Former Illinois center Kofi Cockburn was voted as the Dike Eddleman Male Athlete of the Year, per a release from the Division of Intercollegiate of Athletics (DIA) on Tuesday night.
Cockburn helped lead the Fighting Illini to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth and the program’s first regular-season Big Ten championship since 2005. Kofi finished the 2021-22 season with 585 points, 296 rebounds, and 59.3 % field goal shooting. He set the all-time program record with 45 double-doubles (17 this season) and was recognized as a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection and a consensus First Team All-American.