Ahead of Friday night's Gala event in Chicago, sports editor MATT DANIELS looks at the other 20 former Illini besides Lou Henson who will be recognized:
Alex Agase
Football, wrestling
Quick hit: A three-time football All-American — first at Illinois in 1942 and then again in 1946 before one such accolade at Purdue in 1943 — he won a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his two-year stint in the Marines for World War II. A UI wrestling captain, Agase died in 2007 at 85.
Kevin Anderson
Tennis
Quick hit: Last year's U.