CHAMPAIGN — Since last June, we've known Lou Henson will headline the next Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame class. On Thursday, the rest of the honorees were named.
Twenty-one in total, including Henson, representing 13 different sports and multiple eras.
When the second gala is held in June 15 at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Henson will be joined by one of his top players. Kendall Gill represents the "Flyin' Illini" in the Hall the year after Nick Anderson was part of the initial class.
All of the honorees were notified in recent weeks by Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman.