A member of the last Illinois College baseball team to win a Midwest Conference title, Shad Steck ended as one of the most decorated players in IC history. Steck was First Team All-MWC three times and was named the 1997 MWC Player of the Year. He was also an honorable mention All-American that season as he set the IC single-season home run mark with 11 (a mark that is still tied for first all-time). To this day, Steck remains the all-time leader in Blueboy history in runs batted in.