Hills enters her second season at Cal Poly Humboldt as the top assistant coach under Angela Spoja. She comes to Cal Poly Humboldt from Eastern Washington, where she was the assistant coach for one season with the Eagles.
Prior to being an assistant volleyball coach at her alma mater, Hills was the head coach of the U15, U16, U17 and U19 programs for the East Kootenay Volleyball Club in Cranbrook, British Columbia, from 2015-20. Her U18 squad captured the Division 2 national championship in Canada in 2017.
Hills started her coaching career as an assistant coach at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia from 2011-13 helping the program to its first-ever playoff berth in 2012.
Besides her two stops at East Kootenay Volleyball Club and Thompson Rivers University, Hills spent the past ten seasons coaching in Canada. From 2012-14, she was the head coach of the Volleyball Canada’s Center of Excellence in Kamloops, B.C. During her time there, she trained and developed athletes of all ages and levels using specific program guidelines, lesson plans and resources provided by Volleyball Canada.
Hills was a four-year letter-winner for the Eagles’ volleyball team during her intercollegiate career from 2006-2009. She was the 2008 Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player and a three-time All-Big Sky Conference First Team selection.
The 2008 Big Sky Championships All-Tournament Team honoree helped the Eagles to their first regular season title that season. During the 2008 campaign, Eastern Washington finished 18-11 overall and 12-4 in the Big Sky Conference.
She is second on the Eagles’ career list with 1,428 kills and is 17th in Big Sky Conference history. Her career average per set of 3.85 kills remains second in school history and 15th in the Big Sky. Twice during her career, she had 30 kills in a single match, ranking her third and she set a record for four-set match. Hill recorded at least 20 kills on 23 occasions, ranking her second at Eastern Washington including seven-straight matches in 2007.
In her senior season, Hills had a team leading 375 kills (3.50 kills/set to rank fourth in the conference) and was second on the team with her 292 digs (2.73 digs/set). During her career, Hills was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week six times including her senior season with impressive performances in victories over Montana and Montana State.
During her final three seasons at Eastern Washington, Hills played a key role in the Eagles going 26-6 in home matches.
Hills graduated from Eastern Washington with her bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 2010.
