OVC Legends Website … 

The Ohio Valley Conference has named its list of basketball legends from the conference's 11 member schools as the 2025 OVC Tournament opens in Evansville, Indiana in two weeks.
 
This year's Eastern Illinois basketball legend is former Panthers men's basketball standout Craig DeWitt.
 
DeWitt earned NCAA Division II All-American honors twice during his career and capped his career ranked in the EIU Top 10 for both scoring (1,426) and rebounding (684). He helped the Panthers to the 1978 Final Four and as EIU began the move to Division I, he became the first EIU player to earn All-MId-Continent honors. In 2009 he was one of 10 players named to the EIU All-Century Team. 
 
The Ohio Valley Conference began a new tradition in 2015 with the recognizing of men's and women's basketball legends from each of its member institutions.  With roots dating back to 1948, the OVC and its member institutions have produced many outstanding student-athletes who have earned numerous accolades and led their respective schools to success on the hardwood.

Below is a listing of the EIU Athletes honored so far (there was no class in 2021).  OVC Legends Website … 
 
Eastern Illinois – OVC Basketball Legends
2015 – Henry Domercant
2016 – Ta'Kenya Nixon
2017 – Kyle Hill
2018 – Rachel Galligan
2019 – Kevin Duckworth
2020 – Nancy Kassebaum
2021 – No Class Honored due to COVID 19
2022 – Barb Perkes
2023 – Jon Collins
2024 – Toni Collins
2025 – Craig DeWitt