Ray Woods, Basketball • 1915-17

Ray Woods earned First-Team All-America honors three times in 1915-16-17 and was the 1917 Helms National Player of the Year. Woods helped the 1915 Illini to the only unbeaten season in UI history and were named National Champions. He helped lead the Illini to Big Ten titles in 1915 and 1917 while earning First-Team All-Big Ten honors in 1915 and 16, and Second-Team honors in 1917. He captained the 1916 squad. Woods was named to the Illinois All-Century Team in 2005. He died in 1965 at age of 70.