Hall of Fame
Todd Hutcheson, 2009 - Todd Hutcheson was instrumental in the success of Western Illinois men’s basketball in the 1980’s. A four-year varsity letterwinner at Western, he received a number of academic and athletic honors and is still among Western’s all-time leaders in a number of statistical categories. In 1984, his senior campaign, he earned First Team all-conference honors, was voted as most valuable player at the conference tournament and was recognized as an Honorable Mention All-American.
Currently, Hutcheson is 13th in career points at Western (1,228) and is a member of the prestigious 1,000 Point Club. Other notable statistical records include: second in career field goal percentage (.535, 455-850), ninth in career field goals (408), 10th in career free-throw attempts (386), ninth in total single-season free-throw attempts (190) and was the 1983-84 team leader in points per game (17.9), free throws made (132 and rebounds per game (8.5).
Hutcheson saw success off the court as well. In 1984, Hutcheson received the Division I Basketball Academic All-American Post-Graduate Scholarship Award. He was a recipient of the James Grigsby Student Leader Award and was selected to the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity. Hutcheson graduated from Western Illinois in 1984 with High Honors and a bachelor’s degree of applied science in industrial technology and a minor in mathematics and operations management.
After Western, Hutcheson went on to attain a variety of professional experiences and accolades. In 1998, he earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Iowa. In 2007-08, he was selected to and completed the Leadership Iowa Program. In 2005, the Rockwell Collins plant in Coralville, Iowa, which he directed, was a finalist site for the Shingo National Business Prize. From 1996-97, he was the President of the Collins Leadership Club. He was a member of the 1995 Rockwell “Chairman’s Team Award” winning team and was the 1985 Rockwell International Production Operations Engineer of the Year.
A Boone, Iowa native and 1980 graduate of Boone High School, Hutcheson achieved numerous recognitions prior to Western. He lettered in three varsity sports at Boone, basketball (1977-80), football (1978-79) and track and field (1977-80). In basketball, he earned all-state honors in 1980, all-conference honors in 1979 and 1980 and was named a Street and Smith All-American in 1980. He holds the high school records for points, rebounds and shooting percentage over a career, season and single-game. As a football player, he was named an all-conference performer in 1978 and 1979 and all-state in 1979. In track and field, he was conference champion in the high jump (1979) and shot put (1980) and participated in two Drake Relays (1979 and 1980). He also holds the school records in the high jump (6’6”-1979) and shot put (53’4”-1980). He was a National Honor Society member, on the honor roll for all eight high school semesters and a Geoppinger Award Winner.
Since 2006, Hutcheson is the Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Senior Director for Human Resources and Lean. Previously, he has served for Rockwell Collins as Plant Director (2003-06), Director for Lean Supply, Sub-Contracts and Logistics (2001-03), Director for Build Core Process Optimization (2001), Enterprise Resource Planning Programs (1996-01) as well as various operation leadership positions (1984-96).
Hutcheson resides in Marion, Iowa with his wife, Cindy, sons, Tige and Trey and daughter, Allie.
