11:00am: Check-In; Doors open; Lunch is served

12:00pm: Program Begins

Opening remarks by Coach Brad Underwood

Guest Speakers:

Katie Hultin (pronounced Hul-TEEN) - Head Coach - was hired as Fighting Illini head soccer coach on Dec. 11, 2024, becoming the fourth head coach in program history. 

Jeana Fuccillo Kempe - Head Coach - was hired on April 27, 2022 as head coach of the Fighting Illini swimming and diving program, and enters her fifth season at the helm in 2026-27.

Jen Tamas - Assistant Coach - is in her 10th season on the Illinois volleyball coaching staff after joining the Illini as a volunteer assistant coach in March 2017. With the NCAA eliminating the volunteer coach designation in July of 2023, Tamas (pronounced Thomas) was elevated to assistant coach.

Emcee - Jennifer Roscoe spent 34 years at WCIA-TV — all of them at the same central Illinois station — before signing off in June.