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NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
The Illinois Newcomer of the Year Award is given annually to the best performing male and female student-athlete in his or her first year of competition at Illinois.Awards Home | Big Ten Medal of Honor | Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year | Newcomer of the Year
Male Recipients 1990 Steve Bridges, MTR/XC 1991 Deon Thomas, MBK 1992 Marko Koers, MTR 1993 Simeon Rice, FB 1994 Jerry Turek, MTN 1995 Robert Holcombe, FB 1996 Karl Roesler, WRS 1997 Chris Jones, MTR & Cary Franklin, MTN 1998 Adam Tirapelle, WRS 1999 Cory Bradford, MBK & Jason Van Swol, MTR 2000 Brandon Lloyd, FB 2001 Amer Delic, MTN & Phil Stolt, MTN 2002 Drew Davidson, BSB 2003 Alex Tirapelle, WRS & Rajeev Ram, MTN 2004 E.B. Halsey, FB 2005 Kevin Anderson, MTN 2006 Kyle Hudson, FB/BSB 2007 Gakologelwang Masheto, MTR 2008 Arrelious Benn, FB 2009 Andrew Riley, MTR 2010 D.J. Richardson, MBK 2011 Nathan Scheelhaase, FB 2012 C.J. Maestas, MGYM 2013 Fred Hartville, MGYM |
Female Recipients 1990 Peggy Pullman, WGYM 1991 Mandy Cunningham, WBK 1992 Becky Biehl, WGF 1993 Kirsten Gleis, VB 1994 Nicole "Puni" Viernes, WGYM 1995 Erin Borske, VB 1996 Kim Berres, WGYM 1997 Tisha Ponder, WTR 1998 Aleisha Latimer, WTR 1999 Allison Curtin, WBK 2000 Shavonna Hunter, WBK 2001 Jennifer McGaffigan, WTN & Susanna Kallur, WTR 2002 Ashley Williams, WGYM 2003 Rachelle Coriddi, SB 2004 Cassie Hunt, WTR/XC 2005 Macall Harkins, WTN 2006 Julie Crall, WGYM 2007 Angela Bizzarri, WTR/XC 2008 Allison Buckley, WGYM 2009 Michelle Bartsch, VB 2010 Pepper Gay, SB 2011 Vanessa DiBernardo, SOC 2012 Ashley Spencer, WTR 2013 Morolake Akinosun, WTR |
