FEATURE: Why the ‘Field Trip Game’ Win Means More to Illini Center/Student Teacher Kendall Bostic

Illinois fifth-year center Kendall Bostic is not only an All-Big Ten player but a multiple-year student teacher making the annual ‘Field Trip Game’ extra special for her.

By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer

November 21, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Maybe more than anybody else on the Illinois roster, Kendall Bostic’s favorite game of a season has become the ‘Field Trip’ game.

The fifth-year senior, who has now experienced four straight starts at State Farm Center during the annual game where buses of students come to watch an 11 a.m. free admission game, has a special . . .

 

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