Alumni Award Recipients
| Award type | Award year | Name | Grad year | Sport/Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Ralph E. Swan | 1912 | Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2014 | Dean Swanson | 1970 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2016 | Patrick Sweeney | 1989 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1980 | Kieth V. Tadlock | 1949 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1978 | Cassius R. Tanner | 1924 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2002 | Alonzo "Lonnie" Tapp | 1972 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2007 | Steven "Steve J. Taylor | 1989 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2020 | The Bebee Family | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2017 | Nate Thomas | 1998 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2009 | Amanda L. Jurgenson Thomas | 1998 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1999 | William "Bill" R. Thompson | 1977 | Baseball Team 1974 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1977 | Dwight A. Tietjen, Jr. | 1966 | Baseball/Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1987 | Charles O. Trautman | 1961 | Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | Russell C. Trott | 1934 | Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2014 | Noland Urban | 2001 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2001 | L.D. "Dewey" Van Cleave | 1958 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1993 | Lawrence E. Vaughan | 1944 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Harold B. Vifquain | 1916 | Basketball (posthumously) |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1999 | Scott A. Votava | 1978 | Baseball Team 1974 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1997 | Scott A. Votava | 1978 | Baseball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2009 | Eva "Lotta" Nilsson Wanstrom | 1995 | Soccer |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | F. Thomas Waring | 1953 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1986 | Warren K. Washburn | 1964 | Football/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2003 | Gary D. Wasserman | 1993 | Track/cross country |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Loy Watley | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2010 | Andre D. Watts | 2002 | Soccer |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Marion Weary | 1936 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Marian Johnson Weary | 1939 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2001 | William K. Weed | 1989 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2004 | Jane Verbeck Weed | 1989 | Volleyball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1985 | Willis G. Weisbrook | 1966 | Baseball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Bob Wellman | 1999 | Men's Golf |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2016 | Chad Wemhoff | 1998 | Football, Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Robert L. Wendt | 1948 | Football Team 1947 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Raymond C. Westover | 1949 | Football Team 1947 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | Raymond C. Westover | 1949 | Basketball/Football/Tennis |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1977 | Lyle E. Weyand | 1934 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Kenneth R. White | 1950 | Football Team 1947 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | John W. White, Jr. | Former President | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Richard F. Whitmore | 1949 | Football Team 1947 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1979 | Richard F. Whitmore | 1949 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1994 | Melodie L. Creighton Whiton | 1979 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Oscar M. Wiberg | 1927 | Football/Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1993 | Rolland L. Wiegers | 1954 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Milton Wilcox | Football Team 1947 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Justin Wilkins | 1996 | Men's Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1973 | Dwight L. Williams | 1917 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1999 | Willie D. Wilson | 1985 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1998 | Dayle A. Wood | Student Manager 1963 | Basketball Team 1974 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1982 | Jack Wood | 1957 | Basketball |