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Philip Hutcheson is being inducted into the Tennessee Sports
Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievements on the basketball
court, he is to be honored for accomplishments off the court
as well. Recently named athletic director for his alma mater
Lipscomb University, Hutcheson is a proven leader.
Graduating
as the 1990 valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA and receiving every
honor a student-athlete can receive along the way, most notably
The James R. Byers Award for excellence in character, Christian
leadership and athletic accomplishment and Lipscomb's 1990
"Bachelor of Ugliness" presented to the male student
who best represents the all-around nature of the student body.
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On the
court, he led his Bison basketball team to a career record
of 139 - 16 accumulating 4,106 points along the way; a record
for all of college basketball at that time. Scoring double
figures every game of his four-year collegiate career (155
games), he also holds the Lipscomb single season records for
points scored (1,277), field goals attempted (826), field
goals made (518) and free throws attempted (339). Hutcheson
currently holds the Lipscomb University career records for
free throws attempted (1,176), field goals attempted (2,621),
most games played (155) and double-figure games (155) - 2nd
highest point total (4,106), and rebound total (1,112) in
Lipscomb history.
As an athlete, Hutcheson accumulated numerous awards including
College Times 1988-89 Player of the Year, College Times 1989-90
College Division Co-Player of the Year, NAIA All-American
four consecutive years, NABC 1990 All-American Division II
Player of the Year, Street & Smith Magazine Super 5 All-American
in 1988 and 1989, NAIA's Frank Hesselroth Leadership Award
in 1989, Tennessee Sports Writers Association First All-State
Basketball Team in 1990, 1990 NAIA Player of the Year and
chosen in 1989 and 1990 as the CoSIDA/GTE Academic Player
of the Year.
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Hutcheson,
also inducted into the Lipscomb University Athletic
Hall of Fame and the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1997, had
his jersey number 44 retired by the school - the first
in Lipscomb history.
Hutcheson's
successes continued following his college basketball
days including a stint in professional basketball for
the Music City Jammers in Nashville and later for a
team in Manchester, England. Off the court, Hutcheson
went on to earn a Master's Degree from the University
of Georgia followed by a principal role in his family's
business, Sessions Paving Company, and recently returning
to David Lipscomb University as their director of athletics.
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