People
417
Sports
Mary Eggers Tendler
Illini Athletics HOF
Volleyball coach, Elon
Mark Hogan
Director, Toyota board
President, Dewey Investments
Otho Tucker
Illini guard, 1972-76
Charter school CEO
Kevin Mitchell
3-year football starter
Scout, National Scouting Inc.
JJ Polk
Assistant general manager
Chicago Bulls
Todd Fischer
Senior VP
GMR Marketing
Blake Hoerr
Director, fields/grounds
New York Jets
Auggie Sandri
Major league video coordinator
Milwaukee Brewers
Betty Smith
Executive director
Indy Motor Speedway Fndtn.
Jeff Innis
Former MLB pitcher
New York Mets, 1987-93
Tonya Williams
2-time All-American
1995-96 Dike Eddleman Award
Mark Bartelstein
NBA, NFL agent
Priority Sports/Entertainment
Steve Stricker
PGA Tour star
2013 Byron Nelson Award
Tatyana McFadden
Record-breaking Paralympian
17 Summer Games medals
Darrin Fletcher
14-year MLB catcher
Illini Athletics HOF
Cory Bradford
UI’s 5th all-time scorer
1,735 points, 1999-2002
Chris Gandy
3-year basketball starter
CEO, Midwest Legacy Group
Joel Sucherman
Senior digital director
NPR
Andrew McIntyre
VP/technology
Chicago Cubs
Alex Hedlund
Film and TV producer
Urbana High grad
Mannie Jackson
Basketball Hall of Famer
CEO, Harlem Globetrotters
Mike Hopkins
NASA astronaut
UI football captain
Joe Tanner
NASA astronaut
Flew 4 shuttle missions
Billy Gillispie
Ex-Bill Self assistant
Former Kentucky head coach
