Known as the 'Blonde Bomber' for his perimeter shooting, Shidler was a key contributor on the 1978 national championship team who played 122 games across four seasons. A Parade All-American from Lawrenceville, Illinois, he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and showed the kind of personal toughness that defines this program when he traveled 150 miles to visit his seriously ill mother the night before the 1978 national semifinal, then returned to play the next day.