BASKETBALL • 1987-90

Kendall Gill will forever be remembered as a high-flying member of the 1989 Flyin’ Illini squad that advanced to the Final Four. In 1990, as a senior, he earned consensus Second-Team All-America honors, which included First-Team recognition by UPI, and First-Team All-Big Ten honors. Gill averaged exactly 20.0 points per game to lead the Big Ten in scoring in 1990. He was the first 20-points-per-game scorer in 16 years for Illinois. Gill ranks third in school history in steals with 218. After his stellar senior season, Gill was the fifth overall pick of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He scored 12,914 points in his 15-year NBA career that included stops with seven different teams, for an average of 13.4 points per game. He led the NBA in steals in 1999. Gill currently lives in suburban Chicago and serves as a basketball television analyst for the Bulls.