”, arsity thletic F for V Through Illinois A events. other Illini and attend campus David and Sharon Crow David and Ken and Lori Cruz Dr. Lynn R. Dale Jason and Audrey Davis Mary Alice Davis Tim Davis Pat and Ann Dawson Deihs, Jr. George F. and Nancy Delost Gregory J. and Laura Neal H. and Toby Deutsch Evan and Dixie Dickens Stephen M. and Sandra Ditman Anthony and Lucy DiTommaso James M. Dixon Jason Dodds David A. Donnini John Dorn Fred Drake Eric J. and Alta Draut Michael Ducey Monsignor Edward J. Duncan Jeffrey G. Edwards Lila Jeanne Eichelberger Marshall E. Eisenberg Stephen E. and Cynthia Elkins Sam Ellsworth Bernie Elsner Douglas A. Emkes Allen and Trisha Everette Robert A. and Lora V. Falato Fighting Illini Pork Club Ronald and Paula Filler Charles E. and Blanche Finn Marty Finney First Federal/Champaign Dr. Karrie and Steve Fitton Thomas P. and Lauren A. Fitzgerald Five Star Sales Flooring Surfaces Fox Family Eugene D. Funk III Hugh W. Gallivan Paul E. Gantzert Scott H. Gendell GHR Engineers & Associates David C. and Amy Gibson Jim Gillespie Tom Gillespie John Giuliani Riley and Linda Glerum Scott E. and Phyllis Golden William Golden Mark C. Goldenberg Phillip C. and Beverly Goldstick Gronloh Construction Dr. Robert Gurtler Dick T. and Sandra Haas Dennis Hackett Hallbeck Homes Mrs. Alan M. Hallene Joan Hansen Debbie and Greg Harmon Daniel and Marianne Harrington Thomas E. Harrington Thomas E. and Barbara Harrington, Jr. Seth M. Harris Hal R. and Phyllis Harshman Hartley Amusements, Inc. LOYALTY CIRCLE LOYALTY above $10,000 and Mark Abate Larry F. Altenbaumer Altorfer, Inc. Ament Jim and Ann Marie Anderson Dennis and Jackie Shirley and Dan Anderson Archer Daniels Midland Archer Daniels Midland Mark P. Arends Spencer and Tracy Atkins Susie and Clint Atkins Todd and Julia Atkins Barbeck Communications Group, Inc. Mike and Mona Bass Beard and Blakeman, L.L.C. Michael and Mary Jo Bell Harold and Gaylene Bennett Matthew C. Bennett Bob and Kimberly Bennis Ronald W. and Colleen Bess David Bielfeldt Gary K. and Carlotta Bielfeldt Jeff and Cynthia Black Mark P. Blager Sandra L. Blood Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Lisa S. Boyer Dr. Robert F. Brandys Scott B. and Janet Brown Brown, Hobbs and McMurray Ken and Christy Bruce Tom and Sally Bryan Mike and Paula Bryant Jim Buckler Robert Bucklin Hy and Nancy Bunn Paul and Joan Burns Burrus Seed Farms Curt Burwell Mark Bush Jeffrey J. and Lori Butler C.D.S. Office Technologies Tom and Sonna Cain Mary Legg Capouch Joseph Carr Edward and Pamela Caulfield Ronald K. Cekander Centrue Bank W. Jack Chamblin Champaign Builder’s Supply Todd Chesnut Jamie and Amy Chesser Richard A. Christensen L. Dean Clausen Phillip W. Cochran Code 4 PC, LLC Charles C. Colbert Commerce Bank, N.A. Carey and Cheryl Cooper John W. Corley Joe A. and Nancy E. Cowan Cozad Asset Management Greg Credi Dr. Gordon L. Cross, MD With the constant increase in tuition, the cost of providing athletic athletic providing of cost the tuition, in increase constant the With scholarships continues to escalate. Next year the I FUND faces yet another challenge as the DIA is projected to pay over $8 million for athletic scholarships. In the last seven years, the Illinois tuition costs have increased over 100 university’s The students. out-of-state and in-state both for percent approach aggressive more much a for call to continues plan strategic I FUND. to tuition increases placing a higher burden on the To combat the increase and continue the highest level of support for our student-athletes, the I FUND has created the of the 10x10x10 challenge program. It calls for the I FUND to increase its membership to 10,000 donors, giving $10 million, by 2010. the year The I FUND, currently compiled of more than 5,000 individual and corporate members, is vital to the success of this program. continued Your contribution is an investment in the strength and future of Illinois athletics and, more importantly, in the future of student-athletes coaches, the of behalf On student-athletes. Illinois’ and staff, thank you to all our members listed on the next several pages. Go Illini!

I FUND | Success Beyond the Game I FUND | Success

he I FUND is the fundraising arm of the Division of Intercollegiate necessary funding the securing for responsible directly is and Athletics academic past this During scholarships. athletic our of cost the cover to ANNUAL FUND ANNUAL

Each year the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics is required to reimburse the university for the cost of its athletic scholarships. This is theprimary function of the I FUND. In the academic year that scholarship just aid concluded, bill was the over $6.6 million. Due to an outstanding year of development, the I FUND fully covered the scholarship expenses as well as a portion of the operating expenses of the Irwin Academic Center Our student-athletes take great pride in wearing the Orange and Blue of Illinois and respect and appreciate the tremendous support from members of the I FUND. For some, these gifts open the door to a college education, for others these grants ease the financialearning a college degree. burdensYet, for all of our scholarship recipients, receiving often associated with an athletic scholarship is an honor. year, over 400 student-athletes received grants-in-aid for their I FUND. endeavors, all of which were funded by gifts to the academic and its staff. T

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Kowalski Rick Kramer John R. Krimmel J. Kent Krukewitt Barry A. Krumwiede Lynette Krusemark Mark Kuhnke Kurland Steel Co. Jeffrey Kyrouac R. Richard Lamkey Jeanette Lamkin Jeanette Wenthe Lamkin James A. Langan Francis and Diana Laux Bill and Mary Layendecker William E. Leahy Charles and Sarah Lee Daniel Lee V.B. Leister, Jr. Kurt and Sue Lenschow Daniel Lesage Ronald T. Levy Dennis E. Lewis and Mary McGrath Jimmy John Liautaud Rikki Linne Lawrence A. Lipe Herbert A. List Richard G. Lord Mitchell K. Lucie Gary L. Ludwig Michael S. Lynch Maguire’s Ryan and Susan Majeres Jo Mancuso John and Jim Mann Lawrence Marcucci Luther W. Martin Christopher Martin J. Michael Martin Larry L. Martin Leslie E. Mathers III Jim Mathews Phillip K. Matteson Dr. J. Miles McClure Greg McKaufsky R.D. McMillen Jerry G. McArthur Brad G. McCaulla Lowell M. McCormick Michael P. McCuskey Phillip McGill Vern J. McGinnis Richard and Kay McGuire Michael McKeague Patrick McSherry Carol and Richard Melinder Gary Halcom L. Hallett Dr. Jeffrey Hamelberg Daniel H. J.T. Hammitt Jack E. Handy John and Sue Hansen Mark Harbaugh Thomas E. Harmon Craig Hart Mr. Arthur A. Hasse Patrick and Maria Hayes Craig W. Hays George F. Heck Alred A. Heckman, Jr. Paul D. Heitman Charles Helleny Tom Henderson Paul C. Hendren Illini Institutional Foods Herff Jones Cap & Gown Division Chris L. Hill John C. Hirschfeld Jason Hoag William C. Hoke Valerie and John Holaday John Holland Mark Honeg Ruth H. Hoppin Pam Horsley James H. Houston Mark T. Howard Charles W. Huber Robert A. Huey Lynda Y. Humphrey Chris Hunt M. Scott Hutson Edward J. Hynds, Jr. William C. Ieuter Illini FS, Inc. Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. Illinois Graphics, Inc. Henry W. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jackson Lawrence L. Jeckel Dan P. Jeffery Jay Jimenez Todd Johnson Beth McBride Johnson Clifford and Cristina Medroano Johnson Barry and Janeen Johnson Jeff Johnson Lee W. Johnston Jones & Rowe Norman T. Jones Tony Jones Joseph M. Kaiser John J. Kamerer Kankakee Nursery Dean L. Karkazis Beth Kasper Phil Katsinas Carol Keiser John H. Keller Kelley Vault Co. John L. Kelly Bonnie Kemper Gordon K. Kemper Scott W. Kemper Steven Kester

ANNUAL FUND ANNUAL Marianne Dickerson Marianne Sciences Dow Agro David J. Downey James R. Downing Drake Homes Corp. Gene and Janette Drendel Jan Dueringer Daniel A. Dungan Bernard A. Dunn Pioneer / DuPont Thomas Dvorak Earl Walker Co., Inc. Robert Easter Hope Eastin Robert V. Elder Curt Ellis Bill Emerick Bill Engel Donald J. Engels Richard Erickson Excel Occupational Health Clinic Peter Fagan Verner W. Falk Matt Fejes Mark Ferguson David A. Fernandes Mark Fetzer First Midwest Bank / Plainfield First Midwest Bank / Morris Dan L. Flannell Janet Flessner Don Flynn William D. Forsyth III Jay Foster Foth & VanDyke / Daily Division Robert T. Fraley Richard M. Franks Frasca International John A. Frauenhoffer Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Freeland Joel M. Friedman Walter Friesner Charles W. Fritsch II Eric and Julie Fugate Duncan Funk Jeff Funk John Gadau John R. Gehlbach Rick and Nancy George Randy Germeraad Dr. Michael Gernant James and Janice Gerstner Richard L. Gianacakos Jim and Sandra Gibbs Benjamin T. Gildersleeve Gill Athletics, Inc. William C. Glasgow Donald E. Goss Michael Grady Dennis R. Graue Dana C. Gray Frederick S. Green J. Fred Green C. William Groesch Hans Grotelueschen Scott Grumish Henry Guenther Ronald E. Guenther David J. Hagan Hagerty Brothers Co.

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 48 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 49 Edward H. Leonard Edward H. Leslie Robert N. Debra Lewis James R. Lewis Louis D. Liay Mary Liddy Jon C. Liebman John T. Lindgren Jerry A. Lindley Fred Lindquist Charles M. Linke Traci and Henry Lipps Nolan S. Lipsky Justin Little Marc E. Lobdell Peter T. Loehr Mark Logue Thomas Lohse Sandra Long Benjamin E. Louis Brad and Julie Lovett Dr. E.W. Lowry Matthew and Jill Luallen Oreste J. Lucchesi William Lucco Jim D. Lucie Annabelle L. Ludwig David Ludwig John D. Lugoski II Dr. Garron M. Lukas Fred Lukasik Craig and Shelley Lukowicz Cynthia Lutz John R. Lyons Kim Lytle MACC of IL, Inc. Pete and Rosie MacKay O.J. Magana Main Street Bank &Trust Main Street Bank & Trust Main Street Bank & Trust Main Street Bank & Trust Main Street Bank & Trust Main Street Bank & Trust Main Street Bank & Trust John L. Malone Thomas J. Maloney Stuart M. Mamer Ralph B. Mandell John P. Manning V Peter March Dr. Charles R. Maris Geraldine Marrs Nora Marsh Philip Martin John F. Martin Margaret Martin Marvin L. Martin Nancy Eisner Martin Russell W. Martin Sam L. Martin Masey Realtors, Inc. Richard J. and Diane Mason Elizabeth A. Mathers Robert J. Mathias Neil A. Mathis John W. McBride William F. McCarty William F. McCarty III McCormick Distributing Co. Keller, Jr. William G. Beverly Keller Fred and Keller Robert O. L. Scott Kelley Gail V. Kellogg Decatur Kelly Construction of Maurice C. Kelly, Jr. Derek Kenneaster Sean P. Kenney Alan D. Kessler D. Stephen Kiley Tedd King Jeff Kinney Gary Kipfer Kirby Tire & Service Centers Rodney G. Kitick Matt Klaus Richard Klaus James E. Kleiss John A. Klich Douglas and Deborah Knapp Betty A. Knight Warren Knoles Jack Knuppel Paul D. Koch Tonya Kochan Martin Koeck Thomas E. Koenig A. Charles Kogut James K. Kogut Thadeus Kosmider Matt Kraft Pat Kreger Thomas E. Kress Mary P. Krick David Kroon Dorothy B. Krubel Kerry Krueger Michael J. Krutke Erich O. Kugler Steven P. Kuhn, D.D.S., L.P.D. Daniel R. Kukuck Scot Kunkel Greg Kyburz Alfred B. Labarre Emerson W. Lacey Robert D. Lambert Robert K. Lane Marjorie Lange Dorothy Langford Ira W. Langston Carl S. Larson Kai and Michelle Larson Kim L. Larson Joseph Latessa Terrill R. Laughton Jane F. Lawson Dr. Ira M. Lebenson Paul D. Leder Mrs. Raymond Lee Samuel L. Leeper Rickie L. Leggett Steven G. Lehmann Morris W. Leighton Mr. John Leinberger Leisure Times Pools and Spas David W. Lembke Glen W. Lemmerman David E. Lemon Albert J. Lenkaitis Dave Johnson Gerald P. Johnson Katherine Johnson Mark L. Johnson Steven D. Johnson Tom Johnson Wendell Johnson Edward E. Johnston, Jr. Bill Johnston Darrell A. Jones James Juriga Chad Kaempfer Eric E. Kahle Peter and Patricia Kale Alan and Mary Kalitzky David A. Kamm Randall and Patricia Kampfe Vincent E. Kaufman Susan Keehn Joe Keith Carla Hickey Mark Hieronymus Higgins B. Michael Highland Packing Company Stephen P. Hilgendorf Nancy J. Hilger Donald H. Himes Mary Sue Hitchings Lincoln Hobson James R. Hocker Ted and Nancy Hodgson Michael Hodkowski Harlan W. Hofeling Sean Hogan Steve Holliday Orville E. Holman, Jr. Roger Hortin Stephen L. Horton John J. Hoscheit Stephen J. Hough Jeffrey A. Housenga Houska Family Dental Center Dale Houston Doris L. Howard Dean Howarter Michael and Janet Huddle Lillian Huddleston Robert E. Hudson Lyle W. Hughart Kenneth R. Hughes Arvil Hullinger Steven Hultquist Stephen R. Humpherys Thomas and Suzanne Humphris Larry E. Hupp Raymond Hustedt David Hyten Illiana Construction Co. Illini Fire Equipment Co. IL Women’s Golf Association Illinois-American Water Co. Industrial Services of IL, Inc. Don Jackson F. Jerome Jahn Thomas L. Janssen Jeckel Pork Farm, Inc. Dan Jenkins Bruce S. and Doris Jewell Carl E. Johnson, Jr. Daniel L. Johnson Lawrence Grill Lawrence Mary Grobarcik M. Groesbeck Jonathan Murney Groff Richard N. Gronlund Gross Scott and Lea Ann Rebecca Grosser Carol Gruchala Deborah Grunder Bank Grundy County National Lynne Grusby G Tech Corporation Daniel A. Guilfoyle John T. Gulick Ken Gunji Brian Gustavson Glenn F. Guth James A. Haake Don Hackerson James M. Hackett Margaret Aileen Hagan Cheryl Y. Hahn Hall Law Firm Christian Hallen Alan M. Hallene, Jr. Sandra S. Hamilton William P. Hancock Stanley and Eleanor Haney Ray N. Hankes Donald D. Hansen Kermit L. Harden, Jr. Larry H. Harmon Steven P. Harrison Ronald Harshman Pamela Hartke Chris Hartmann Gary Hartz Lisa Harvey Mike Hasselberg Jack K. Hatfield Mike Hatfield Roger E. Haughey Alan Haussermann Larry and Judith Hayes Don Hayn, Jr. Perry Haynes Richard L. Hays Heartland Bank and Trust David Healy Robert M. Healy Heath’s Inc. Ryan Hedrick Jim Heffernan Jim and Nancy Heins Clark H. Heinzman Sue Helfrich H. Kent Heller Jim Helms George P. Hendricks Wallace E. Hendricks Alfred J. Hendron, Jr. Robert C. Henk Robert Henner Gilbert Hensey George E. Heppe, III Shirley L. Herrington Seth Hettinger Timothy Hetzler Richard Hiatt Robert G. Hickerson, Jr. Forrest Redi-Mix, Inc. Forrest Redi-Mix, Christ J. Forte Guy C. Fraker Jerry and Dorothy Fraley Theodore W. Frank Dennis Frary Fritzi Frary Freeman Jasent amd Tamela Sarah J. Frey Gary Frick / Tim Frick Michael L. Friese Joyce E. Fringer Daryl R. Fritchey John L. Frothingham Mitch Fruhling Orville D. Frye Mrs. Leonard Fuchs Kevin C. Fuhr Grant Fuiten Glenn O. Fuller Kara Gadau James R. Gaebe Melva F. Gage James H. Gallivan Fredrick Ganaway John E. Gans Phillip R. Gard Mark Garrigus Steven L. Garst Steven A. Gartner William R. Gaston Philip and Suzanne Gates Anthony Gaudio Gerald and Delores Gehm Barbara A. Gentry Elbert L. Gentry III Joseph C. Gianotti W. James Gieseke Robert D. Gieselman Clarice Giffhorn David C. Giffin Gifford State Bank Janice Gill Kenneth N. Gillen Stanley and Patricia Gilles Craig and Jennifer Gilson Michael A. Gingerich Earl T. Giroux D. Neil Gissler James D. Glauert M. Turk Glazebrook James A. Glenn Les Glenn Joseph M. Goglia Joseph Goldberg Steve Goldish William M. Goldstein Thomas Good Roberta K. Gorden Rondal A. Gower Craig P. Gowin James S. Grabowski John M. Grady Patricia Grady Dennis R. Graue Robin Gray Stephen Gray Julie Green J. Steven Greene Timothy Griffin R. Edward Dye R. Edward John L. Dyer Sally Eakle John and E.J. Eastin William L. Eckstein Teddy Eddleman Mrs. John A. Edwards Paul H. Egbers Sandra Ehler Jeff Ehrhart Gale Eichelberger Jon Eickhorst Robert Eisner III Robert Eisner, Jr. Elizabeth R. Eisner Katherine E. Eisner Lois F. Elder Lynn W. Elder David Elliott Tom Ellis Keith E. Emmons Robert W. Emmons Steven M. Epstein John W. Erdman, Jr. R. Douglas Erhard Bill and Babs Erickson Marjorie H. Erkenbeck Garry E. Ernst, DVM R. Randall Ernst Loretta Esworthy Keith A. Evans, D.M.D., M.S. Gary Evans Robert W. Evans Roger A. Ewald John Ewan Gary Farnsworth James F. Faron Samuel J. Feinberg Joe Fejes Insurance Dr. Victor F. Feldman Kenneth Felsman, Sr. Peter Fernandes Richard Fesler James W. Fessler Kermit J. Fessler Brian Fienhold Louie E. Fincham Jerome E. Finis Richard J. Firkins First Busey Corp. Curt Anderson First Mid Illinois Bank and Trust First National Bank in Paxton First Transitions Don A. Fischer John W. Fisher Duane Fitch The Fitness Center Kris Fitzpatrick John Fix Andrew Fliesher and Amy Larson Tena Flessner Darrin and Shelia Fletcher George H. Flower Craig Flowers David Flynn John D. Foley Clive A. Follmer Forrest Redi-Mix, Inc. Forrest Redi-Mix, Inc. Douglas E. Conroy Douglas E. Joseph Constantino Express Con-Way Central Katie Gallagher James C. Cook Michael I. Copelin Edward J. Cording Stephen L. Corn Bill Corray John Cowell Dale L. Cox Robert W. Craggs Cramer Siding and Window Heath B. Crawford Gary Cromwell Richard L. Cromwell James W. Crossetti Richard and James Crusius Laura Curtis Matt Cushing Robert W. Cusick John R. Cutsinger John E. Daily Roger and Nancy Dalton Woodworth & Sons, Inc. David L. Damerell Danville Paper & Supply, Inc. Alfred S. Davis John W. Davis Laurel Davis Douglas B. Dawson Risser & Company Ralph E. Dewerff Charles W. Deahl Robert W. Debolt Marilyn E. Dechert Richard L. Dechert Don DeChristopher Ronald Deering Robert A. DeHaan Jeffrey Delheimer Ray R. Dennison Stephen DeRue Samir Desai Annette F. Detwiler Fred A. Devin, Jr. Mike and Christy Devocelle Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dickerson Kerry D. Dickson Douglas H. Dieken Michael W. Dill Donald and Diana Dingledine Elizabeth Di Prima Donald G. Disney Frank DiVito Dr. and Mrs. Phillip N. Wheat John R. Dobrinsky Jerry S. Dobrovolny Robert W. Dodd Donald R. Dodds John D. and Terri Dodson Timothy R. Donaldson Donley, Inc. Richard E. Dorr Robert W. Doyle John A. Drysdale Carroll W. Dukes Dr. Marilyn M. Dunsing Jason Duzan John C. Dye Rod Buffington Darwin Builta Builta Howard P. Lawrence G. Bultman Gene Bundy Inc. Bunge North America, William F. Bunte James W. Burch Joseph Burden Summer Burnett Ray Burnham Larry L. Bushu Bruce Butler Jeffery Buttitta Daniel W. Cadigan Doug and Katherine Cain Calhoun Co. Contracting Corp. Carl T. Calkins Dave Calvert Robert C. Camp Craig Campbell J. Michael Campbell Michael F. Campbell Ray Campo Thomas Canna William D. Carlton Helen E. Carmien Dennis Carpenter Jay Carpenter John Carrato Patricia Carrington Dr. Michael D. Carroll Sharon K. Carroll Cater-Vend Craig J. Causeman Centrec Consulting Group Frank Cerchio Robert K. Chalberg Marc Changnon William J. Charis, Sr. Dean Chesnut Mac W. Childress Don L. Chipman Scott Chisholm Dallon Christensen Christy-Foltz Builders Glenn Clarida Eric and Paula Clark Stuart E. Clark Illinois Cement Co. L. John Clausen Gary Clayton Donald G. Clements Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co. Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co. Margaret W. Cline William A. Clodfelder John P. Coady J. Michael Cocagne Phillip W. Cochran Terry D. Cole Terry W. Cole Scott M. Collins Gregory A. Colmone Colonial Pantry, Ltd. Irwin Conklen David P. Conner Jerry P. Conners James Connor Hurst-Rosche Eng., Inc. Chester Akers Albert Michael T. Joe D. Alexander Bob and Linda Alexander Matthew Allender Charles Philip Ambers Dennis Andersh Herbert S. Appleman Kevin B. Apter, P.C. Jeanne Arbuckle Armstrong George and Nannette Eloise M. Asherman Albert A. Audo Charles Austin Jeffrey Austman Jean Bagel Mitch Bailey Gregory W. Baise Wendy and Matthew Balda Edward N. Ballard Scott M. Balogh Douglas A. Barclay Robert M. Barnes Norman W. Barnett Brian and Beth Barto S. Eugene Barton Lonnie Bathurst K. Dean Baugher Douglas B. Bauling Gary Baumhardt Mark Beabout David Bechtel Harold S. Bell Nolan Bello William Bent William and Cheryl Bequette Donald R. Berchtold David Bieneman Christen Bishop Greg Black T. Eugene Blanchard G. Peter Blom Timothy Boeker Robert K. Boesdorfer Judy Boewe Michael A. Bolin John E. Bolz David A. Bowers Michael Boyer Mary A. Bradbury William J. Braun Frances C. Bridges Angela Briggs John C. Brogan Beverly Brucker Kipley Bruketa Rita N. Buczyna Jeffrey Alan Bunting Quniton R. Burkhart Carolyn G. Burrell Rodney L. Burton James L. Bush Jeffrey D. Bussan Tim Butcher John E. Butler Thomas J. Byerly Michael W. Cain Robert Caldwell Tod A. Campbell Tony Campbell Warrior Club $500 - $999 Susan S. Abrahamson Philip and Patricia Abruzzi Owen Ackerman Jay Adams James Warrington Wauthier Donald S. Shawn Wax WCIA Julius B. Webb Carl M. Webber Craig Owen Weber Dennis M. Webster Steven G. Weidemier Kenneth R. Weigand Barry A. Weiner Robert A. Weirich Sonia Weissman Thad Wells Eitan Weltman Ronald Wesbecher Keith D. West Westlawn Consulting Services William White Don White Ron White Sharon Whiteside John H. Widdowson Virgil C. Wikoff Richard W. Wilberg, Jr. Dean Willaredt Ronnie Williams Thomas R. Williams John Williamson Kent and Lori Williamson Tymothe Willis Shannon Willman Carrie Wilson Jack C. Wilson Leonard and Judy Wilson Timothy O. Wilson Mark A. Winter Porter Witham Harold A. Witts The Wolfe Foundation of Edwards Co. Jan D. Wolfe Gordon R. Wood, Jr. Steve Woodard John M. Woythal Mary F. Wright Mary C. Wurth Roger L. Yarbrough Jerry Yeoward Howard Yoder Jim Yoder Karl W. Yontz, Jr. Doris A. Young Jerry C. Young John W. Young William D. Zenk Wayne and Patricia Ziebell Ron C. Zimmer Gerald E. Zimmerman Susan J. Zitzka Jay Znaniecki Tim Vavra Paul Vehlow Gene N. Venegoni Irving L. Vickers Barbara Vierra Edward F. Voggetzer Terry Voss Monty Wade James R. Wadsworth Aaron J. Wahls James H. Waite Kenneth M. Walag R. Douglas Walker Robert and Jane Walker Fred and Kelly Walraven Douglas D. Walsten Joseph D. Wampler Edward J. Ward Wareco Ronald R. Warner Jerry Warnes Michael Tepper John Terlisner Thacker Mac and Julie Dennis Thiel David C. Thies John E. Thies Richard L. Thies Paul G. Thode, Sr. Jr. Thomas L. Thomas, William R. Thompson William E. Thonn Sue Thurmon Tile Specialists, Inc. Darryl and Lorri Tinges Eric Tjarks Jeffrey Tjarks Donald E. Tjarksen Bob and Diane Todd Mark A. Tomaw August R. Tonne Stephen D. Tousey Gregory T. Towles Peter and Wanda Tracy Alfred W. Travers Dale D. Traxler William T. Trent Mark Trott Daniel M. Trotter Carla N. Tucker Mary Ann Tucker Hurshal C.Tummelson, Jr. Frank J. Turk, Jr. Jerry L. Turner Tuscola National Bank Twin County Farms, Inc. Robert J. Twohey Walter Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Uhlenhop Gary D. Uken Kirk Ummel Richard Ummel Jeff and Barb Unangst James and Judy Vadas William Vainisi Jim Valancius Leroy L. VanAntwerp Rod VanBuskirk Jeffrey Van Praag Dennis Vaughn Jill B. Smart Todd W. Smiser Smith Charles H. Karl Smith Larry J. Smith Martin K. Smith Smith Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wayne Smith Wayne K. Smith Whitney Smith Wilmer Smith Christy Snider Sno-Dog, Inc. John M. Snodsmith Snyder Corporation David W. Snyder Linda S. Snyder Terry L. Snyder George L. Sodemann Dr. Carl W. Soderstrom Jeffrey M. Solberg Stephen Soltys John Spack Robert T. Sparrow Reid Spaulding (B) Jeffrey K. Speer David A. Speicher Gary L. Spinner Cheryl Spires Robert E. Sprague Murray and Arla Sprung William E. Stallman Lee H. Stark State Bank of Lincoln State Bank of Lincoln John Steele Russell W. Steger Rick L. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. James L. Stevens Mrs. John N. Stevens John Stevenson, Jr. William W. Stewart Eunice K. Sticklen Stillman Banccorp, N.A. Todd and Tracy Stillwell Stephen Stitt Thomas Stocker Richard S. Stockton John F. Stoll David J. Stoner Kent E. Stonner Dean Stork Robert W. Stotler Hiles B. Stout Jerry Stout Paul C. Stout John Strahl Steven P. Strammello John N. Strandin Ronnie and Diana Stroud Henry D. Strunk Jeffrey and Susan Stuckey John R. Stuckey Charles A. Studer Richard A. Sturgeon Joseph B. Summers Carl Suter Mr. and Mrs. Earl Swanson Wayne Swim Randall and Angela Szumski James Ryan Rydell Gerald L. Ryerson Tull Nicholas A. Sabbia of Illinois Saga Communications Miles Salsman Peter J. Sander Richard A. Sandquist Greg Sandrock Robert Sanford Delmar G. Sappenfield Eric Sarff Robert E Sattler Mark Sauer Scanics of Illinois, LLC Roger and Jean Schaffner Jerry Schauf Richard Schenk Ron and Sharon Scherer Richard J. Schimmel D. Lynn Schlansker Thomas H. Schleis Clyde Schmidt Rick Schmidt John W. Schmitt John and Mandy Schnake Robert O. Schnarr Schnucks Markets, Inc. William W. Schooley Jeffrey A.Schroeder Richard H. Schroeder Robert L. Schroeder Dale F. Schuerman Mrs. Mel E. Schulmeister Frank G. Schwartz, Jr. Charles Schwartz Timmothy J. Schwartz Dennis Schwarzentraub SEOCO Bill Shaffner W. John Shane David V. Shapiro Karen and Bill Sharp Jay F. Shattuck Bruce Sherrick Charla S. Sherwood Bruce Shevlin Adam Shissler Myron J. Sholem Dan and Rene Shunk Rob Sickler Marcia Siebert Arthur Siedler Kenneth C. Siegel Ned R. Siegel Norbert J. Sieracki Arthur Sievers John Silberman Michael L. Silchuck Brian C. Silverman Harry Silverman Dan and Melody Simeone Theodore Simison Marc Sims Donald R. Sittner Tom and Stephanie Skinner Charles Slamar, Jr. Doug Sloan William Small James Smar Dennis F. Potten Dennis F. Powell Morgan C. Al Pranaitis Michael Prendergast Steven Pressley Alice A. Prickett Michelle Lynn Pride Marlon L. Primous Phil and Steve Probst John C. Purnell Susan Quarles George Sean Quick Jane H. Rader Michael Ragsdale Stanley W. Rahn John D. Ramey George C. Rantis Byron Rardin Terrance W. Rathgeber Edward H. Rawles Mike and Sandra Ray R.J. Reddick Scott Reeser Howard E. Reeves Michael Reicher Donald and Tracy Reinhart Restaurant Equipment & Supply Co. James T. Reynolds T.V. Revue Productions Brady Rice Nancy H. Rice Ryan and Dana Rice Thomas and Margi Rice Lloyd Richards William H. Richardson David S. Richter Vic Riddle Donald L. Rieck Charles M. Riker Chris Riley Kathleen Riley Norman C. Riordan Jerry Robbins Larry L. Roberson Scott R. Roberts Dean Robinson Eric and Kim Robinson Roy J. Robinson Gerald P. Rodeen Matthew and Jessica Roe Arthur L. Roesch Ed Rogowski Arthur D. Rohrer Sharon L. Rohrig Roland Realty, Inc. Melvin C. Romani Reginald J. Romine William G. Rosing John D. Ross Rick Rotramel Hugh H. Rowden, Jr. Richard and Paula Rowe Kingshuk K. Roy Tom Rudasill Michael Ruff Ted Rund H. Allen Runner David L. Russell Ronald W. Russell Del and Rita Ryan . Nessler Frederic W Nettleton Howard D. Rick A. Neuhaus James R. Newlin Robert D. Newman Tom Nichols Gary W. Nohren Thomas F. Nolan Holly Nordheden Jack North Alan F. Nudo Mike O’Brien William D. O’Brien, Jr. William T. O’Byrne Jack T. O’Connor John Ogden Lee H. O’Neill Rick K. Orr Robert Osiek / Pedro Heller Rodney and Sally Osterbur David Ostheimer Denny Otto Alan F. Pacer Dr. Gary Page Elizabeth Paisley Allan R. Palma Terry J. Palmer David John Parker Thomas S. Parkhill John Parks Stephen Passaneau Harold Patrick James W. Paul Paulus Farms, Inc. Glenn Pawl Ralph S. Pearman David and Kathleen Pecknold Sergio A. Pecori Gary Peebles Floy Pelletier James K. Pendleton Kenneth W. Perry Roscoe Pershing Maxine Peternell Gregory H. Peters Jay A. Peterson J. H. Peterson Thomas R. Petrich Denise Leskis Petty Joseph W. Phebus Virginia Phebus Michelle Pheiffer Keith R. Phelps Rodney D. Phelps Robert E. Phillips John R. Phipps Donn Piatt III Charles R. Pigg Professional Impressions Media Group Stephen R. Piper Anothy M. Pirih James A. Ploeger Robert M. Pogue Venugopal R. Polasani Robert Pomrenke Roger L. Pontifex Mark Pool Ann E. Poor Mark Poruba

ANNUAL FUND ANNUAL Eric T. McCoskey Allen C. McCowan McCumber Doublas R. Ward F. McDonald Kristine McElligott Dennis M. McEvoy H. Richard McFarland David G. McGann Michael R. McHale Dale E. McKee Stephen C. McLaughlin Keith McLean William A. McMahon Robert L. McManus Maureen L. McNamara John and Connie McNary Don McNeely Charles M. Meece Jay P. Menacher Sam Mendenhall Brian E. Menkhausen Garrett and Jill Merrill Mervis Industries, Inc. Peter H. Mesha John P. Meyer H. Frank Middleton Ronald M. Migler Dan Miksta Joseph F. Miles Jerry Miller Bruce A. Miller Charles J. Miller Daniel Miller Donald G. Miller George and Diane Miller Richard L. Miller Dr. Curtis R. Mitchem Aaron A. Mobarak James T. Moffitt Thomas and Janet Mollet Brian K. Monk Donald Monteith Joseph J. Montgomery Scott Moody Yung Moon David R. Moore Paul D. Moore III Patrick J. Moran Stanton and Sheryl Morgan Steve Morgan G. Ronald Morris John W. Mosser Mrs. Gary F. Mueller Jane Mueller Willard K. Muirheid Charles Mulay Douglas Mulvey Dennis K. Muncy Roger Muncy Robert and Erin Murphy Christopher Murtaugh Kirk A. Myers NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Daniel Nagel Judith F. Nash Peggy M. Neathammer Robert Neathammer Robert C. Nelson, Jr. Scott Nelson

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 50 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 51 Brave Club $250 - $499 Holby M. Abern Rick Adams, Jr. James H. Adams Neil F. Adams Martin P. Akins Donald R. Aldeen Kori and Patrick Aldrich Anne W. Alexander Josh Allen Carl and Barbara Alsup Andrew W. Anaya Herbert J. Anderson, Jr. Ray Anderson James Appleman Joseph Vondra Paige Voorhees Michael and Webb Michelle L. Todd Wachtel Mark Wade Joseph Wall Dennis Walsh David B. Walters Jeannie Walters Donna Walthall Philip A. Warner Mark R. Warnsing Alvin Warren, Sr. Warren Transport, Inc. Julie Webster David S. Weinberg Andrew E. Weissman Chuck Westphal Corine Westphal Norman Wettstein Elizabeth A. White Michelle and Roland White Whitford Consultants, Inc. Scott B. Wickert Amanda Wilsey Glenn Wilson Brittany C. Wilson Charles E. Wilson Steven Wilson Ferrell F. Wiman Bruce C. Wintersteen Roger Witek Chandra Witt Sara A. Wold Hal Wood Bob and Kathryn Woodard Thomas R. Woodley Toriano Horton James T. Wormley Richard J. Wright Theresa Eagelson-Wyatt Patrick D. Wyss Brian Yelton Mark Yeoman Charles H. Yocum Greg Yount Stanley Yukevich Susan M. Zeisel Caroline Zimmerman Debra Zueck Carroll W. Slusher Jr. William Small, R.D. Smith Thomas M. Smith William H. Snively Luke Snopko Paul and Kathy Sons Brian O. Sorensen Mark Sorensen H. James Spangler Norvan Spickard Dale H. Spitler Dr. P.F. Mahon Sprinkmann Insulation, Inc. Dennis St. Leger Daniel L. Steinhart Scott Stephens Mark Sterk Craig A. Stern Matthew J. Stern J.B. Stevens Craig A. Stevenson Lois Stevenson Mark Stolkin Deborah Stone Jerry L. Storm John and Debora Storrs Chris Stortzum Ann Stout Ernest Strate William Strons Curt Stubhar Jeremy Stubhar John Stubblefield Norman Sturm Michael G. Sullivan Kevin Sybert Doth Sysouvanh Brooks C. Taylor Gary D. Taylor Jakub J. Teply Charles R. Thomas Dave A. Thomas C.M. Thompson Margaret M. Thompson Scott Thomson Timothy C. Thor Joy C. Thornton Gary Thouvenin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thouvenin David A. Tichy Russell Tomes Betty Townley Gerald A. Townsend Gerald J. Tresslar Vickie Trimble Erik Turngren Unverfehrt Stock Farms, Inc. Michael Vahl E. Eugene Vance Jim Vance Richard C. Vandermyde Eric Varner Thomas P. Venkus Versa Press, Inc. Thomas Vertin Edwin R. Vest James R. Vieregg John A. Vivian Vonachen Service & Supply Rachel J. Schroeder Donald L. Schrumpf Bruce W. Schumacher Jason Schumaker Robert Schumann Richard E. Sevier Steve Shafer John R. Shaner Eugene T. Sherman Diane Shimmon Robert Shinham Ryan and Marci Shoff Tom W. Siegel Belva M. Siegrist Kenneth C. Silvestri Jacqueline Simmons Dave Sinclair Lowell E. Slack Steven Sliva John A. Slover, Jr. Marcy Price Mary Tameling Quesse James A. Donald Quick Quinn Law Firm John Quinn Jason M. Raak Stephen Raben Charles A. Radovich Lisa Raimondi William A. Rankin Preston L. Ransom Sammy J. Rebecca David W. Redman James and Mary Redman Carl D. Rehm Phil Reicher James D. Reifsteck Rex L. Reu Bruce and Karen Rhodes Lindon and Becky Riddle Darrell Rinderer Martin Rink Craig Risser Nathan Roberts, M.D. Robinson Title Company Charles Rodden John Rodgers Elizabeth P. Rogers Betty L. Rohr Steven J. Rohrback Neva Rohrer Sandra K. Rolando Tom and Gail Rooney Mark Rossio Ryan Roth Michael and Kathy Rowe William Russell Rick and Megan Russo Scott and Jana Sage David W. Sands Joe Sarmiento Joe Sarmiento Donna Schaal Aaron J. Schau Larry Schoen Chuck and Jodi Schrage Chad M. Schrand Mark Schreiber John R. Schroeder Ward Monroe Mc Jyoti Mediratta Milo Meeks Christopher Richard D. Meents Joseph Meisenbach John R. Menees Gholamreza Mesri John A. Metzger Mike and Patricia Metzler John Meyer Sidney S. Micek R. Guy Micheal Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller Scott Miller Timothy T. Miller The Revere Group Mason R. Minnes William C. Mitze Ronald E. Mizer Gary Modes Allen and Sue Moore Graham L. Morin Kim A. 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Jansen Joyce Jansen Robert Jantz Frank Jarvis Ira and Karla Jefferson Michael L. Jefferies Jerome J. Jenkins Jon K. Jenkins Phil and Connie Jenkins B.J. Jenkins Scott Jennings Kenneth W. Jensen Wendy Jensen Jeffrey J. Jensik John A. Jeselnick James E. Jiles Damian M. Jocke Rick R. Joellenbeck David B. Johnson Dennis W. Johnson Donald W. Johnson Gerald L. Johnson Gilbert Johnson Herschel E. Johnson, Jr. Ivan C. Johnson Jon Johnson Justin James Johnson Kenneth M. Johnson Kent Johnson Lucas Johnson Richard A. Johnson Richard C. Johnson Richard L. Johnson Sue Johnson Ted Johnson Thomas J. Johnson Tony M. Johnson Victoria N. Johnson Wayne F. Johnson Jeffrey M. Johnston Dorothy Jolly Alan Jones Jason D. Jones Michael Q. Jones Mark S. Jorstad Daniel Josephs Henry J. Jostock Richard M. Joy Paul Judson Jonathan Juhl Bob Jurgens Richard Jurgens George D. Jurinek Paul W. Kaiser John Kaiser Ronald S. Kaiser Sonia Anne Kalathiveetil Robin Kaler Robin Kaler Alan Kalfen Victor S. Kamber Patrick T. Kane Marshall I. Kanter Colleen Kappes Ronald Karr Jennifer C. Karrson Kevin Kasmar Steven H. Kasper John Kating Kenneth M. Katterjohn Stephen Hayes Healy Joe and Lisa John M. Healy Wayne Hecht Brian Heil Rory Heller Susan Helmink Betty L. Hembrough Gary Henderson Joseph T. Henderson John E. Heniff Dan Hennessey Jeremy and Christine Henrichs David Henry Darcy D. Hepner Lance Herning Robert E. Herschbach Joel and Ann Hertz Jennifer Hester Henry A. Hicks Douglas R. Higgins Bob Hill Gale A. Hill Jeanne Hill Terry Hill Robert C. Hiltibrand Robert S. Hinkle Carolyn Hinners Michael Hirschi Donald R. Hise Heath Hobick Sue Hobick Robert G. Hoeft Gary Hoel Tracy L. Hoel Dan and Karen Hoerr Paul G. Hoffman Jim and Peggy Holdren David Horn Jack G. Horn Steven D. Hoselton Stuart J. Hoselton Judy Hovren Dana C. Howard John W. Howard Rick Howat Janet Patzer and Steven Hubbard Monte J. Huber Kimberlee Dawn Huchel Ronald Hudec Charles and Frances Hulin Gregory B. Hultgren Bill Hungate Jeff Hunt Janae Hunziker Matt Huston Brad Hutchens Jacob Hutkins Stephen Ibendahl Charles Ieuter Rick Imig Ronald Ireland Calvin Jackson Roger and Alice Jackson Bill and Mary Jackson Dave M. Jacobs Jim and Lynn Jacobs Lawrence Jacobsen Robert Jamison John D. Janci

ANNUAL FUND ANNUAL Thomas Goeppinger Linda Goersch Jeff Goldberg John and Marsha Goldenstein Betty G. Richart Edward Gondek David Goode Kristen Gortner John C. Gough Lawrence W. Gougler Maurice S. Gould James B. Gourdier Ryan D. Graff Jaclyn M. Graham Kevin C. Graham Dallas Grant Wendell E. Grant Ellen C. Greaves Donald Greeley Christopher R. Green Georgia M. Green Jason S. Greenstein Andrew J. Grieve Amy Griffith Mildred B. Griggs Mark Griglione John Grimes Terry L. Grimm Edward Gromala Thomas A. Grossman Joseph Gubbins Max G. Gulo William G. Haag Doug Hacker Ken Hadden Scott R. Haertel Ellen Hafer Douglas E. Hager William M. Hager Bill and Amy Halberstadt Donald W. Hale Kevin Hale John R. Hall III Evalyn L. Hall Rita Ham Andrew Hamilton Bradford Hamilton Jeanne Hamilton Ralph Hamilton Brian K. Hammann Jerry L. Hamner Ralph Hamor Daniel Hanrahan Donald L. Hansen William Tyler Hard Douglas Harford Andrew Haring Bill J. Harper Norma L. Harris Robert Harris Judy Harry Gene Harshman Ernest C. Hart Stephen E. Hartke Hartley Amusements, Inc. Ronald Hartshorn Laura Haselhorst Mueller John D. Hathaway Tricia Hayenga John R. Hayes, Jr.

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 54 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 55 hittaker, Jr. Lorin D. W idholm Jack M. W Dan Widmayer Albert Widner ike Brad and Karylle W Larry Wilcox Reo L. Wilhour Pamela J. Wilken Gerald E. Willey Dedra M. Williams Dick Williams Harold G. Wilsey A.L. Wilson Arnold Wilson Larry L. Wilson Paul D. Wilson Gerald O. Wine Gene K. Wineland Michael Winet Susan Windelman-Woods Connie J. Winter Robert Winter David Wischnowsky Charles M. Wishart Mark A. Wisthuff Ronald Wisthuff Robert Wittenborn Norbert E. Wittmer John C. Woerner Melissa Woessner Henry E. Wolfe, Jr. Monte A. Wolfson Dennis J. Wolny Julie Woods Scott C. Woods Don Wostratzky Robert J. Wostratzky Lyle and Louise Wright William H. Wright Xiaoyi Wu Brett Wurth Andy Yeager Earl T. Yeager Robert A. Yeazel Robert W. Young Samuel H. Young Greg Yuccas John E. Zabinski Steve Zahos Dr. Allan B. Zelinger Charles J. Zelinsky Robert Zerfas David A. Ziebart Edward L. Zielinski Albert G. Zimmerman Raymond M. Zinnen Amy Ziolkowski Paul K. Zubinski Elizabeth Zurek-Hozian Tammy and Kirk Zymkie Michael and Cindy Weaver Susanne F. Webb Tom Webb Jane Weber Jonathan S. Weisman Charles E. Wellman Kay Kellerhalls Wells Troy Wells Warren G. Welsh Donald F. Wendel William Werbach Eric Westburg Mary N. Weygandt Richard A. Wham Matthew Wheeler Brian R. Whiston Gordon E. White, Jr. Charles V. White James Whiteside Burl Whitney Gregory Vangeison David P. VanVooren Ted M. Vasquez Craig and Ruth Vedvik Beau A. Veihman Thomas Veihman E. Vermette Mr. and Mrs. James Joe and Mary Vermillion Walter L. Vernasco Matthew Veronie Marge M. Vetter Paul Villanueva Rich Vimpeny Don Vistine Richard Volland Richard Voltz Mary Ann Vulich James H. Waddell Kenneth W. Waddell James H. Waddell Neil Fredrick Wagahoff E. Kathleen Waggoner Tonya J. Wagner Steven and Susan Waibel John Wainwright Lehman Waisvisz Jana L. Waite Clifford H. Waldbeser Mark Waldman Beau Waldrep Randy Waldrep Brian and Stacey Walk Daniel T. Walker, Jr. Barbara Walker Stephen P. Wallace Gary R. Walters William Wampler Dustin Ward Patricia Warmbier Kathleen Warpinski Lawrence P. Warshaw Warren Warthen Beverly Washington Alan C. Watkins Tracey J. Watson Troy and Michele Watson Donald S. Wauthier Loyd M. Wax Jennifer L. Wayland Robert L. Weasel Michael Suarez Michael Sudduth Col. Joseph S. Sulenski Jamison Sullivan DVM Timothy J. Sullivan, Murali Sundar Donald Sunter Chad Supp Michael Supan Gerald Susko Mary K. Sutherland James E. Sutton Jeremy Sutton John P. Sutton Brett Swallow Kye Swanson Peter R. Swider Gerard E. and Aidan J. Swienton Brian Swingle Richard and Carol Swisher Michael Szwaja Greg Taake Ryan A. Tabloff George J. Tagler C.J. Talkington Alan and Anna Tammen Karen A. Tarbuck Tara and Robert Tarter Jim Taylor Lawrence V. Tenpas Steve Tenhouse Monty J. Tennes Lola B. Tennyson The Red Mill, Inc. Nanatte M. Theobald Briane L. Thiede Eric J. Thierry Christopher Thomas Greg Thomas Marcie Thomas Chuck Thompson John and Donica Thompson Tom Thompson Ward Thomson Michael E. Thorlton James D. Tibbetts Marjorie Tingley Robert F. Toalson Jean Tobin Janine M. Toman Jerome K. Toman Frank J. Tomecek, Jr. Stephen Tondini Thomas E. Tosaw John Totten David Trent Becky Trexler Timothy N. Trick Andy Martin Richard J. Tumilty Karen Turney Phil E. Turney Chris Tuttle Jack L. Tuttle Scott T. Tvaroh Tye Uppinghouse Dr. Robert Valentine Gerry VanDyke Jennifer Vandewiele John Vanderburgh Andrew Small Small Christian Michelle Smalling Richard Smalling Leroy Smith, Jr. Albert E. Smith Daniel B. Smith, M.D. J. Dale Smith John E. Smith John R. Smith Michael W. Smith Richard and LaVonne Smith Robert Smith Bob Smith Travis Smith William M. Smith John M. Smitley Camille Snedden Mary L. Snowden Mark Snyder Thomas H. Snyder Nick Soler Brian Joseph Somers Derek E. Sompong Lenee B. Soto Scott A. Soto Beverly Spesard Kent E. Spinner Lee Spinner W. Douglas Sprick John Stacey William D. Stahler Cory Staley Robert T. Standring Dave Stark Jeff and Wendy Starwalt Ron Starwalt Eric L. Stattin, Jr. Peter F. Steger Richard Steinhour N. Richard Stelter Larry Stenger Gary J. Stensland Brian Sterrett Ian Stetter James M. Stevens Sean Stevens Jeremy Stillwell Mrs. H.S. Stillwell Chad Stock Richard Stockbarger Eric Stoecker Corey Stokes Hans Stoll Arvey Stone Diane K. Stone Gene Stotlar Gary Stott David Janson Kevin Strebel Steven A. Street Robert Strouss Sheryl A. Stubitz John Studer Ruth Studley Jeremie M. Studnicki Janet D. Stumeier Brad Sturdy Steve Sturm Joseph D. Stutz Phil Schaefer Schaeffer Michael J. David W. Schatz Sean Schick Clifford Schiller Steve and Kathy Schilling Schilling J. Patrick and Cynthia Russell S. Schindehette Richard H. Schindel M.D. Carl S. Schlageter, Burton J. Schmidt Gerald C. Schmidt Michael Schmidt Robert L. Schmidt Wayne J. Schmidt Robert R. Schmisseur Richard J. Schmitz Dianne Schuerman James T. Schuldt William Schulte Bradley L. Schulz Al Herbert Schwarz Roger Schweighart Andrew J. Schwenk Cynthia Brouder Schwerha Kenneth G. Schwolow Brooke Wedding Dr. Robert Scott Walter L. Scott John Scouffas Michael E. Sebestyen Jeff Seckler John H. Seiler Wes Seitz George Selby Judy Seraphin Mark A. Serdar Sharon S. Sernel Trent Severns Amal Shah William D. Shalter Scott Shannon Kyle Shashack Jerry Shawgo Kenneth G. Shay Dan Sheehan Peter Sheehan Kevin Sherwood Robert J. Shineflug Robert A. Shively Scott Shoff Doyle Shoot Maj. Matthew Shortal Allen Shub Donald L. Shuman Keith Sias Naveed Siddiqui Alvin Siebert Herbert F. Siegert John C. Siemens Christopher J. Sigourney Tom Sinak Jon K. Siron C.J. Sizemore Jack D. Skaggs, Jr. Charles R. Skaggs Jaybe A. Skibinski William K. Skinner Edward Slattery Beverly Slifer Ronald J. Reinhart Ronald J. Renfro Charles R. Kathy Renfro Adelle M. Renzaglia Brian Reusch Dr. James Rhea Harold Rhoads Paul G. Rhodes Paul G. Rhodes Paula C. Swain Rhodes Frank R. Rice Robert Rice Phillip Rich Adam C. Richardson Brad J. Richardson Brian Riddle Earl Rienbolt William L. Riley Curt Rincker Allen Rinehart John Rinehart Ward W. Ristau Brian Ritch Sandra K. Ritch Brad Roberts Don Roberts Howard W. Robinson Paula D. Robinson Steve Robinson Mary Leslie Robison Greg Rogers Mark M. Rogers Patrick P. Rohrkaste Donna Jean Rolf Ramona S. Rollins Greg Rolnicki Bruce M. Romain Jennifer Romaine Ed Ross Jared Ross Melvin Rothbaum Philip Rouse Donald L. Roux Judith K. Rowan Max Rowe John P. Rozinsky John Ruedi Robert F. Rugg Philip J. Rushing David L. Russell Ronald J. Rutkowski Mary F. Ryan Robert A. Rylowicz Roy A. Sabuco John E. Sada Viateur Saindon Myron T. Salmon Mark A. Samaras Don Sammons Steve and Lana Sample Michael Samuels William L. Sanders Rick Sanford James F. Sarwark Mike and Sheila Sasso Brian Satorius Thomas and Sandra Sawicki Anthony Scarcello Jeffrey C. Schade Ron Schaede Mark Robert Perkes Mark Robert Perkins Michael A. Paul Perona, Jr. Daniel J. Perrino Personal Care Jennifer Peters Mike Peters Jr. Robert S. Petersen, Mark Petersen Keith L. Peterson Luke Petraitis Geraldine B. Petty David Pezzino J.E. Phillips Michael Piasecki Jack B. Pierce John Pingel Pioneer Hybrids David L. Piper Merna Piper K. Charlie Pittman Edward Placek Harold J. Platt Anthony J. Pleviak Annette Plumley Jason Plummer Jerome Pochynok Eileen L. Polanek-Murhpy Daniel J. Pope Frank Poppie Barbara S. Porter George and Joan Poulson Gary Powell Kurt E. Powell Adam Powers Practical Angle Fred Prager Donald L. Pratt Stefanie Pratt Robert L. Prentice Debra Prince Tony Prosperini Provena Covenant Hospital Provena Covenant Hospital Provena Covenant Hospital Roberta Pruitt Steve Pruitt David Pryor Donald J. Puchalski Doug Quintenz R.V. Evans Co. Keith Raddatz J. Scott Raes Scott Randall Charles Randle Ian Randolph James L. Raney Lindsay C. Ransom Steve Raquel Mary K. Rascher Brent Rasmus Gary G. Rasmussen Ron Ray Ron Ray Sam Rebecca Michael K. Reedy Debby Rehn Mark A. Reichart Donald A. Reinerio Owen Reiners Fy 07 $4,049,764 $5,192,827 $17,503,235 Basketball Scholarship Fy 06 $2,339,538 $3,250,229 $13,697,899 Fy 05 $697,791 $1,962,393 $11,568,561 Fy 04 $26,348 $211,295 $9,453,908 $1,709,398 Fy 03 $26,345 $195,919 $7,420,699 $1,409,424 The Dorrell S. “Bud” Noel Football Scholarship Max Noel Pike Fund J. Roger Powell, M.D. and Family Memorial Athletic Endowment Fund Josie Grisham Rahn (‘47) Academic Advisor Fund Jim Reeder Memorial Scholarship Douglas C. Roberts CHAMPS/Life Skills Program Endowment Fund Max L. Rowe Whiz Kids Scholarship John A. and Jane R. Santogrossi Women’s Basketball Scholarship Sarnecki Family Scholarship Robert Schmidt and Doyle Collins Men’s Basketball Scholarship The Shapland Family Athletic Engineering Scholarship Dennis E. and Barbara E. Smith Men’s Basketball Scholarship Robert H. and Barbara W. Suter Football Scholarship Richard K. Sykes and Margaret Hamil Sykes Taslitz Family Athletic Scholarship Thomas Family Football Scholarship Raymond Timpone Athletic Scholarship Jeffrey M. Tinervin Men’s Golf Scholarship Timothy H. and Sharon M. Ubben Men’s Basketball Scholarships Timothy H. and Sharon M. Ubben Women’s Basketball Scholarships Brenton Wadsworth Men’s Golf Scholarship Jim and Sharon Walker Student Athlete Scholarship Louis and Dawn M. Weber Student Manager Enhancement Fund Wendell S. Wilson Athletic Scholarship Byron Wright Memorial Football Scholarship Yoder Family Scholarship Thom and Tinker Zimmerman Men’s Tennis Scholarships Fy 02 $85,525 $959,572 $174,932 $6,380,759 BOOK VALUE Endowments Fy 01 $80,815 $900,658 $181,740 $5,039,930 Fy 00 $76,421 $771,379 $107,168 $3,024,590 s Athletic of Intercollegiate Division Fy 99 $95,341 $75,869 $636,624 $2,451,181 Scholarships Miscellaneous Use Unrestricted Liquidated Fy 98 $94,341 $88,046 $414,490 $2,042,640 Fy 97 $94,341 $85,584 $280,985 $1,844,524 $0 Scholarships Miscellaneous Use Unrestricted Liquidated $5,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 James M. and Joyce G. Herbison Men’s Basketball Scholarship John A. Hobart Golf Scholarship Jerald Hoekstra Family Scholarship The Hogan Family Scholarship Paul J. Houghton Football Scholarship Howard C. and Lynda Y. Humphrey Athletic Scholarship Illini Quarterback Club Football Scholarship Burton A. Ingwersen Memorial Scholarship Leo Johnson Men’s Track and Field Scholarship Charles L. and Lisa Joley Athletic Scholarship Jones Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship Charles W. Jones Memorial Scholarship Richard C. “Itch” Jones Baseball Scholarship Lillian F. Jones Memorial Scholarship Raymond L. Jones Memorial Scholarship Kinkead Scholarship Knight Scholarship Terrance J. Lavin and Cynthia Sykes Men’s Golf Scholarship Justa M. Lindgren Scholarship Frederick E. Lindquist Football Scholarship John R. and Mabel D. Lotz Scholarship Creg and Elizabeth McDonald Scholarship McNaughton Family Football Scholarship John R. Merriman Scholarship Delos Dean and Patricia A. Messinger Scholarship The Richard M. and Rosann Gelvin Noel Athletic Scholarship Diane Pospisil Noelke Women’s Basketball Scholarship The Orange Krush-Matthew Heldman Memorial Scholarship Orange Krush Rod Cardinal Sports Medicine Fund 2006-07 ENDOWMENT FIGURES 2006-07 ENDOWMENT The total value of the endowment pool is $26,745,825. Interest earned year-to-date was $1,111,713. Budgeted interest for the 07-08 fiscal year is $$1,328,088.

Dr. James R. and Margaret A. DeBord Scholarship Phillip A. and Dorothy J. Dethloff Athletic Scholarship Demirjian Family Athletic Scholarship Amanda J. Dickens-Montgomery Women’s Basketball Scholarship The Dickens Family Football Scholarship Ira Jay Dickstein Memorial Basketball Scholarship Thomas A. DiSanto Football Scholarship Ernie Dorn Basketball Scholarship Dorris Family Scholarship Dike Eddleman Scholarship Award Endowment Donald J. and Anne M. Edwards Men’s Golf Scholarship William R. Edwards Men’s Basketball Scholarship Ray Eliot Memorial Scholarship Fighting Illini Men’s Gymnastics Scholarship Fighting Illini Gymnastics Funds Flying Illini Basketball Scholarship Flynn Family Foundation Football Endowment Frost Family Women’s Softball Scholarship Elizabeth J. “Betty” George Scholarship Joseph L. Giuliani, Sr. Football Scholarship Ronald E. Guenther Athletic Scholarship Guthoff Family Athletic Scholarship Joseph D. and Sheila H. Gutman Men’s Basketball Scholarship George S. Halas Scholarship I.C. “Red” and Margaret Harbour Football Scholarship Kevin L. Hardy Family Football Scholarship Ronald E. Harr Athletic Scholarship Luther “Bud” Hawkins Scholarship Helmuth Family Scholarship

ndowments are a critical component for budget stability. The DIA that endowments because the dollars available from seeks to increase benefactors of interests particular the addresses permanent, is money

SCHOLARSHIPS/ACADEMICS ENDOWMENTS

COACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE ENDOWMENTS Michael T. Aiken Women’s Basketball Scholarship Ballinger Family Scholarship Daniel L. and Lisa M. Barry Men’s Golf Scholarship William T. Barry Women’s Basketball Scholarship Babette Stipes Bartholow Women’s Golf Scholarship Charles M. Bellatti Sports Information Intern The Kenneth Blatt Memorial Scholarship Ralph U. Bloom Athletic Scholarship Fund C. E. “Chilly” Bowen Endowment Fund Steven J. and Janet L. Bowsher Men’s Golf Fund J. Kyle Braid Football Scholarship Paul and Tiz Bresee Award Brinkman Family Scholarships Harold E. and Lillian V. Buckler Scholarship Alexander T. Bush Scholarship Robert J. and Katherin F. Carr Track and Field Scholarship William E. and Ann Healey Cofel Women’s Basketball Scholarship Colangelo Men’s Basketball Scholarships Charles L. and Dorothy J. Daily Athletic Scholarship Donald G. Davis Scholarship Ronald E. Guenther Director of Athletics Endowment Douglas C. and Linda M. Mills Head Football Coach Richmond Family Men’s Head Basketball Coach Arthur R. Wyatt Men’s Head Golf Coach

E In the last decade, the DIA has seen an incredible athletic commitment Illinois’ 1997, In chart). (see from program endowment the to its supporters book value for endowments totaled just over $2.3 million. In 10 years that million. number has increased over 1,000 percent to $26.7 Please refer to the following list to see the endowed scholarships that have been established. In establishing a solid foundation scholarships, the DIA for will enhance its the ability to recruit funding talented student- of athletes and attract quality programs coaches. During this fiscal and year, much ground has been gained in reaching our capital campaign goal of $25M. A endowed fully scholarship is a minimum of $300K. Other I FUND club levels can be endowed, including Block I, Tribal Council, and Chief Club. and most importantly, insulates the athletic programs from the uncertainties the from programs athletic the insulates importantly, most and of economic change. Endowments can be coaches and facilities. established for scholarships,

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 56 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 57 Ann and Geoffrey Poor Dr. J.R. and Jo Ann Powell Morgan and Sandra Powell Edward and Margaret Rawles Jack C. and Marjorie Richmond Robert and Audrey Rylowicz R. Philip Sarnecki Rodrick Schmidt Robert and Lorraine Schutz Eugene T. Sherman Elizabeth and William Skinner Dr. Erwin Small David and Sharon Snyder Leland and Charlotte Snyder Dr. Carl W. Soderstrom, Jr. Kent and Ellen Stonner Robert and Katherine Stotler Don and Blanche Thompson Michael and Judith Thompson William Thomson Raymond Timpone Darrell Valenti Fred and Virginia Vance James and Dena Vermette Joseph and Donna Wampler Richard J. Wampler Steven and Laurie Weidemier Hazel and Norman Wendt Virgil and Helen Wikoff Charles and Genevieve Willis John and Katie Winburn Myron and Frances Wormley John M. Woythal John and Deana Wright John and Laura Wright II Art Wyatt R.D. and Lorie Erhard Charles and Blanche Finn Dan and Patty Flannell Ralph and JoAnne Fletcher John and Donna Foley Carmen and Zachary Fore Peter B. Fox Harry and Gladys Frost Robert and Lena Gieselman John W. Gothard Alan and Clare Haussermann Lester and Phyllis Hendrickson John and Rita Hirschfield Dale Holt Bruce and Doris Jewell Lt. Col. Roy P. Johnson William G. Karnes Dr. Gene P. King Phillip and Suzanne Knell Betty A. Knight Thomas and Paula Kolter John and Carol Kramerer V.B. and Sandra Leister Richard and Josephine Lord Nancy E. Martin Michael and Edna Mae McCarthy Ken and Diane Miller Doug and Linda Mills Mason and Connie Minnes Jerry and Ann Nerad Alan and Kassandra Nudo Clarence and Shirley Oberwortmann Thomas and Marilyn Parkhill Kent E. Parks William and Deloris Pierce Mary Piper Stephen Piper James and Jeryl Ploeger he Office of Athletic Development secures funds that allow Fighting Illini student-athletes and in the classroom. level, both on the court to excel at the highest the opportunity Owen and Carole Ackerman Joseph and Blanche Antonello Donald and Susan Armstrong James and Kathleen Beedie William G. Beeler Chuck and Jean Bender Donald and Jean Beyer Michael and Medsie Bolin John C. Boma William and Elizabeth Braun Harold and Lillian Buckler James and Barbara Burch Joseph and Melinda Burden Gordon and Carol Burns J.M. and Laurel Campbell Allen and Nancy Carter Brent Reed Centlivre Jack R. Chambers Marc and Janis Changnon Scott and Kathleen Christensen Stuart and Barbara Ann Clark William and Helen Clodfelder J.M. and Mary Jo Wiss Cocagne Joseph and Katherine Constantino Roger and Janet Dalton Ralph and Barbara de Werff John and Madalyn Drysdale Monsignor Edward J. Duncan Jeffrey C. Duncan Miriam and Raymond Ebeling Lila Jeanne and Paul Eichelberger Elizabeth Eisner Elizabeth R. Eisner Katherine Eisner Robert and Elizabeth Eisner, Jr. Robert and Nina Eisner III PLANNED/ESTATE GIFTS In addition to cash gifts for current use, planned and estate gifts play a vital role in helping the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics to fulfill its mission of providing a world-class public educa- tion for its student athletes. Lasting support for the future can come in many forms, including estate gifts through wills, life behalf on established been have which gifts, planned are Following bequests. and trusts insurance, of the DIA. In addition to those listed below, five families have donated to the program through planned/ anonymous. estate gifts but wish to remain If you have included the DIA in your will or deferred gift, or if you would like information on 217-333-6595 at Champaign in Development Athletic of Office the contact please so, do to how or in Chicago at 312-575-7850. T PLANNED / ESTATE GIFTS ESTATE / PLANNED — The late Max Pike Max — The late “University “University of Illinois athletics has been a big part a payback.” life and this is of my Max Max was a great Illini and will be dearly missed, but his legacy will live on student-athletes forever. Illini through When the Pike Estate was recently settled, some 1600 acres of farmland in the Monticello area were donated to the Illinois Athletic $250,000 agreement, gift the of part Department As revenue. in million $1.8 generating fund to Scholarship Pike Noel Max the start to used been has revenue the of the education of an Illini student-athlete in Theperpetuity. balance of the contribution from estate Max’s has been put into a quasi-endowment and athletic project. will be used for a to-be-determined Illinois In In 1998, Max cemented his plans for passing his legacy by committing a portion of his estate to the Illinois Athletic Department. Max passed away June 21, 2006 after 96 great years as a business family manager, patriarch, and Illini. Max Max understood the need to pass that legacy onto future generations of - Il lini. He wanted to help ensure that the Illinois student-athletes who follow education world-class a receive to opportunity same the have footsteps his in and compete for championships at the highest level. TheUniversity ofIllinois meant a great deal toMax Pike. He recognized to due life his of facets all through part, large in successful, been had he that student-athlete. the lessons he learned as an Illini After leaving Champaign, Max received his MBA from Harvard University of Supervisor the owner, dealership automobile an as stints successful before and a farm manager. of Illinois, Compensation for the University Accident Max Max Pike’s (Baseball ’32) was an outfielder on the Illini’s championship Big Ten team 1931and, as a senior in 1932, he played an error-free cen- his to added He average. batting .348 a with team the leading while terfield - March the for clarinet the playing by student-athlete a as endeavors baseball ing Illini and pledging Sigma Phi Epsilon, all while earning his Bachelors in business. FUTURE ILLINI STUDENT-ATHLETES FUTURE MAX MAX PIKE PASSES THE LEGACY TO

iving back to the community through the Hometown Heroes program continues to be one of one be to continues program Heroes Hometown the through community the to back iving grown has program the years, past the In department. athletic Illinois the of focuses major the from what was a primary emphasis of impacting elementary and middle school children to a COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMUNITY 2 more events than last year)

The Illinois Football adopted the Cunningham Children’s Home, raising over $13,000 in goods and cash for the local home 3 participated in 10 Men’s Basketball participated in the most events (34), followed by Football (26) Football by followed (34), events most the in participated Basketball Men’s and Women’s Basketball (25) 100 freshmen student-athletes took part in the CHAMPS 101 class community service project 22 Reading Illini events were scheduled this year 28 schools received visits from Illini student-athletes this year 28 schools received visits from Illini student-athletes this More than 10,000 community members Hometown Heroes events were reached this year through 285 student-athletes participated in 102 Hometown Heroes events this year (16 year this events Heroes Hometown 102 in participated student-athletes 285 more events than last year) Student-athletes volunteered more than 1,300 hours  58 events were held with local elementary & middle schools this year 58 events were held with local elementary & middle schools

 events; 3 least at in participate members team 14 all had Basketball omen’s W  Heroes Ten Illini teams had 100% participation in Hometown        (1 (14 more events than a year ago) (11 more events than last year) (over 200 more hours than last year)

HOMETOWN HEROES G The Hometown Heroes program worked with the Cunningham Children’s Home, Adopt-a-School, After School Programs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boy Scouts, Challenger Nursery, Baseball C-U African League, American Churches, Crisis DARE, the Division of Children and Family Services, nursing local Project, Tree Mitten the hospitals, local Scouts, Girl Club, Girls and Boys Moyer Don homes, the Reading Illini, Relay for Life, Special Spectators, “Stay in Bounds” character education program, campus clean up, the YMCA and clothing drives. school year: highlights of the 2005-06 The following is a list of the other wide variety of partnerships with area charities. of partnerships with area wide variety

2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 58 2006-07 ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 59 major . the of Hometown the one be through to community continues the to program back department athletic focuses of the Illinois Heroes Giving Men’s Gymnastics

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Becoming involved in the broad spectrum Intercollegiate of of Division the and experience, college Illinois student’s any enhance athletics will only Athletics remains dedicated to providing an environment that is open and initiative an launched DIA the 2005, early In students. Illinois all to inviting aimed at exposing students of color to the many opportunities Cheerleading, to support Illinois Pride, Illini in participation including athletics, Illinois the Marching Illini, the Illinettes, and the Flag Corps. Following an initial study of the existing environment within formalized the these initiative — by all groups, accounts, one the first of Mr. its kind in the Guenther country — by founding the Committee on Diversity, a group comprised of athletic department administrators the enlisted Committee The and following. student athletics’ Illinois diversifying staff members dedicated to help of various campus cultural programs, and together they have actively recruited students to become involved with the athletic program, enriching the students’ own college experiences, as well as the experiences of those around them. With the lines of communication now open, the Committee must continue its efforts and remain steadfast in the athletic department’s vision of an inclusive and diverse environment unifying and educating all University of Illinois students. AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT UNIFYING UNIFYING ENVIRONMENT AND DIVERSE AN INCLUSIVE STUDENTS. ILLINOIS OF UNIVERSITY ALL EDUCATING AND

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n today’s shrinking world, education is a global experience, and University the of Illinois, as one of institutions, strives to the foster an inclusive world’s environment promoting the preeminent academic

I THE DIA: THE Many of the women’s programs are headed Rayfield by dynamic (soccer), females: Janet Terri Sullivandiving), (softball), Stephanie Record Sue Novitsky (cheerleading), (swimming/ and (basketball), Renee Slone newcomers (golf) and Michelle Dasso (tennis). Women Jolette and Law underrepresented races and ethnicities are also prevalent within the highest levels of the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics’ administration. Nearly half of the administrators, including directors, managers, and assistant and associate athletics directors, are currently women or record minorities. indicates, the As Division of this Intercollegiate Athletics and Director of Athletics Ron Guenther are committed to ensuring that the people leading the Illinois programs are as diverse as the student-athletes themselves. On and off the field, the DIA continues to provide numerous opportunities numerous provide to continues DIA the field, the off and On for gender and ethnic minorities. In the last ten years, teams Illinois both and (2000), has softball and (1997) soccer added sports, women’s new two accomplishments Their success. on-field significant experienced already have have been rewarded with plans to upgrade and expand each team’s home venue, including additional permanent seating, upgrades to restrooms and concessions, and the addition of a softball ticket office. Furthermore, the its within expansion sport future for possibilities evaluates consistently DIA women’s athletic program. free exchange of cultures, customs, ideologies and beliefs. As one University’s of most the visible units, the Division challenge, institutional this embraces and leader of campus a as role its accepts Intercollegiate Athletics attempting to provide a diverse learning and working environment for its student-athletes coaches, staff, community, and the student population. The DIA formalized this commitment in its mission statement, which lists end, the In excellence. for criteria seven its among equity ethnic and gender the DIA believes that Illinois athletics should serve as a common ground for people of all backgrounds and heritages — a unifying thread running state of Illinois. throughout the Urbana-Champaign campus and the

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