The University of Illinois Athletic Department announced that Nicole Evans of the softball team and Joe Spencer of the football team garnered the prestigious Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor Monday night at the Fighting Illini Oskee Awards Celebration held at State Farm Center.
This year marks the 103rd anniversary of the Big Ten Medal of Honor, awarded annually to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each member institution who has demonstrated excellence on and off the field throughout their college career. The conference's most exclusive award was the first of its kind in intercollegiate athletics to recognize academic and athletic excellence.