Trevor Hitchcock

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame will enshrine eight people at its 44th annual induction banquet on Monday, Feb. 16 at the Lakewood Rod & Gun Club. Below is the biography and photo of Trevor Hitchcock, one of the inductees of the CSHOF’s Class of 2026. The other inductees are Kenny Betts, Jennifer Giebner Donato, Karl Englert Jr., Brianne Prince Hazelton, Brian Hull, Kerry Kellogg and Dan Wolfe. Tickets are available for $50 at the CSHOF, 15 W. 3rd St, Jamestown; Matt’s News in Dunkirk; by calling chairman Chip Johnson at 716-485-6991; or online at www.chautauquasportshalloffame.org

A three-sport all-star in high school, an All-American in college and a respected coach and official – those impressive credentials led to a place in the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame’s Wall of Honor for 2026 inductee Trevor Hitchcock.

A 1991 graduate of Falconer Central School, Hitchcock excelled in three sports for the Golden Falcons: football, basketball and track & field. At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Hitchcock used his size, strength and agility to become a Post-Journal First Team All-Star in all three sports. Also an exceptional student and respected leader, he was selected for the 1990 American Legion Boys’ State program.

In 1989, 1990 and 1991, Hitchcock won both the Division II discus and shot put throws at the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Track & Field Championships. He was also the Section VI discus champ in ’90 and ’91 and, as a result, qualified for the New York State Championships. He finished sixth in the state for the discus in 1990 and improved to fifth place in 1991.

Hitchcock enrolled at SUNY Fredonia further developed his talents under legendary track & field coach Jim Ulrich Sr., a 2016 CSHOF inductee. Over the next four years, 1992-1995, Hitchcock became a force to be reckoned with across the state and nationally.

A nine-time State University of New York Athletic Conference champion, Hitchcock won the 35-pound weight throw in 1993, 1994 and 1995; captured the hammer throw title in 1993, 1994 and 1995; and was the SUNYAC discus king in 1993; and took the shot put crown in 1993 and 1994.

Hitchcock was also a six-time New York State Track & Field champion. He earned the indoor 35-pound weight throw crowns in 1993, 1994 and 1995. He was the NYST&F outdoor hammer throw king in 1993 and 1994 and captured the discus title in 1993.

Hitchcock competed successfully at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships during his Fredonia career. He was the 1994 indoor 35-pound weight champion and finished second the following year. He was runner-up in the hammer throw in 1994 and was fifth in ’95. Those four podium finishes earned him All-American status.

Trevor, who also established SUNY Fredonia records of 189 feet, 7 inches in the hammer toss and 62-10.5 in the 35-pound weight throw, was inducted into the SUNY Fredonia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. He began his coaching career in the Jamestown Public Schools. He was the freshman football coach at Jamestown High School from 1996-2012; was the assistant track coach at JHS in ’96; the head track coach at Frewsburg in 1997-1998; and an assistant track coach at SUNY Fredonia in 1998-1999.

Hitchcock worked as a basketball official for seven seasons before becoming a certified track official in 2013, a position he still holds. He was elected president of the Southwestern Chapter of the New York State Track Officials Association in 2022.

An elementary teacher in the Jamestown Public Schools, Hitchcock resides in Dunkirk. He and his wife are parents of two children.