CAREER HONORS
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020)
• MIVA Academic All-Conference (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2020 (Senior)
• Played in eight matches and started four
• Put forth 25 kills, 17 digs, seven blocks, seven aces and five assists
• Averaged a team-high .37 aces per set
• Opened the season with eight kills, three aces and two block assists for a dozen point versus North Greenville (1/4)
2019 (Junior)
• Battled back from a Fall semester injury to play in five matches, including a pair of starts
• Compiled 68 assists, nine digs, eight kills, six aces and four blocks
• Attacked .700 (8-1-10) from the front row
• Registered 8.5 points at USC (3/9) with four kills on five attempts, four aces and a block assist
• 2019 Huntington Bucks Go Pro2.0 intern (Budros, Ruhlin & Roe)
2018 (Sophomore)
• Played in 18 matches totaling 22 sets
• Dished out 15 assists, including a six-assist effort at Ball State
• Recorded two aces and two digs
• Served 26 times in total
2017 (Freshman)
• Played in 21 matches, making 41 service attempts
• Recorded four service aces and a pair of digs
• Ripped an ace on the very first serve of his career
• Posted an ace in back-to-back matches vs. Saint Francis (3/3) and UC San Diego (3/10)
PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
• AVCA First Team High School Senior All-American
• Three-year captain and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association state champion for Parkland High
• Earned Penn Live‘s Player of the State Championship award after lifting PHS to its first boys volleyball state crown in school history
• All-Pennsylvania performer
PERSONAL
• Son of Bruce and Karen Hillman
• Finance major
• Sister, Erin, was a four-year starter for the Eastern University women’s volleyball program
