Awards & Accolades
-ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2021)
-ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023)
Graduate Student (2025 / High Point): Played in 54 games, making 51 starts... a .294 hitter tallied 57 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs, and drove in 49 runs... drew 31 walks and held a .390 on-base percentage... recorded 14 multi-hit games, including eight games with three or more hits.. had 15 multi-rbi games and drove in four runs three separate times... held a .996 fielding percentage behind the dish... threw 10 runners out trying to steal and tallied 27 assists.Â
Senior (2024 / Liberty:Â Played in four games, making one start.
Junior (2023 / Liberty):Â Started 57 games... made 37 starts at catcher, 15 in left field and five as the designated hitter... hit .244 with 33 RBI and 39 runs scored... hit 10 doubles and six home runs... walked 31 times... tied a career-high with four hits, including a home run, drove in two runs and had two runs scored in a 10-3 in game one of a doubleheader (3/4)... knocked in two runs with two hits including a double at FGCU (3/18)... hit a two-run home run and scored twice in a 9-1 victory at Kennesaw State (4/15)... belted a two-run home run, walked and scored a run in a win over Jacksonville State (5/6)... had two hits, including a home run, walked and scored three runs in a victory over Jacksonville State (5/7)... had two hits, walked and scored a run against FGCU in pool play at the ASUN Baseball Championship (5/24)
Sophomore (2022 / Liberty):Â 2022 ASUN All-Tournament team... played in 53 games, starting 52.. made 45 starts in left field, six at catcher and one as the designated hitter... batted .309 with 43 RBI and 42 runs scored... hit 17 doubles and eight home runs... posted a .414 on base percentage... had two hits, including a solo home run and scored two runs in 14-5 win over Canisius (3/6)... collected two hits, one a double, in an 11-5 win in a game two of a doubleheader at North Florida (3/19)... belted a two-run home run in a 7-5 victory at North Florida (3/20)... hit a three-run home run in an 8-3 win over FGCU (4/9)... scored three times in a 22-4 victory over North Florida (4/22)... hit a two-run home run at Wake Forest (5/3)... collected three hits, walked, drove in a run and scored a run at Jacksonville (5/7)... had a career-high seven RBI with four hits, including a double and a home run in a 23-3 win at FGCU (5/14).... collected four hits, three doubles and four RBI against Kennesaw State (5/19)... had two hits, walked and scored three times in 16-12 victory over Kennesaw State (5/21)... two of his four hits were home runs, driving in four runs and scoring four runs in 18-9 win over Eastern Kentucky in the ASUN Semifinals (5/27)... had two hits and scored a run against Central Michigan at NCAA Gainesville Regional (6/4)
Freshman (2021 / Liberty): Saw action in five games with one start... hit .167 with a walk... singled as a pinch hitter for first collegiate hit in the second game of a doubleheader at TCU (2/27)... started as Liberty’s designated hitter at UCF (3/7).
Prep:
- Graduate of Asheville High School
- Three-time All-Conference team member
- All-State in 2019
- 2020 Western Carolina Male Athlete of the Year
- 17-0 in career as a pitcher
- Starting quarterback on football team, setting school records for touchdowns, completions and passing yards
Personal
- Son of Kelly and Bill Hillier Jr.
- Father played baseball at UNC Asheville and played professionally in the Cleveland Indians organization
- Mother ran track at Western Carolina
- Grandfather Bill Hillier played football and baseball at Otterbein. He was later head baseball coach at Duke
- Majoring in sport management
- Birthday is August 1
