BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR
The Big Ten Conference endowed a Medal of Honor in 1914 to be awarded annually at each university to the student-athlete demonstrating the greatest proficiency in scholarship and athletics. Beginning in 1982, the award went coed as each school named a male and female student-athlete.
| YEAR | ATHLETE | SPORT |
| 1915 | Harry Routh | Football |
| 1916 | Paul Walter | Football, Basketball, Baseball |
| 1917 | Melvin Proud | Football |
| 1918 | Herb Hart | Football |
| 1919 | Bob Markley | Football, Basketball, Baseball |
| 1920 | Paul Church | Football, Basketball |
| 1921 | Cecil Cooley | Football |
| 1922 | Cliff Furnas | Cross Country, Track & Field |
| 1923 | Bill Swank | Football |
| 1924 | Ed Dye | Football, Wrestling |
| 1925 | Fred Wellman | Football, Basketball |
| 1926 | Don Cunningham | Football, Track & Field |
| 1927 | Jim Little | Cross Country, Track & Field |
| 1928 | Harry Kemmer | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1929 | Clyde Lyle | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1930 | Elmer Sleight | Football |
| 1931 | George Van Bibbler | Football, Baseball |
| 1932 | John Wooden | Basketball |
| 1933 | Roy Horstmann | Football |
| 1934 | Dutch Fehring | Football, Basketball, Baseball |
| 1935 | Carl Heldt | Football |
| 1936 | Bob Kessler | Basketball |
| 1937 | Glynn Downey | Basketball |
| 1938 | Marty Schreyer | Football |
| 1939 | Joe Mihal | Football |
| 1940 | Dick Potter | Football |
| 1941 | Bill Neff | Football |
| 1942 | Paul Anthony | Track |
| 1943 | Allen Menke | Basketball |
| 1944 | No award | |
| 1945 | Joseph Collings | Football |
| 1946 | Tom Hughes | Football, Baseball |
| 1947 | Merwyn Anderson | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1948 | Hank Stram | Football |
| 1949 | Keith Carter | Swimming |
| 1950 | Norbert Adams | Football, Baseball |
| 1951 | Neil Schmidt | Football, Basketball |
| 1952 | John Durham | Football |
| 1953 | Walt Viellieu | Football, Wrestling |
| 1954 | Gene Mathews | Track |
| 1955 | Dennis Blind | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1956 | Joe Sexson | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1957 | Joe Campbell | Basketball, Golf |
| 1958 | Royce Stroud | Baseball |
| 1959 | Walt Eversman | Swimming |
| 1960 | John Konsek | Golf |
| 1961 | Bob Orrill | Basketball |
| 1962 | John Vogel | Swimming |
| 1963 | Ron Meyer | Football |
| 1964 | Mel Garland | Basketball, Baseball |
| 1965 | Bill Howard | Football |
| 1966 | Dave Schellhase | Basketball |
| 1967 | Bob Griese | Football |
| 1968 | Jim Beirne | Football |
| 1969 | Chuck Kyle | Football |
| 1970 | Mike Phipps | Football |
| 1971 | George Faerber | Basketball |
| 1972 | Bob Ford | Basketball |
| 1973 | Jamie Pratt | Baseball |
| 1974 | Jeff Bolin | Track & Field |
| 1975 | Larry Burton | Football, Track & Field |
| 1976 | Ken Novak | Football |
| 1977 | Bruce Parkinson | Basketball |
| 1978 | Noel Ruebel | Track & Field |
| 1979 | Joe Menzyk | Track & Field |
| 1980 | Ken Loushin | Football |
| 1981 | Brian Walker | Basketball |
| 1982 | Anne McMenany | Volleyball |
| Tim Seneff | Football | |
| 1983 | Jane Neff | Volleyball |
| Jack Farson | Cross Country, Track & Field | |
| 1984 | Jan Hoosline | Volleyball |
| Adam Abele | Tennis | |
| 1985 | Annette Bauer | Volleyball |
| Steve Reid | Basketball | |
| 1986 | Cheryl Flowers | Volleyball |
| Jim Everett | Football | |
| 1987 | Karen Moschetto | Field Hockey |
| Kevin Gregory | Tennis | |
| 1988 | Sharon Versyp | Basketball |
| Bob Stolz | Cross Country, Track & Field | |
| 1989 | Barb Meeker | Volleyball |
| John Stein | Cross Country, Track & Field | |
| 1990 | Lori Overturf | Cross Country, Track & Field |
| Stephen Scheffler | Basketball | |
| 1991 | Joy Holmes | Basketball |
| Dave Barrett | Basketball, Baseball | |
| 1992 | MaChelle Joseph | Basketball |
| Craig Riley | Basketball | |
| 1993 | Heidi Reynolds | Swimming |
| Brian Daly | Swimming | |
| 1994 | Kim Fritsch | Swimming |
| Ron Gabrisko | Baseball | |
| 1995 | Katy Koonz | Track & Field |
| Cindy Lamping | Basketball | |
| Jon Pergande | Track & Field | |
| 1996 | Corissa Yasen | Track & Field |
| Chris Kessick | Baseball | |
| 1997 | Jannon Roland | Basketball |
| Matt Brown | Swimming | |
| 1998 | Marisa Watts | Swimming |
| Chad Austin | Basketball | |
| 1999 | Stephanie White | Basketball |
| Vilmos Kovacs | Swimming | |
| 2000 | Carri Long | Track & Field |
| Brian Cardinal | Basketball | |
| 2001 | Camille Cooper | Basketball |
| Drew Brees | Football | |
| 2002 | Kelly Komara | Basketball |
| Travis Dorsch | Football | |
| 2003 | Lindsay Lange | Swimming |
| Gene Mruczkowski | Football | |
| 2004 | Shereka Wright | Basketball |
| John Standeford | Football | |
| 2005 | Andrea Hillsey | Softball |
| Louis Paul | Swimming | |
| 2006 | Carrie McCambridge | Diving |
| Giordan Pogioli | Swimming | |
| 2007 | Katie Gearlds | Basketball |
| Mike Otto | Football | |
| 2008 | Shauna Stapleton | Soccer |
| Jared Armstrong | Football | |
| 2009 | Kara Patterson | Track & Field |
| Jake Patacsil | Wrestling | |
| 2010 | FahKara Malone | Basketball |
| Chris Kramer | Basketball | |
| 2011 | Allie Smith | Swimming |
| Kyle Adams | Football | |
| 2012 | Brittany Rayburn | Basketball |
| Robbie Hummel | Basketball | |
| 2013 | Ariel Turner | Volleyball |
| Robert Maci | Football | |
| 2014 | Casey Matthews | Diving |
| Matt Friede | Swimming | |
| 2015 | MacKenzie Tweardy | Diving |
| Jamie Bissett | Diving | |
| 2016 | Katie Hoevet | Track & Field/Cross Country |
| Matthew McClintock | Track & Field/Cross Country | |
| 2017 | August Kim | Golf |
| Jake Replogle | Football | |
| 2018 | Ashley Evans | Volleyball |
| Marat Amaltdinov | Swimming | |
| 2019 | Taite Kitchel | Swimming |
| David Blough | Football | |
| 2020 | Janae' Moffitt | Track & Field |
| Jaret Carpenter | Cross Country, Track & Field | |
| 2021 | Emily Bretscher | Diving |
| Brandon Loschiavo | Diving | |
| 2022 | Grace Cleveland | Volleyball |
| Ben Bramley | Diving | |
| 2023 | Maycey Vieta | Diving |
| Parker Filius | Wrestling | |
| 2024 | Maddie Schermerhorn | Volleyball |
| Mason Gillis | Basketball | |
| 2025 | Sophie McAfee | Diving |
| Cameron Miller | Track & Field |