and accepted the executive director of Grants-In-Aid position with the University of Illinois Foundation, a fundraising entity working with Fighting Illini Alumni to provide financial aid for student athletes. In 1990, the Grants-In-Aid program was renamed the Fighting Illini Scholarship Fund. Eddleman retired from his position with the University of Illinois on January 1, 1993. In 1993, the University of Illinois renamed its male and female Athlete of the Year awards the Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year. Eddleman died from a heart ailment at Champaign's Carle Foundation Hospital, on August 1, 2001, at the age of 78. Honors Basketball 1948 – First-team All-Big Ten 1949 – Team MVP and Captain 1949 – Converse 1st team All-American 1949 – Earned the Chicago Tribunes Silver Basketball award 1949 – Big Ten Player of the Year 1949 – Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient 1973 – Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player. 1983 – Inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. 2005 – Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team". 2007 – Named one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament. 2008 – Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history. Track & field 1948 – NCAA High Jump Champion 1948 – Member of the United States Olympic team 1959 – Member of the Drake Relays Hall of Fame Football 1947 – Team leader in scoring (42pts) 1947 – Rose bowl champion Athletics 1948 & 1949 – University of Illinois Athlete of the Year 1961 – Inducted into the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame 1993 – University of Illinois renamed their male and female Athlete of the Year awards to the Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year. 2017 – Inducted into the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame Statistics College basketball NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs External links Career Professional Basketball Statistics References Dike Eddleman: Illinois' Greatest Athlete by Diana Eddleman Lenzi, Sports Publishing, Inc., 1997 1922 births 2001 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American football punters Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Illinois Chicago Stags draft picks Fort Wayne Pistons players Illinois Fighting Illini football players Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players Milwaukee Hawks players National