Kenny Hutchinson Explained

Kenny Hutchinson
Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:190
Birth Date:13 December 1963
Birth Place:Laie, Hawaii, United States
High School:Benjamin Franklin
(Manhattan, New York)
Martin Luther King
(Manhattan, New York)
College:Arkansas (1984–1987)
Draft Year:1987
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Kenny Hutchinson (born December 13, 1963) is an American former basketball player.[1] He emerged as a top college prospect while playing basketball in New York City at Benjamin Franklin High School and Martin Luther King Jr. High School.[2] While playing at Franklin, Hutchinson was part of a star line-up alongside Richie Adams, Gary Springer and Walter Berry.[3] He won a state championship in 1982 before the school closed down that same year.[4] Hutchinson transferred to King for his final year, where he was named a second-team Parade All-American in 1983. During his high school years, he was an avid streetball basketball player at Rucker Park participating in the Entertainer's Basketball Classic.[5]

Hutchinson was recruited by the defending NCAA champions NC State, but he elected to enrol at the University of Arkansas to play for the Razorbacks.[6] Hutchinson did not originally qualify for a scholarship but eventually made the team in 1984.[7] Though naturally a point guard, Hutchinson played as a shooting guard at Arkansas.[8] Cocaine abuse cut down his time as a player as he tested positive for the drug twice during his time at the school.[4] Hutchinson was a walk-on during his redshirt junior season in 1986–87. He was not selected in the 1987 NBA draft.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Information: Kenny Hutchinson . Hog Stats . 21 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Elite 24: NYC legends. 17 May 2012.
  3. Web site: RICHIE TO RAGS FROM NBA PROSPECT TO A MURDER SUSPECT.
  4. Web site: FORMER SCHOOL STAR REBOUNDS ON LIFE. 24 December 1987. The New York Times.
  5. Book: Mallozzi, Vincent M.. Asphalt Gods: An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament. registration. 17 June 2003. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 9780385506755. Internet Archive.
  6. Book: Flying High. Spud. Webb. Reid. Slaughter. 1 January 1988. Harper & Row. 9780060158200. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Kenny Hutchinson, regarded as one of the nation's top....
  8. Book: Valenti, John. Swee'pea: The Story of Lloyd Daniels and Other Playground Basketball Legends. 5 July 2016. Simon and Schuster. 9781501116681. Google Books.