People
174
Athlete
Mike Small
Illini golf coach
13-time Big Ten Coach of the Year
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
