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Career Honors:
2023 Naval Academy Valedictorian
2023 CSC Academic All-American (First Team)
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American (Third Team)
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District (First Team)
2022 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2021 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2020 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2019 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
 
2022 (Senior): Finished collegiate career ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2023, being named the class valedictorian … Named College Sports Communicators (CSC – formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-American (First Team), CSC Academic All-District, and ACWPC All-Academic Team … In the pool, played in 29 of 31 games, finishing with 15 points on 10 goals and five assists … Scored goals in nine games with a season-best two scores against Mount St. Mary’s … Also found the back of the net against Biola (Navy Open), Cal Lutheran (Navy Open), Wagner (2x – including the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament), Gannon, McKendree, The Mount, and #17 Fordham … Credited with assists against Biola (Navy Open), #3 USC (Aggie Roundup), Mount St. Mary’s, Wagner, and Salem … Defensively, recorded 14 steals with 11 ejections drawn.
 
2021 (Junior): Named Third Team College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) Academic All-American (the only water polo player in the country represented on the list of 2021-22 Academic All-Americans), First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District, and ACWPC All-Academic Team … Fifth different (sixth total) Navy water polo player to garner Academic All-America recognition and the first since Jackson Hummeldorf was named to the first team in 2012-13 … Played in 28 of Navy’s 29 games during the season … The defensive specialist registered six goals and three assists for nine total points in 2021, while finishing with 15 steals and six ejections drawn … Scored goals against Salem (Navy Open), Brown (Princeton Invitational), #16 Fordham (Sept. 26), George Washington, and #15 Fordham (Nov. 6) … Registered a season-best three points on a season-high two goals and an assist against Salem … Also added helpers against Biola (Gary Troyer Tournament) and #18 Fordham (MAWPC Tournament).
 
2020 (Sophomore): Named to the 2020-21 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in all seven games during the season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) … Scored seven points on a pair of goals and five assists … Notched a season-best two points with a season-high two assists against Iona and at La Salle … Netted a goal against #10 Bucknell and La Salle, while adding a helper at George Washington … Defensively, registered three steals.
 
2019 (Freshman): Named to the 2019 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 27 of 29 games as a freshman … Scored eight goals and had four assists for 12 total points … Score goals in six games with multiple goals in a pair of contests … Netted two goals against #19 Brown (Princeton Invitational) and Santa Clara (Princeton Invite), while also finding the back of the net against #2 UCLA (Navy Open), #12 Harvard (Princeton Invite), Wagner, and #17 George Washington … Credited with assists in four games – #2 UCLA (Navy Open), Wagner, Chapman (Gary Troyer Tournament), and Fordham (Mid-Altlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament) … Defensively, recorded 10 steals and seven ejections drawn.
 
High School / Personal: Graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif. … Helped lead water polo team to CIF-North Coast Section Championship in 2016 … Named Second Team DAL All-League – Foothill Division in 2018, while earning honorable mention accolades in 2017 … Played club water polo with Lamorinda Water Polo … Son of Jens and Corrie Hillen.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Hat Tricks	Steals	KOD
2019	27	8	4	12	0	10	7
2020 *	7	2	5	7	0	3	0
2021	28	6	3	9	0	15	6
2022	29	10	5	15	0	14	11
Totals	91	26	17	43	0	42	24

* – 2020 season played in the spring of 2021
 
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