Additionally, the Fighting Illini have won an all-time record 53 individual NCAA titles.

[3] The Illini hold their competitions at George Huff Hall on the Champaign side of campus, and the team trains and holds practices at the Kenney Gym on the Urbana side of campus.

[4] Illinois has had gymnasts win a record 53 NCAA individual championships.

The award recipient must not only excel athletically as a gymnast, but also must display outstanding sportsmanship and scholarship throughout his college career.

[5] The award was created in 1966 and is men's gymnastics' equivalent to college football's Heisman Trophy.