NDSU

2006 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): No. 1 starter the first three weeks of the season for Northern Iowa before a season-ending injury...Settled for a 1-0 record and 4.09 ERA in 11 innings of work...Started the season-opener at Arkansas-Little Rock (2/16) and struck out four batters in two innings of one-run ball...Hurled six scoreless innings for a win at Centenary (2/23)...Started and went three innings at New Mexico State but did not factor in the decision...2005 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Started 13 games at Northern Iowa...Pitched a team-high 78 innings with 46 strikeouts...Finished with a 5-4 record and 4.73 ERA...Recorded his first collegiate win against Centenary (2/20)...Pitched a season-high 8.0 innings against Bucknell (3/15)...Struck out a season-high eight Illinois State batters (4/29)...Pitched his first complete game against Bradley (5/13), a seven-inning bout, and struck out the final batter looking...Led UNI with 21 batters struck out looking...2004 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the entire season as a redshirt in the Northern Iowa program...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2003 from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School...Three-year starter in baseball and a four-year starter in basketball...Named the St. Cloud Times Player of the Year in baseball and basketball...2003 Gatorade Player of the Year in basketball...All-conference three times in basketball and twice in baseball...PERSONAL: Majoring in health and physical education...Had Tommy John surgery in April 2003...Son of Scot and Mary Hille of Sauk Rapids, Minn...Family includes a younger sister, Kristen, who is an outside hitter and defensive specialist for the Bison volleyball team.

Hille's Statistics at Northern Iowa
Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO
2005....  4.73   5-4    14  13   1   0/0     0  78.0   98   51   41   27   46
2006....  4.09   1-0     3   3   0   0/0     0  11.0    9    7    5    6    8
TOTAL...  4.65   6-4    17  16   1   0/0     0  89.0  107   58   46   33   54