Alumni Award Recipients
| Award type | Award year | Name | Grad year | Sport/Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Loy Watley | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2015 | Dave Schultz | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2007 | Mark Derowitsch | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Milton Wilcox | Football Team 1947 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2016 | Ann Ringlein | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2020 | The Bebee Family | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2020 | Tim J. and Leslie Bebee | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2012 | Rick Harley | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2004 | Terry G. Lange | Spirit of the Plainsmen | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2021 | Jason Ensrud | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2023 | Ira Zeff | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2013 | Bill Luxford | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2013 | Jim Svoboda | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2017 | Dick Janda | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2009 | Bruce G. Otto | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2009 | Lester Schmidt | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Robert "Bob" Sasse | Football Team 1947 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2010 | Tom Hertzel | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2003 | Anthony "Tony" R. Epp | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2018 | Fred Ohles | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1988 | Woodrow "Woody" B. Greeno | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1988 | Irvin L. "Irv" Peterson | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1972 | Benjamin H. Mickey | 1910 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Ralph E. Swan | 1912 | Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | R. Arthur Greenslit | 1913 | Baseball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Harold B. Muffly | 1914 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Morton P. Brunig | 1916 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1973 | Raymond W. "Jack" Johnson | 1916 | Football/Basketball/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Harold B. Vifquain | 1916 | Basketball (posthumously) |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | Howard Adam Durham | 1916 | Football and Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1973 | Dwight L. Williams | 1917 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | W. Max Gentry | 1919 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | W. Leonard Hughes | 1919 | Baseball/Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1976 | Paul M. Schlichtemeier | 1921 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1973 | Clarence H. Folsom | 1921 | Basketball and Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Harrison P. McCandless | 1922 | Football Coach |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1975 | C. Harold Hare | 1922 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | C. William Kahm | 1922 | Baseball/Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1981 | Lawrence "Quanty" L. Quante | 1923 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1977 | Bryan "Pink" Harrell | 1923 | Football/Basketball/Tennis |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1972 | Lloyd E. Sowers | 1924 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1978 | Cassius R. Tanner | 1924 | Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | John H. Calvert, Sr. | 1925 | Basketball/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1972 | Francis T. Alabaster | 1925 | Football/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Ralph E. Hurlbut | 1925 | Basketball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1973 | Earl Raitt | 1925 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1975 | Paul L. Griffith | 1925 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | Elvin P. Gembler | 1926 | Basketball/Football/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1980 | Charles "Charley" B. Clark | 1927 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | Oscar M. Wiberg | 1927 | Football/Basketball |