IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza has been selected as the 2025-26 Big Ten Conference Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year, the league announced on Wednesday. Mendoza is the sixth IU athlete to earn the award, and the first since track and field star Derek Drouin in 2013. This is the second such honor for the Hoosiers’ football program, as Mendoza joins College Football Hall of Famer Anthony Thompson, who won in 1990. Beyond Mendoza, Drou…
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