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Todd Poling is a Vermillion native who played football and ran track and field for the Coyotes in the 1980s. He was an NCC champion in the 1985 indoor 800-meter run and qualified for the NCAA outdoor national championships by posting a personal best time of 1:51.11. He was a member of several 4x400-meter relay teams. Poling was also a receiver on the 1986 football team which was national runner-up. Poling was named USD's Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Hoy Award recipient in 1988.
 
Upon graduation, Poling earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University. In 2005, he founded Vantage Point Advisors, which became one of the largest independent business valuation firms on the West Coast prior to being acquired by Stout, a leading global investment bank, in October of 2022.
 
Poling and his wife, Rosie, reside in San Diego, California and have two children, Gia and Ryan. The couple has contributed to more than 30 different funds at USD over the last several decades.