Congratulations to our Spring Ball 2026 Award Winners 🤩
Offensive Most Improved - Brayden Jellison
Defensive Most Improved - Nio Espinoza
Offensive Newcomer of the Year - Chase Kwiatkowski
Defensive Newcomer of the Year - Josh Crandall
Offensive Pitbull - Victor Dawson
Defensive Pitbull - Mason Kaplan
Hammer Award - Anthony Hall
Illinois State is believed to be the first school ever to qualify for the Semifinals in a D1 postseason tournament in Football, MBB, and WBB in the same academic year. They lost an overtime heartbreaker in the FCS Final, and are headed to the NIT Semifinal and WNIT Fab Four.