These 16 former Illini greats will be honored Friday night. But before they are, Sports Editor MATT DANIELS breaks down the third slate of inductees to join the school’s Hall of Fame
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Joe Giallombardo, gymnastics
Joe Giallombardo, gymnastics
We remember him because: Dominated gymnastics from 1938-40, winning seven individual NCAA titles.
Ashley Berggren (women's basketball), Jenna Hall (softball) and Lindsey Nimmo Bristow (women’s tennis) joined more than a dozen other recipients, including all-time men’s basketball scoring leader Deon Thomas, All-American football greats Simeon Rice and David Williams, and longtime track and cross-country coach Gary Wieneke at Friday's ceremony at State Farm Center.