Printable (PDF): 2019-20 Big Ten Awards | Ayo Dosunmu Bio | Kofi Cockburn Bio
Champaign, ILL.– The All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners were announced on Monday by the conference office. Sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu was named First-Team All-Big Ten by the media after averaging 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He becomes the first Illini to earn first-team all-league honors since Demetri McCamey in 2010. Dosunmu was named Second-Team All-Big Ten, meanwhile, by the coaches.
Center Kofi Cockburn is the 2020 Big Ten Freshman of the Year by both the media and coaches after averaging 13.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks while shooting 53.2%. A unanimous selection to the coaches' All-Freshman Team, Cockburn was a Third-Team All-Big Ten pick by the media while garnering honorable mention accolades from the coaches. Cockburn is the fourth Illini to win the league's freshman of the year award, following Cory Bradford in 1999, Brian Cook in 2000 and D.J. Richardson in 2010.
Additionally, senior guard Andres Feliz was recognized as Illinois' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Dosunmu and Cockburn helped lead No. 21 Illinois to a 21-10 regular season record and fourth-place finish in the Big Ten. Illinois' 13 league wins marked its most since 2005, while the No. 4 Big Ten Tournament seed is its highest since 2009.
Illinois opens Big Ten Tournament play in the quarterfinal round on Friday at 1:30 p.m. CDT on BTN.
First Team All-Big Ten (media) | Second-Team All-Big Ten (coaches)
• Naismith Trophy Midseason Team
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2/24)
• Jay Bilas Co-National Player of the Week (1/27)
• Leads team and ranks fifth in the B1G in scoring at 16.6 ppg
• Has scored at least 9 points in all but one game, with 26 double-figure outings and eight 20+ point performances
• Averaging 19.7 points over the last six games since returning from injury, and 18.1 points over his last 15 games
• During his last 15 games, has scored at least 15 points 13 times and has been the team's leading scorer 10 times
• Top guard in the B1G field goal percentage listings, shooting 48.4% to rank sixth
• Leads team in assists, ranking 11th in B1G with 3.3 apg
• Seventh in the B1G in free throw shooting at 75.5%
• 17 points, 7 assists and game-high 8 assists in win over Iowa, hitting pull-up jumper with :31 left to put Illini up four (3/8)
• Game-high 21 points on 9-14 FG with game-high 5 assists at Ohio State (3/5)
• Game-high 17 points and hit 3-pointer with 1:28 left and two free throws with :4.5 left to clinch win over Indiana (3/1)
• 21 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists in win at Northwestern (2/27)
• Game-high 24 points, including floater with 16 seconds left to seal win at No. 9 Penn State (2/18)
• 17 points, career-high tying 9 rebounds and 3 steals vs. Michigan State (2/11)
• Career-high 27 points and hit game-winning jumper with :00.5 left at Michigan (1/25)
• First career double-double with 18 points and career-high 11 assists in win at Purdue (1/21)
• Game-high 18 points with 7 rebounds in win over Rutgers, scoring Illini's last 8 points in final two minutes (1/11)
• Team-high 18 points with 6 assists and hit stepback 3-pointer with :46 left to clinch win at Wisconsin (1/8)
Big Ten Freshman of the Year | Third-Team All-Big Ten (media) | HM All-Big Ten (coaches)
• 7-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, tying second-most awards in B1G history (11/11, 11/25, 12/9, 12/16, 12/30, 1/13, 1/27)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (11/25)
• 12 double-doubles, ranking fifth among all freshmen nationally and doubling the previous Illini freshman season record
• Second on team and 13th in B1G in scoring at 13.3 ppg
• Sixth in B1G and fourth among all NCAA freshmen in rebounding at 8.8 rpg
• Top rebounding freshman in Illini history and No. 5 freshman scorer in school history
• Highest rebounding average (8.8 rpg) and most double-doubles (12) by an Illini player in the last 10 seasons
• Third in B1G and 23rd in NCAA in offensive rebounds (3.5 rpg)
• Shooting 53.2% from the field and leads Illini with 44 blocked shots (11th in B1G)
• 24 games scoring in double figures, with five 20-point performances
• 12 points and 8 rebounds in win over Iowa (3/8), preserving the victory by blocking Luka Garza's shot with 1 second left
• 15 points and career-high 6 blocked shots in win over Indiana (3/1), with 6 blocks ranking fifth-most in school history
• 12th double-double of season with 12 points and game-high 14 rebounds in win at Northwestern (2/27)
• 15 points and 10 rebounds in win over Nebraska (2/24)
• Game highs of 22 points and 15 boards in win at Purdue (1/21)
• 11 points and career-high tying 17 boards in win over Rutgers (1/11)
• Career-high 26 points in win over North Carolina A&T (12/29)
• Game-high 19 points and 10 boards with 4 blocks in win over No. 5 Michigan (12/11)
• Game-high 23 points on 8-8 FG and 7-8 FT vs. Miami (12/2)
• Game-high 18 points and 17 boards in win over The Citadel (11/20), setting Illini single-game freshman rebounding record
• First double-double in second career game with game highs of 23 points and 14 boards in win at Grand Canyon (11/8)
