NORMAL, Ill. – The 2025 Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame class was officially announced Friday, as Robin Chapman (softball), two-time All-Gateway Conference First-Team selection and MVC All-Centennial Team member; Janelle (Crabtree) Knight (women's tennis), MVC All-Centennial Team member and single-season wins record holder; Akil Mills (men's track & field), three-time NCAA All-American and two-time MVC Champion; and Colton Underwood (football), two-time All-American and two-time finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, will each become members of the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame.
In addition to the 2025 Hall of Fame class, longtime Illinois State football radio analyst Ted Schmitz will be honored with the Campbell "Stretch" Miller Award. The award is named for Campbell Miller, a former Redbird student-athlete who went on to broadcast Illinois State games in the 1940s, before joining the St. Louis Cardinals broadcasting team. The award celebrates the contributions of those whose main services were not playing or coaching at Illinois State but were important to the athletic program's success.
The honorees will be officially inducted at the Hall of Fame breakfast at 8 a.m., October 18, in the Bone Student Center Brown Ballroom on the Illinois State University campus. The class will also be recognized during the Homecoming Parade and at halftime of the Illinois State-Youngstown State football game later that day. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Reservations for the 2025 Hall of Fame ceremony can be purchased through the ISU Athletics Department. To order tickets for the event or for more information, please call Sam Williams at (309) 438-7429 or email at swill20@ilstu.edu.
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