Take a look at this release from the athletic department – our late Brother Chuck Carney '22 will have his name & number hung from the rafters of the Assembly Hall. He'll be among 20 Illini honored in such a way on September 13 at the "Night of Legends" alumni basketball game in Champaign.
As the press release notes, "Chuck Carney became the second Illini to be named National Player of the Year by the Helms Foundation, earning the award in 1922. A two-time Helms first-team All-American and All-Big Ten selection in 1920 and 1922, Carney set the conference single-season scoring record of 188 points in 1920 that stood for 22 years. One of the greatest athletes in Illinois history, he also was an All-American for Bob Zuppke's football squad in 1920."
Brother Carney joins some pretty elite company – alongside Deron Williams, Luther Head, Dee Brown and other Illini bball pioneers Ray Woods and Bill Hapac.