People
173
Athlete
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.
Blake Hoerr
Director, fields/grounds
New York Jets
Jeff Innis
Former MLB pitcher
New York Mets, 1987-93
Tonya Williams
2-time All-American
1995-96 Dike Eddleman Award
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
Mannie Jackson
Basketball Hall of Famer
CEO, Harlem Globetrotters
Mike Hopkins
NASA astronaut
UI football captain
Joe Tanner
NASA astronaut
Flew 4 shuttle missions
John Holecek
No. 5 in tackles at UI
IHSA title-winning coach
Matt Lackey
NCAA wrestling champion
Orthopedics sales rep
Sarah Hartwell
Women’s hoops, 2013-16
3-time Academic All-Big Ten
Curt Lovelace
Former UI football captain
Starter on '90 Big Ten champs
Rachel McClellan
Volleyball star, 2002-05
Co-owner, FIT4MOM
Ron Ferrari
Super Bowl-winning linebacker
Captain on Mike White teams
Evan Zeder
Tennis marketing manager
New Balance
Jerrance Howard
Illini guard, coach
Now on Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks staff
Walter Young
Illini receiver, 1998-2002
2,382 yards 4th all-time
