Eighth Annual Victory with Honor Banquet Celebrates IWU Senior Student-Athletes

Top senior awards presented to 2025 class

4/30/2025 12:30:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The presentation of top male and female athlete awards along with doling out the annual Order of Titans awards to deserving senior student-athletes highlighted the eighth annual "Victory With Honor Senior Banquet", held Wednesday, April 30. To view the banquet on-demand, click here.

Women's basketball standout Lauren Huber (Lombard, Ill.-Glenbard North) took home the Barb Cothren Award, named in honor of longtime IWU coach and women's athletic administrator, while men's golfer Quinn Clifford (Chicago, Ill.-Brother Rice) received the Dennie Bridges Award, named for the longtime IWU coach and athletic director.

Softball's Jen Kuhn (Normal, Ill.-University High) was named the recipient of the Jason Jones True Titan Award, presented to the senior student-athlete who represents the highest character as a member of the Titan Athletic Community. The award is named for the former Titan basketball and baseball standout, a 1991 graduate, who perished in a plane crash in April 2015.

Women's basketball player Caite Knutson (Maryville, Ill.-Collinsville) and men's soccer player Will McNulty (Glen Ellyn, Ill.-Glenbard West) shared the Steve Doran Award, presented to the senior student-athlete who performs the highest community service as a member of the Titan Athletic Community. The award is named for the 1979 graduate who was a Titan basketball player who became an oral surgeon locally and performed many humanitarian outreaches to perform oral surgery to the underprivileged in Haiti and Honduras. He died in December 2018 on a medical mission trip in Haiti.

The "Order of Titans" honorary members at Illinois Wesleyan are chosen annually by members of the coaching and physical education staff and are selected on the basis of academic accomplishments, athletic contributions, and general citizenship. The awards were presented to male athletes only until 1975 and women have been included as honorees since 1976. Order of Titans members receive lifetime passes to IWU home athletic events. To view a full list of Order of Titans honorees, click here.

The 2025 Order of Titans winners are:
WOMEN - Annalese Chudy (cross country/track & field), Abby Erdman (volleyball), Mia Fiandaca (lacrosse), Lauren Huber (basketball), Kylie Hundman (golf), Ava Khoury (softball), Carlyssa King (track & field), Jen Kuhn (softball), Macy Ludwig (golf), Caitlin McCane (track & field), Emma McGrath (cross country/track & field), Jacque O'Neill (golf), Kate Palmer (basketball), Jordan Pierce (volleyball), Mallory Powers (basketball), Franchesca Smith (track & field), Jadyn Spinks (golf), Evelyn Wilson (track & field)

MEN - Artist Benjamin (football), Quinn Clifford (golf), Carter Dilger (swimming), Ike Eastburn (lacrosse), Nick Fisch (cross country/track & field), Alex Harvey (track & field), Josh Hlavacek (football), Brooks Johnson (track & field), Myles Kee (football), CJ Ladewig (track & field), Zach McNees (football), Dylan Meyer (football), Sam Okewole (track & field), Griffin Pohl (golf), Nick Roper (basketball), Matthew Wagner (track & field), Ernie Waterson (track & field), Sam Weinberg (lacrosse), Hakim Williams (basketball), Harrison Wilmsen (basketball), Tyler Woltman (baseball)

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