Indiana Hoosiers guard Shay Ciezki (10) walks off the court after her team defeats the Nebraska Cornhuskers during a Big Ten women’s basketball tournament game Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indiana defeated Nebraska 72-69.
Former Indiana athletes Shay Ciezki(Women’s Basketball) and Trelee Banks(Track and Field) were the Hoosiers’ Big Ten Medal of Honor winners for the 2025-26 athletics season.
According to the Big Ten release the Big Ten Medal of Honor recognizes:
The Big Ten Medal of Honor is awarded to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each member institution who has demonstrated excellence on and off the field throughout their collegiate career. This year’s class comprised student-athletes from 14 sports.
Big Ten schools currently feature more than 14,000 student-athletes, but only 36 earn the award on an annual basis. Since the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first presented more than a century ago, 1,724 student-athletes have earned this unique distinction. Those names are permanently displayed at the Big Ten Office in Rosemont.
Ciezki was a standout for Teri Moren’s squad and left IU as one of the best scorers in school history. She is currently playing in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury.
Banks ran both indoor and outdoor track for the Hoosiers and is one of the fastest sprinters in school history and set three school records this season.
