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Compiled by Chris Jackson

It's not easy to select 20 male and female athletes from an entire century.

But that's what we endeavored to do.

There will certainly be some people left off the list that are deserving but we pressed on.

So with some help from the current UA coaches, we have picked the 10 best male and the 10 best female athletes of the past 100 years.

Also, the Wildcat asked the current UA head coaches to select All-Century teams in their respective sports.

We received teams from every sport except soccer, women's tennis, volleyball and softball. So we went ahead and selected the All-Century team in all of those sports except for women's tennis. Our apologies to the women's tennis players, past and present, as we did not feel we had enough available information to make fair selections.

Top 10 All-Century Male Athletes

1.

Ryk Neethling, swimming (has won seven NCAA individual titles in the past three years)

2.

Sean Elliott, basketball (all-time leading scorer with 2,550 points)

3.

Dennis Northcutt, football (all-time leader with 3,252 career receiving yards)

4.

Terry Francona, baseball (Golden Spikes Award winner in 1980)

5.

Rob Waldrop, football (1993 Outland Trophy Award winner)

6.

Chad Carvin, swimming (1994 NCAA swimmer of the year)

7.

Damon Stoudamire, basketball (all-time leader with 272 three-pointers)

8.

Chip Hale, baseball (all-time leader in hits, at-bats, games played and total bases)

9.

Trung Canidate, football (all-time leading rusher with 3,897 yards)

10.

Ricky Hunley, football (two-time consensus first team All-American)

Top 10 All-Century Female Athletes

1.

Amy Skieresz, cross country/track and field (won seven NCAA individual titles, six in track and field)

2.

Susie Parra, softball (101-9 with a 0.63 ERA for her career)

3.

Adia Barnes, basketball (all-time leader with 2,237 points in her career)

4.

Crissy Ahman, swimming (two-time NCAA champion in the 100-yard butterfly)

5.

Nancy Evans, softball (124-8 with a 1.28 ERA for her career)

6.

Jenny Dalton, softball (all-time leader with 293 runs scored)

7.

Trina Jackson, swimming (two-time NCAA champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle)

8.

Marisa Baena, golf (1996 NCAA individual champion)

9.

Alison McCutcheon, softball (all-time leader with .466 average with 148 stolen bases)

10.

Leah Braatz, softball (all-time leader with 85 home runs)