Big Ten Athlete of the Year

The Big Ten Athlete of the Year award is given annually to the top male and female collegiate athletes in the Big Ten Conference. It was first awarded in 1982, with winners being selected by a panel of conference media members from nominations submitted by each school.

History

In 1982, the Big Ten Conference established their athlete of the year award, with the winners being selected by a panel of conference media members from nominations submitted by each school.[1] The award for male winners is named after Ohio State track star Jesse Owens. The woman's award was previously known as the Suzy Favor Athlete of the Year before it was revealed in 2012 that Favor had worked as a prostitute for a Las Vegas escort service. The Big Ten removed her name from the women's award in July 2013 as a result.[2]

Winners

Male

Officially known as the 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 Longfootball
1987Steve AlfordIndianabasketball
1988Jim AbbottMichiganbaseball
1989Glen Ricebasketball
1990Anthony ThompsonIndianafootball
1991Mike BarrowmanMichiganswimming and diving
1992Desmond Howardfootball
1993John RoethlisbergerMinnesotagymnastics
1994Glenn RobinsonPurduebasketball
1995Tom DolanMichiganswimming and diving
1996Eddie GeorgeOhio Statefootball
1997Blaine Wilsongymnastics
1998Charles WoodsonMichiganfootball
1999Luke DonaldNorthwesterngolf
2000Ron DayneWisconsinfootball
2001Ryan MillerMichigan Stateice hockey
2002Jordan LeopoldMinnesotaice hockey
2003Amer DelicIllinoistennis
Matt Lackeywrestling
2004Damion HahnMinnesota
2005Luis VargasPenn Stategymnastics
2006Peter VanderkaayMichiganswimming and diving
2007Cole Konrad[3]Minnesotawrestling
2008Brent Metcalf[4]Iowa
2009Jake Herbert[5]Northwestern
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 State
2016Denzel ValentineMichigan Statebasketball
2017Kyle SnyderOhio Statewrestling
2018
2019Bo NickalPenn State
2020Chase YoungOhio Statefootball[10]

Female

Recipients of the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award

YearAthlete(s)SchoolSport(s)
1983Judi BrownMichigan Statetrack and field
1984Lisa IshikawaNorthwesternsoftball
1985Cathy BrantaWisconsintrack and field & cross country
1986Stephanie Herbst
1987Jennifer AverillNorthwesternfield hockey & lacrosse
1988Suzy FavorWisconsintrack and field & cross country
1989
1990
1991Julie Farrell-OvenhouseMichigan Statediving
Joy HolmesPurduebasketball
1992MaChelle Joseph
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
2018
2019Megan GustafsonIowabasketball
2020Dana RettkeWisconsinvolleyball[10]

References
  1. Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  2. "Suzy Favor Hamilton, who admitted to being prostitute, has her name removed from Big Ten award". Fox News. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  3. "2007 Big Ten Athlete of the Year". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  4. 2008 Big Ten Athlete of the Year
  5. "2009 Big Ten Athlete of the Year". Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  6. "Turner Selected Big Ten's Best Male Athlete for 2010". WBNS-10TV. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  7. "Boudia Becomes First Diver To Win Big Ten's Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award". Purdue University. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  8. "Indiana's Drouin and Minnesota's Kessel Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2013-06-26. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  9. "Penn State's Taylor and Purdue's Bunch Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2014-06-23. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  10. "Ohio State's Young, Wisconsin's Rettke Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year". BigTen.org. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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