For the fourth time in six years, an Ohio State athlete has been named the Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year.
Former Ohio State football player Chase Young, who capped off his Buckeye career in 2019 by leading the nation with a school-record 16.5 sacks, was selected by a panel of conference media members as the Big Ten's male athlete of the year, beating out a list of nominees that also included Iowa basketball star Luka Garza and Michigan State basketball star Cassius Winston, among others.
Ohio State athletes have now won the Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year award seven times since 1996, as Young joins former wrestlers Kyle Snyder (2017, 2018) and Logan Stieber (2015), basketball player Evan Turner (2010), gymnast Blaine Wilson (1997) and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George (1996).