| Illinois Team MVP |
| Year |
Student-Athlete |
| 1937 |
Ray Poat |
| 1938 |
Leo Sainati |
| 1939 |
Thomas McConnell |
| 1940 |
John Pacotti |
| 1941 |
John Drish |
| 1942 |
Andy Phillip |
| 1943 |
Boby Bartley |
| 1944 |
Howie Judson // Lou Possehi |
| 1945 |
John Johns |
| 1946 |
Lee Eilbracht |
| 1947 |
Lee Eilbracht |
| 1948 |
Herb Plews |
| 1949 |
Herb Plews |
| 1950 |
Russ Steger |
| 1951 |
William Hoffman |
| 1952 |
Jerry Baranski // Gerald Smith |
| 1953 |
Bob Moore |
| 1954 |
Tom Scott |
| 1955 |
Marv Graves |
| 1956 |
Em Lindbeck |
| 1957 |
Rolla McMullen |
| 1958 |
Frank Schwartz |
| 1959 |
Bob Klaus |
| 1960 |
John Jarasevich |
| 1961 |
Ernie Kumerow |
| 1962 |
Tony Eichelberger |
| 1963 |
Tony Provenzano |
| 1964 |
Jim Vopicks |
| 1965 |
Ken Holtzman |
| 1966 |
Jerry Szukala |
| 1967 |
Mike Murawski |
| 1968 |
Mike Murawski |
| 1969 |
Rich Binder |
| 1970 |
Randy Crews |
| 1971 |
Wes Dixon |
| 1972 |
Gary Nicholson |
| 1973 |
Bob Polock |
| 1974 |
Al Ryniec |
| 1975 |
Jon Siron |
| 1976 |
Pat Fazzini |
| 1977 |
John Peach |
| 1978 |
Jim Oros |
| 1979 |
Paul Marsillo |
| 1980 |
Paul Marsillo |
| 1981 |
Brian Bock |
| 1982 |
Tim Richardson // Randy Conte |
| 1983 |
Tim Richardson |
| 1984 |
Joe Olker |
| 1985 |
Donn Pall // Gary Borg |
| 1986 |
Darrin Fletcher |
| 1987 |
Darrin Fletcher |
| 1988 |
Mike Wolters |
| 1989 |
Bubba Smith |
| 1990 |
Mark Dalesandro |
| 1991 |
Larry Sutton |
| 1992 |
Larry Sutton |
| 1993 |
Forry Wells |
| 1994 |
Forry Wells |
| 1995 |
Tom Sinak |
| 1996 |
Josh Klimek |
| 1997 |
Tom Zidlicky |
| 1998 |
Aaron Nieckula |
| 1999 |
Jon Anderson |
| 2000 |
Jason Anderson |
| 2001 |
Andy Dickinson |
| 2002 |
Andy Dickinson |
| 2003 |
Andy Schutzenhofer |
| 2004 |
Chris Robinson |
| 2005 |
Drew Davidson |
| 2006 |
Shawn Roof |
| 2007 |
Lars Davis |
| 2008 |
Kyle Hudson |
| 2009 |
Brandon Wikoff |
| 2010 |
Kevin Johnson |
| 2011 |
Pete Cappetta |
| 2012 |
Willie Argo |
| 2013 |
Justin Parr |
| 2014 |
Tyler Jay |
| 2015 |
Tyler Jay |
| 2016 |
Cody Sedlock |
| 2017 |
Pat McInerney |
| 2018 |
Bren Spillane |
| 2019 |
Andy Fisher |
| 2020 |
None* (COVID-19 shortened season) |
| 2021 |
Jackson Raper |
| 2022 |
Cole Kirschsieper |
| 2023 |
Camden Janik |
| 2024 |
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