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Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

For over 30 years, Dennis has been the visual archivist for Redbird Athletics, capturing historic moments for Redbird student-athletes, coaches, and staff. In addition to his coverage of Redbird Athletics, he has also contributed his time for several Missouri Valley Conference championship tournament held on campus as well as NCAA and IHSA sanctioned events. He is this year's Stretch Miller Award recipient.

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Jenny (Kabbes) Fuente '02, M.S. '04

Jenny stayed close to home and had a stellar volleyball career for the Redbirds. The Normal native and Central Catholic High School product was a three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection as a middle blocker. She began her career by being named the MVC Newcomer of the Year following her breakout freshman campaign before earning first-team All-Valley and all-tournament honors as a sophomore in 1999. After missing the 2000 season due to injury, she bounced back in 2001 to earned second-team All-Valley honors before capping off her storied career with All-MVC first-team honors as a senior.

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Mike Jones '83

Mike joins the ranks of Illinois State’s best after a storied career on the mats for the Redbirds. The North Chicago native was a three-time team captain and a two-time NCAA qualifier. As a junior, he posted a 25-5 record and went onto a third-place finish at regionals while earning team MVP honors. After redshirting the following year, Jones put together one of the best individual seasons in school history as a senior, posting a 41-6-1 record while advancing to the NCAA Championships and earning All-America honors with and eighth-place finish. He then went on to finish sixth at the US Olympic trials in 1984 and in total earned nine gold medals and five silver medals at the Prairie State Games.

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Stacey Miller '11

Stacey was a standout golf student-athlete at Illinois State. In the classroom, the Bloomington native was named the 2010 ISU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned the Missouri Valley Conference Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award. She also had great success on the golf course during her Redbird career, as she earned MVC Medalist honors with a three-round score of 225 in 2009 and was named to the MVC All-Conference Team from 2008 through 2010. The No. 1 ranked player in the Missouri Valley Conference by Golf Stat during her career, she played professionally and competed in the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur.

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Cameron Siskowic '07

Cameron is one of the most decorated defensive players in Redbird football history. The San Diego native ended his career as a two-time All-American and was twice named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award which is awarded to the top defensive player in FCS football. The 2006 Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year, he was a three-year starter for the Redbirds at linebacker and was a two-time All-MVFC selection. As a senior, he led the team with 140 tackles which ranked him No. 2 nationally and led the MVFC in total tackles for the second-straight season.