Illinois Fighting Illini, the intercollegiate sports teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Kaskaskia Alliance Trail, named in honor of local Illini tribes, extends the Grand Illinois Trail from Lock 14 in La Salle to Lock 3 in Bureau, Illinois.
In 1703, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission with the goal of converting the Illini Native Americans to Catholicism.
In the Fall of 1724 in a village of the Kansa people the Panismahas joined a peace council with Frenchmen, Otoes, Osages, Iowas, Missouris and Illinis.
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The addition of key players, including future National Player of the Year, Ray Woods, helped guide the Illini to an overall record of nine wins and four losses.
Sophomore Frank Williams became the first Illini player to earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors since 1967 and was named to several postseason All-America squads.
Brian Cook earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors and the Illini won the Big Ten Tournament championship for the first time.
Cook helped lead the Illini to a number one seed in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, and the Illini cruised to the Elite 8, where they were upset in a hard fought and controversial game by Cook's future teammate Luke Walton and the Arizona Wildcats.
Iris Chang, author of the international best-seller, The Rape of Nanking, was a features writer for the Daily Illini from 1987-89.
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Will Leitch, editor of the online magazine Deadspin and author of God Save The Fan, was the managing editor of the Daily Illini in 1996.
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He also worked for Illini Media's terrestrial radio station WPGU.
Illini State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008, due to budget cuts by then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Illini West High School, or IWHS, is a public four-year high school located at 600 Miller Street in Carthage, Illinois, a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.
The Illini have been one of the most successful men's tennis program in the nation over the past twenty seasons, winning nine consecutive Big Ten Championships from 1997-2005; six of seven Big Ten Tournament Championships between 1999 and 2005; appearing in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen eleven times, including eight years in a row (2002-09); advancing to three NCAA Final Fours between 2003 and 2007; and winning the 2003 NCAA National Championship.
Former NBA player Marcus Liberty, who was a member of the 1989 Illinois Flyin' Illini attended King and was widely regarded as the #1 player in the nation.
Guenther came under fire for an outburst during the 2007 NCAA Tournament, calling an Illini player an "idiot".