OSKEE AWARDS | Top GPAs, Scholarship Winners Honored
May 8, 2020 | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Gymnastics, Softball, Women's Golf, Women's Gymnastics, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Volleyball, Men's Golf, Women's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field
NEWS
Illinois' best and brightest student-athletes are honored every year at the Fighting Illini Oskee Awards, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic that ended the 2019-20 athletic seasons early, this year's event was canceled. Even without the Oskee Awards celebration, we're still celebrating both the academic and on-field achievements of Fighting Illini student-athletes.
In addition to the academic awards below, which were announced this week, winners for four major awards will be announced next week on @IlliniAthletics and on fightingillini.com:
May 11 » Fighting Illini Spirit Awards
May 12 » Fighting Illini Freshmen of the Year
May 13 » Dike Eddleman Athletes of the Year
May 14 » Big Ten Medal of Honor
OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS
Female and male student-athletes with the highest grade-point average in each class of school
» Sophomore Female: Diana Brown, Volleyball - 4.00, molecular & cellular biology
» Sophomore Female: Lauren Katz, Track & Field - 4.00, elementary education
» Sophomore Male: Connor Artman, Track & Field - 3.97, finance
» Junior Female: Kylie Noonan, Gymnastics - 4.00, information systems
» Junior Female: Reena Sulkar, Golf - 4.00, business administration (MBA)
» Junior Male: Shrey Chowdhary, Track & Field - 3.86, computer science
» Senior Female: Emily Martin, Swimming - 3.98, agri-accounting
» Senior Male: Garrett Acton, Baseball - 3.98, finance
OUTSTANDING TEAM GPA AWARDS
Highest cumulative grade point average for a team over the last two semesters
» Women's Golf - 3.69, head coach Renee Slone
» Men's Golf - 3.32, head coach Mike Small
BIG TEN POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Female and male student-athletes selected to receive $7,500 scholarships to be utilized at their graduate schools
» Male: Michael Paradise, Gymnastics
» Female: Lauren Smitherman, Soccer
ILLINI WAY STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT TEAM COMPETITION AWARD
Team that shows the most commitment to community service during the academic year
» Softball, head coach Tyra Perry
STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COUNCIL (SAAC) PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Top performance of the year across all sports, nominated by SAAC sport representatives and voted on by the student-athletes
