Big Ten Athlete of the Year

The Big Ten Athlete of the Year award is given annually to the athletes voted as the top male and female athlete in the Big Ten Conference.

History

In 1982, the Big Ten Conference established a Big Ten Athlete of the Year award. The award is named after Jesse Owens, the legendary Ohio State track star. The following year, a parallel award for women, the Big Ten Suzy Favor Athlete of the Year, was created. After the December 2012 revelation that Favor, now known by her married name of Suzy Favor Hamilton, had worked as a prostitute for a Las Vegas escort service, in July 2013 the Big Ten Conference removed her name from the women's award.[1]

The Big Ten Athletes of the Year are selected by a panel of conference media members from nominations submitted by each institution.[2]

Winners

Male

Recipients of the Big Ten Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award

YearAthlete(s)SchoolSport(s)
1982Jim SpiveyIndianatrack and field & cross country
1983Ed BanachIowawrestling
1984Sunder NixIndianatrack and field
1985Barry DavisIowawrestling
1986Chuck LongIowafootball
1987Steve AlfordIndianabasketball
1988Jim AbbottMichiganbaseball
1989Glen RiceMichiganbasketball
1990Anthony ThompsonIndianafootball
1991Mike BarrowmanMichiganswimming and diving
1992Desmond HowardMichiganfootball
1993John RoethlisbergerMinnesotagymnastics
1994Glenn RobinsonPurduebasketball
1995Tom DolanMichiganswimming and diving
1996Eddie GeorgeOhio Statefootball
1997Blaine WilsonOhio Stategymnastics
1998Charles WoodsonMichiganfootball
1999Luke DonaldNorthwesterngolf
2000Ron DayneWisconsinfootball
2001Ryan MillerMichigan Stateice hockey
2002Jordan LeopoldMinnesotaice hockey
2003Amer DelicIllinoistennis
Matt LackeyIllinoiswrestling
2004Damion HahnMinnesotawrestling
2005Luis VargasPenn Stategymnastics
2006Peter VanderkaayMichiganswimming and diving
2007Cole Konrad[3]Minnesotawrestling
2008Brent Metcalf[4]Iowawrestling
2009Jake Herbert[5]Northwesternwrestling
2010Evan Turner[6]Ohio Statebasketball
2011David Boudia[7]Purdueswimming and diving
2012Draymond GreenMichigan Statebasketball
2013Derek Drouin[8]Indianatrack and field
2014David Taylor[9]Penn Statewrestling
2015Logan StieberOhio Statewrestling
2016Denzel ValentineMichigan Statebasketball
2017Kyle SnyderOhio Statewrestling
2018Kyle SnyderOhio Statewrestling

Female

Recipients of the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award

YearAthlete(s)SchoolSport(s)
1983Judi BrownMichigan Statetrack and field
1984Lisa IshikawaNorthwesternsoftball
1985Cathy BrantaWisconsincross country & track and field
1986Stephanie HerbstWisconsincross country & track and field
1987Jennifer AverillNorthwesternfield hockey & lacrosse
1988Suzy FavorWisconsintrack and field & cross country
1989Suzy FavorWisconsintrack and field & cross country
1990Suzy FavorWisconsintrack and field & cross country
1991Julie Farrell-OvenhouseMichigan Statediving
Joy HolmesPurduebasketball
1992MaChelle JosephPurduebasketball
1993Lara HooiveldMichiganswimming
1994Kristy GleasonIowafield hockey
1995Laura DavisOhio Statevolleyball
1996Olga KalinovskayaPenn Statefencing
1997Gretchen HegenerMinnesotaswimming
Kathy ButlerWisconsintrack and field
1998Sara GriffinMichigansoftball
1999Stephanie White-McCartyPurduebasketball
2000Lauren CacciamaniPenn Statevolleyball
2001Katie DouglasPurduebasketball
2002Christie WelshPenn Statesoccer
2003Perdita FelicienIllinoistrack and field
2004Kelly MazzantePenn Statebasketball
2005Jennie RitterMichigansoftball
2006Tiffany WeimerPenn Statesoccer
2007Jessica DavenportOhio Statebasketball
2008Hannah NielsenNorthwesternlacrosse
2009María HernándezPurduegolf
2010Megan HodgePenn Statevolleyball
2011Shannon SmithNorthwesternlacrosse
2012Christina ManningOhio Statetrack and field
2013Amanda KesselMinnesotaice hockey
2014Dani Bunch[9]Purduetrack and field
2015Taylor CummingsMarylandlacrosse
2016Rachel BanhamMinnesotabasketball
2017Lilly KingIndianaswimming
2018Lilly KingIndianaswimming

References

  1. ↑ "Suzy Favor Hamilton, who admitted to being prostitute, has her name removed from Big Ten award". Fox News. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  3. ↑ 2007 Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  4. ↑ 2008 Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  5. ↑ 2009 Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  6. ↑ "Turner Selected Big Ten's Best Male Athlete for 2010". Ohio State University. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  7. ↑ [Boudia Becomes First Diver To Win Big Ten's Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award: Six-time NCAA champion joins Glenn Robinson as Purdue's male winners. "Turner Selected Big Ten's Best Male Athlete for 2010"] Check |url= value (help). CBS Interactive. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  8. ↑ "Indiana's Drouin and Minnesota's Kessel Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  9. 1 2 "Penn State's Taylor and Purdue's Bunch Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
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