The Life Skills Team Competition is a friendly competition between all Illini men's and women's athletic teams where student-athletes earn points in four areas for their team: Community Service; Personal Enhancement; SAAC Participation and Communication; and Student-Athletes Supporting Student-Athletes. Since the competition began in the 2002-2003 school year, Women's Swimming & DIving has won this competition six out of the seven years.

Women's Tennis was the champion of the fall semester, while Swimming and Diving was the spring semester and overall champion of the competition. Coach Novitsky and her squad achieved a total of 4,412 points to win the honor this year. Women's Tennis placed a close 2nd with a total of 4,186 and Volleyball took third with 2,507.

All University of Illinois student-athletes participate in the Douglas C. Roberts CHAMPS / Life Skills program. CHAMPS, which stands for Challenging Athletic Minds for Personal Success, is designed by the NCAA to develop the student-athlete as a whole. It concentrates on five areas: academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal development, career development, and community service.