Michigan Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipients - University of Michigan Athletics

In 1915 the Big Ten Conference instituted a Medal of Honor to be awarded annually at each institution to a student in the graduating class that has demonstrated proficiency in scholarship and athletics. Beginning in 1982, a senior woman athlete from each institution has been awarded the Medal of Honor, considered the most prestigious honor a Big Ten student-athlete can receive.

Julia Fliegner, Paul Juda
2025 Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipients: Julia Fliegner (women's tennis) and Paul Juda (men's gymnastics)

Year	Male Recipient	Female Recipient
1918	Alan W. Boyd, football	---
1919	No Award	---
1920	Carl E. Johnson, track	---
1921	Elton E. Wieman, football	---
1922	Robert J. Dunne, football/basketball/track	---
1923	Paul C. Goebel, football	---
1924	Franklin C. Cappon, football	---
1925	William B. Giles, baseball	---
1926	Harold Freyberg, track	---
1927	Paul C. Samson, swimming	---
1928	Norman Gabel, football	---
1929	Ernest B. McCoy, baseball	---
1930	Edwin B. Poorman, football/track	---
1931	J. Perry Austin, track	---
1932	Edwin F. Russell, track	---
1933	Ivan B. Williamson, football	---
1934	James C. Cristy Jr., swimming	---
1935	Harvey Smith, track	---
1936	Harvey W. Patton, track	---
1937	John A. Gee, baseball	---
1938	John Townsend, track	---
1939	Leo C. Beebe, baseball	---
1940	James R. Rae, track	---
1941	Forest Evashevski, football	---
1942	David M. Nelson, football	---
1943	Goerge F. Ceithaml, football	---
1944	Paul Grover White, football	---
1945	Robert L. Wiese, football	---
1946	Bliss Bowman Jr., baseball	---
1947	Paul G. White, football	---
1948	John E. Weisenburger, football	---
1949	Peter R. Elliott, football	---
1950	Thomas R. Peterson, football	---
1951	Leo R. Koceski, football	---
1952	Donald S. McEwen, track	---
1953	David J. Tinkham, football	---
1954	Richard E. Balzhiser, football	---
1955	J. Daniel Cline, football	---
1956	James M. Kruthers, swimming	---
1957	Terry A. Barr, football	---
1958	James B. Orwig, football	---
1959	Walter N. Johnson, football	---
1960	Terry O. Miller, basketball	---
1961	John D. Gillanders, swimming	---
1962	Thomas N. Osterland, gymnastics	---
1963	Charles F. Aquino, track	---
1964	Gordon J. Wilke, hockey	---
1965	Robert W. Timberlake, football	---
1966	John Karl Hedrick, tennis	---
1967	David R. Fisher, football	---
1968	Richard F. Vidmer, football	---
1969	Ronald A. Johnson, football	---
1970	Mark W. Henry, baseball	---
1971	Richard A. Rydze, swimming & diving	---
1972	Bruce N. Elliott, football	---
1973	Godfrey E. Murray, track	---
1974	David D. Gallagher, football	---
1975	Jerry Karzen, tennis	---
1976	Richard Walterhouse, baseball	---
1977	Steve Grote, basketball	---
1978	Derek Howard, football	---
1979	Mark Churella, wrestling	---
1980	George Foussianes, baseball	---
1981	John Wangler, football	---
1982	Jim Paciorek, baseball	Diane Dietz, basketball
1983	Brian Diemer, track/cross country	Melanie Weaver, track/cross country
1984	Stefan Humphries, football	Alison Noble, volleyball
1985	Ken Hayward, baseball	Andrea Williams, volleyball
1986	Casey Close, baseball	Sue Schroeder, track/cross country
1987	Ken Higgins, football	Heidi Cohen, gymnastics
1988	Jonathan Morris, tennis	Tina Basle, tennis
1989	John Scherer, track/cross country	Traci Babcock, track/cross country
1990	Brent Lang, swimming	Jenny Allard, softball
1991	Mike Barrowman, swimming	Stacy Berg, tennis
1992	Eric Bailey, swimming	Amy Bannister, track/cross country
1993	Robert Pelinka, basketball	Mindy Gehrs, swimming
1994	Tobin Van Pelt, track & field	Molly McClimon, track/cross country
1995	Todd Collins, football	Beth Wymer, gymnastics
1996	Jay Riemersma, football	Monika Black, track
1997	Jason Botterill, ice hockey	Shareen Luze, volleyball
1998	Kevin Sullivan, track/cross country	Kim Johnson, swimming
1999	Jon Jansen, football	Beth Amelkovich, gymnastics
2000	Rob Renes, football	Elizabeth Kampfe, track/cross country
2001	Chris Thompson, swimming	Kacy Beitel, soccer
2002	Justin Toman, gymnastics	Katie Jazwinski, track/cross country
2003	Jeff Hopwood, swimming	Janessa Grieco, gymnastics
2004	Pat Owen, wrestling	Melissa Bickett, track & field
2005	Ryan Bertin, wrestling	Lindsey Gallo, track/cross country
2006	Davis Tarwater, swimming	Grace Leutele, softball
2007	Jeff Porter, track	Katie Erdman, track/cross country
2008	Matko Maravic, tennis	Lindsey Cottrell, soccer
2009	Steve Luke, wrestling	Tiffany Ofili, track
2010	Phillip Goldberg, gymnastics	Angela Findlay, softball
2011	Carl Hagelin, ice hockey	Sarah Curtis, gymnastics
2012	Dan Madwed, swimming	Amanda Chidester, softball
2013	Jack Greenlee, track & field	Katie Zurales, gymnastics
2014	John Wojciechowski, swimming	Jillian Smith, track/cross country
2015	Justin Glanda, swimming	Nicole Elmblad, basketball
2016	Mason Ferlic, track/cross country	Shannon Scavelli, field hockey
2017	Jake Butt, football	Nicole Artz, gymnastics
2018	PJ Ransford, swimming	Erin Finn, track/cross country
2019	Robbie Mertz, soccer	Siobhán Haughey, swimming
2020	Tommy Cope, swimming	Guadalupe Fernandez Lacort, field hockey
2021	Adam Shibley, football	Alice Hill, track/cross country
2022	Nick Blankenburg, ice hockey	Arielle Weissman, lacrosse
2023	Kevin Buca, soccer	Sierra Brooks, gymnastics
2024	Blake Corum, football	Gabby Wilson, gymnastics
2025	Paul Juda, gymnastics	Julia Fliegner, tennis