Entering this, her senior season, Illinois softball player Allie Bauch had already fashioned a decorated career. The second baseman is a two-time first-team All-Midwest Regional pick and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection last season. Last month, the first player in program history to be named a Capital One first-team Academic All-American was named Illinois’ Big Ten Medal of Honor winner at a banquet celebrating Illini athletes. Ahead of this weekend’s series at Penn State, the Schaumburg native caught up with our Marcus Jackson:
Were you aware of the Big Ten Medal of Honor before you received it?