Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball - Individual Honors

Individual Honors

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Henry Porter - 1960

Andy Phillip - 1961

Abe Saperstein - 1971

Jerry Colangelo - 2004

• Big Ten Medal of Honor

Edward A. Williford - 1915

Clyde Godel Alwood - 1917

John B. Felmley - 1920

Otto H. Vogel - 1923

Wally Roettger - 1924

Harry Combes - 1937

William Hocking - 1942

Edwin S. Parker - 1943

Donald Delaney - 1945

T. Dwight Eddleman - 1949

Clive Follmer - 1953

David J. Downey - 1963

G. Bogie Redmon - 1965

Jack Ingram - 2005

Dee Brown - 2006

Warren Carter - 2007

Trent Meacham - 2009

• Consensus All-American

Ray Woods 1915, 1916, 1917

Clyde Alwood 1917

Earl Anderson 1918

Chuck Carney 1920 & 1922

Bill Hapac - 1940

Andy Phillip - 1942 & 1943

Walt Kirk - 1945

Rod Fletcher - 1952

Dee Brown - 2005 & 2006

• NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Key to abbreviations:

AP Associated Press, Arg Argosy, Ath Athletic Publications, BN Basketball News, BT Basketball Times, BKW Basketball Weekly, BW Basketball Writers of America, Col Colliers, Con Converse, CSAF Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation, Helms Helms Foundation, INS International News Service, K Kodak, Look Look magazine, MSG Madison Square Garden, NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches, NEA Newspaper Enterprise Association, Omaha Omaha World Newspaper, PM Pic Magazine, SN Sporting News, True True Magazine, UP United Press, W Wooden

1st First Team, 2nd Second Team, 3rd Third Team, HM Honorable Mention

1915 Ray Woods - 1st (Helms)

1916 Ray Woods - 1st (Helms)

1917 Ray Woods - 1st (Helms), Clyde Alwood - 1st (Helms)

1918 Earl Anderson - 1st (Helms)

1920 Chuck Carney - 1st (Helms)

1922 Chuck Carney - 1st (Helms)

1937 Harry Combes - 2nd (Omaha)

1938 Lou Boudreau - 1st (MSG), Louis Dehner - 3rd (Con)

1939 Louis Dehner - 1st (MSG), 3rd (Con)

1940 Bill Hapac - 1st (Helms, Con)

1942 Andy Phillip - 1st (Helms), 2nd (PM), 3rd (Con), Jack Smiley - HM (SN), Art Mathisen - HM (SN), Ken Menke - HM (SN, Con), Gene Vance - HM (SN)

1943 Andy Phillip - 1st (Con, PM, Helms, SN, AP, UP, NEA, Look,), Jack Smiley - 3rd (Con), Art Mathisen - HM (Con), Gene Vance - HM (Con)

1944 Walt Kirk - HM (Con)

1945 Walt Kirk - 1st (Helms, Con), 2nd (AM), HM (Con)

1946 Jack Burmaster - HM (SN), Bob Doster - HM (SN)

1947 Andy Phillip - 1st (True, NABC), HM (Con), Jack Smiley - 3rd (Helms), HM (Con), Gene Vance - HM (Con)

1948 Dwight Eddleman - 2nd (AP), 3rd (Con, True), Jack Burmaster - HM (Con)

1949 Bill Erickson - 1st (Helms, Col, NABC), 3rd (SN, UP), 4th (Con), Dwight Eddleman - 1st (Con), 2nd (AP, UP)

1950 Bill Erickson - HM (Con)

1951 Don Sunderlage - 2nd (Helms, SN), 3rd (UP, Con), HM (AP), Ted Beach - HM (Con), Rod Fletcher - HM (Con)

1952 Rod Fletcher - 1st (Look, Con, Helms), 2nd (AP, UP, INS, NABC, Col, Ath), John Kerr - HM (AP, UP, Con), Irv Bemoras - HM (UP, Con), Jim Bredar - HM (UP, Con), Bob Peterson - HM (UP)

1953 Irv Bemoras - 2nd (Con, Helms, Look), HM (AP), Jim Bredar - 2nd (Con, Helms, Look, INS), 3rd (AP), John Kerr - HM (AP, INS, Con)

1954 John Kerr - 2nd (Helms), 3rd (Look, AP, UP), 4th (Con)

1955 Bill Ridley - HM (AP, Con), Paul Judson - HM (INS, Con), George Bon Salle - HM (Con)

1956 Paul Judson - 2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP, NEA), HM (INS), Bill Ridley - 2nd (Con), 3rd (NABC, UP, AP), Bruce Brothers - HM (Con), Harv Schmidt - HM (Con)

1957 Harv Schmidt - 2nd (Con), George Bon Salle - 2nd (NABC) HM (Con), Don Ohl - HM (AP, Con)

1958 Don Ohl - 2nd (Con), 3rd (Helms), Govoner Vaughn - HM (Con)

1959 Roger Taylor - HM (Con)

1960 Mannie Jackson - HM (Con), Govoner Vaughn - HM (Con)

1961 Dave Downey - HM (Con), John Wessels - HM (Con)

1962 Dave Downey - HM (Con), Bill Burwell - HM (Con)

1963 Dave Downey - 1st (Helms), 2nd (Con), HM (AP), Bill Small - HM (Con)

1964 Tal Brody - HM (SN, Con), Duane Thoren - HM (Con)

1965 Duane Thoren - 1st (Helms), 2nd (AP, Con), 3rd (UPI, BN, NABC), Bogie Redmon - HM (Con), Tal Brody - 1st (Helms), 2nd (SN, Con)

1966 Don Freeman - 1st (Helms), 2nd (Con, BN), HM (UPI), Rich Jones - HM (Con)

1967 Jim Dawson - HM (Con), Dave Scholz - HM (Con)

1968 Dave Scholz - 1st (Helms), HM (Con)

1969 Dave Scholz - 1st (Helms), 3rd (AP), HM (Con)

1970 Mike Price - HM (Con)

1972 Nick Weatherspoon - HM (Con)

1973 Nick Weatherspoon - 1st (CASF, Helms), HM (Con)

1974 Jeff Dawson - HM (Con)

1975 Rick Schmidt - HM (Con)

1977 Audie Matthews - HM (Con), Levi Cobb - HM (Con)

1983 Derek Harper - 2nd (AP, Con), 3rd (BN)

1984 Bruce Douglas - 3rd (UPI)

1987 Ken Norman - 2nd (AP, BW, SN, K), 3rd (BT, NABC), HM (UPI)

1988 Nick Anderson - HM (SN), Kenny Battle - HM (SN)

1989 Nick Anderson - HM (AP, UPI, SN), Kenny Battle - HM (AP, UPI, SN), Kendall Gill - HM (SN)

1990 Kendall Gill - 1st (UPI), 2nd (BKW), 3rd (AP, SN, NABC)

1994 Deon Thomas - HM (AP)

2001 Frank Williams - 1st (W), 3rd (AP, NABC), Cory Bradford - HM (AP)

2002 Frank Williams - 2nd (NABC) HM (AP)

2003 Brian Cook - 2nd (SN), 3rd (AP, NABC, BT)

2004 Dee Brown - HM (AP)

2005 Dee Brown - 1st (W, BW, SN) 2nd (AP, NABC, BT), Luther Head - 2nd (AP, NABC, BW), Deron Williams - 1st (W), 2nd (NABC, SN), 3rd (AP)

2006 Dee Brown - 2nd (AP, BW, NABC)

• National Player of the Year

Ray Woods - 1917

Chuck Carney - 1922

Andy Phillip - 1943

Dee Brown - 2005

• NCAA All-Decade Team

Dwight "Dike" Eddleman - 1940s

• Bob Cousy Award

Dee Brown - 2006

• Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

Dee Brown - 2006

• NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team

Jim Bredar - 1952

Johnny "Red" Kerr - 1952

Luther Head - 2005

Deron Williams - 2005

• NCAA Tournament Regional Most Outstanding Player

Nick Anderson - 1989

Deron Williams - 2005

• Big Ten Player of the Year

Andy Phillip - 1943

Dwight "Dike" Eddleman - 1949

Don Sunderlage - 1951

Johnny "Red" Kerr - 1954

Jim Dawson - 1967

Bruce Douglas - 1984

Frank Williams - 2001

Brian Cook - 2003

Dee Brown - 2005

• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year

Bruce Douglas - 1985 & 1986

Stephen Bardo - 1989

Dee Brown - 2005

• Big Ten Freshman of the Year

Cory Bradford - 1999

Brian Cook - 2000

D.J. Richardson - 2010

• Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Brian Cook - 2003

James Augustine - 2005

• Olympian

Ron Bontemps - 1952

Deron Williams - 2008, 2012

• National Coach of the Year

Bruce Weber - 2005

• Big Ten Coach of the Year

Lou Henson - 1993

Bruce Weber - 2005