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Northern Illinois Hall Of Fame


Hall Of Fame Players


Hall of Famer Devin Martin
United States   #14 - Devin Martin [ID #83808]     PG
Home Town: Rushville, Illinois           High School: Rushville High School           PG SG SF
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2017 - 2019                     Height: 6' 2"                     Skill Index: 110          
Games 83, 24.0 ppg, 48.1% fgp, 2.7 3pg, 36.5% 3pp, 83.4% ftp, 3.5 apg, 1.7 spg, 32.9 mpg
Notes: This Juco transfer only played 2 seasons, but had a huge impact on the success of the teams he played for. He finished with several Huskie records in just his two seasons including a 24.0 PPG career scoring average, 1.69 career steals per game, 396 field goals in a season, a career 83.4FT%, a +10.10 career +/-, and total plus/minus of 838. He also finished in the top 20 in several categories including scoring, assists, steals, FG%, career FGs, career FTs made, career 3 pointers made, and 3PT%. He helped lead the team to a promotion to D2 in his first season as well as stay in Division 2 his second season despite depleted talent on the team.


Hall of Famer Lane Lancaster
United States   #20 - Lane Lancaster [ID #120345]     PF
Home Town: Decatur, Illinois           High School: Polytechnic High School           PF sf c
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2023 - 2027                     Height: 6' 7½"                     Skill Index: 172          
Games 179, 13.8 ppg, 54.3% fgp, 0.7 3pg, 35.0% 3pp, 8.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 27.6 mpg
Notes: Lane Lancaster finished his career as a statistical leader for Northern Illinois Huskies basketball in multiple categories. The Huskies were 131-58 in the four seasons Lancaster played significant minutes, and he won an All-Conference PF twice. He helped the Huskies gain promotions from LL3 to LL1, playing in the Huskies first Legends Conference season helping the team finish third. Lancaster also helped lead the team to three national tournament berths including a Division 1 National Tournament Final, finishing second. He ended his career third in all-time rebounds (1514), fifth in RPG (8.5), sixth in points (2471), sixth in blocks (193), sixth in FG% (54.3%), eighth in BPG (1.08), eighth in POTG awards (23), ninth in +/- (1196), twelfth in PPG (13.8), and sixteenth in steals (150). He had a career 58.0 eFG% and 50.8 OeFG%.


Hall of Famer Hank Peters
United States   #23 - Hank Peters [ID #97501]     SG
Home Town: Aurora, Illinois           High School: Penn High School           SG pg
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2018 - 2023                     Height: 6' 3½"                     Skill Index: 145          
Games 179, 19.5 ppg, 3.9 3pg, 36.4% 3pp, 80.0% ftp, 3.7 apg, 2.0 spg, 31.6 mpg
Notes: Hank Peters finished his career as the statistical leader not only in Northern Illinois history, but Harwood History as well. The Huskies were 134-43 in the four seasons Peters was a starter where he achieved conference freshman of the year, all conference honors all 4 years, and conference player of the year his junior season. He helped the Huskies attain back-to-back regular season conference titles and promotions from LL5 to LL3 his junior and senior seasons. He was also instrumental in back-to-back conference tournament titles his Sophomore and Junior seasons, and led the team to three straight national tournament berths. He ended his career as all-time Huskie leader in Points (3491), minutes (5652), steals (350), FG's (1168), three pointers made (704), +/- (+2782), and POTG awards (44). As of the end of the 2023 season he also holds the hardwood record of 704 three pointers made, 10 ahead of the second place player, and is also 5th all-time in +/- and 19th in +/- per game in a career. He was also just 16 points and 17 steals from making the top 25 all-time leaderboard in Hardwood. He had a career 54.6 eFG% and 46.4 OeFG%, and also finished 3rd in assists, 3rd in FT%, 3rd in FTs made, and finished 9th in 3PT% on the Northern Illinois Huskie all-time leaderboard.


Hall of Famer Jesse Hill
United States   #24 - Jesse Hill [ID #109772]     C
Home Town: Peoria, Illinois           High School: Manual High School           C
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2020 - 2025                     Height: 7'                     Skill Index: 150          
Games 186, 13.4 ppg, 63.4% fgp, 8.3 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 24.5 mpg
Notes: Jesse Hill finished his career as a statistical leader for Northern Illinois Huskies basketball in multiple categories. The Huskies were 144-39 in the four seasons Hill played significant minutes. He helped the Huskies attain back-to-back regular season conference titles, a conference tournament title, and promotions from LL5 to LL2. Hill also helped lead the team to three national tournament berths including a Division 1 National Tournament Final, finishing second, where he was recognized on the all-tournament team. He ended his career and as of the beginning of the 2018 season leader all-time for the Huskies FG% (63.4%), second in rebounds (1536), third in +/- (2403), fourth in FG made (1006), fourth in blocks (210), sixth in RPG (8.3), sixth in blocks per game (1.13), eleventh in steals (180), eleventh is POTG awards (18), and fifteenth in career PPG (13.4). He had a career 63.6 eFG% and 54.0 OeFG%.


Hall of Famer Dane Dill
United States   #42 - Dane Dill [ID #119437]     SG
Home Town: Mattoon, Illinois           High School: West Mattoon High School           SG PG sf
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2023 - 2028                     Height: 6' 2½"                     Skill Index: 196          
Games 176, 17.1 ppg, 2.7 3pg, 36.1% 3pp, 4.5 apg, 1.6 spg, 28.8 mpg
Notes: Dane Dill finished his career on the all-time Northern Illinois statistical leaderboard in several categories. The Huskies were 120-58 in the four seasons Dill played significant minutes. Dill achieved three all conference selections and helped the Huskies earn promotion from LL3 to LL1 where the team stayed by the time he graduated. Dill also led the team to a national tournament berth in each of his 4 seasons including a Division 1 National Tournament Final, finishing second, his redshirt freshman year. He ended his career third all-time in Points (3011), FT made (524), fourth in assists (786), steals (279), FG Made (1006), and 3 pointers made, fifth in career PPG (17.1), POTG awards (36), and 3 pointers made per game (2.7), sixth in steals per game (1.59), seventh in assists per game (4.5), eighth in overall +/- (+1319), eleventh in FT% (73.9%) and +/- per game (7.49), and twelfth in career 3P% (36.1%). He had a career 54.5 eFG% and 51.4 OeFG%. Dill also became the first Huskie ever to be drafted, picked 9th in the 2028 pro draft by the Seattle Supersonics.


Hall of Famer Floyd Kent
Canada   #54 - Floyd Kent [ID #108845]     PG
Home Town: Toronto, Ontario           High School: Chrétien High School           PG SG sf
Hall Of Famer                     Years: 2020 - 2025                     Height: 6' 4"                     Skill Index: 172          
Games 183, 19.1 ppg, 46.8% fgp, 3.4 3pg, 41.1% 3pp, 3.7 apg, 1.8 spg, 28.7 mpg
Notes: Floyd Kent finished his career as a statistical leader not only in Northern Illinois history, but Hardwood History as well. The Huskies were 144-39 in the four seasons Floyd played significant minutes. Kent achieved three all conference selections including conference player of the year his junior season. He helped the Huskies attain back-to-back regular season conference titles, a conference tournament title, and promotions from LL5 to LL2. Kent also led the team to three national tournament berths including a Division 1 National Tournament Final, finishing second, where he was recognized on the all-tournament team. He ended his career as all-time Huskie leader in Points (3492), FG made (1206), career 3pt% (41.1%), and POTG awards (45). He also finished second in steals (324), second in 3 pointers made (615), second in career +/- (2600), second in average +/- per game (14.21), third in assists (679), 4th in FT made (465), and 13th in career FT% (72.3%). He finished 12th all-time in Hardwood for career +/- at 2600, and 16th in Hardwood with 615 three pointers made. He had a career 58.7 eFG% and 50.7 OeFG%.