William Hilton '25 Recruiting Profile
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I am a rising junior entering the 2023-2024 school year. I have been a competitive golfer for a little longer than a year now and I have grown to love the game over that time. My goal is to play golf in college while getting a great education and degree.
I am a multi-sport athlete who decided to stop playing football & basketball going into 10th grade to start playing competitive golf. The past two Summers I spent my days at the golf course and fell in love with the game. Realizing I was starting this sport later than most I have to outwork everyone else to catch up and reach my goal. I have been working every day possible on my game. I have also played in as many tournaments as possible to gain valuable experience. In my first year I lowered my tournament scoring average by 5 strokes. My plan is to go as far as I can with my golf game and college is the next step in that plan. I have made incredible progress in my first year and plan to continue this in my junior and senior seasons.
Growing up playing multiple competitive sports has taught me to be mentally tough in pressure situations. I have learned to enjoy the pressure moments and have always excelled in these conditions. I have transferred this skill to my golf game and have had some of my best rounds against tougher competition and on challenging courses. This makes me different than many of the youth golfers out there.
Finally, and most importantly, I have worked just as hard in the classroom as on the course. I made honor roll my freshman and sophomore years while earning 3 varsity letters in two sports (golf and lacrosse). This shows that I will be able to handle the challenges of playing a sport while attending college.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 2 years
- 2023 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Team Captain. PIAA State Championship (37th/72). WPIAL Championship (10th/96)
- 2022 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- #1 Golfer in first year. WPIAL Finalist.
Coach References
- High School Coach
- Jeff Seybert
- Private Coach
- James Brod - Oakmont CC
Events
- Camp/Event
- WPIAL Golf Championship Final Round
- 10/01/24 to 10/01/24
- Shot a 72(+1) at Oakmont Country Club, home of the 2025 US Open. I finished 2nd/ 110 qualifiers to be the Silver Medalist for the Western Pennsylvania High School Championship.
- Camp/Event
- WPIAL Golf Championship Round 1
- 9/24/24 to 9/24/24
- Shot a 74(+2) to finish tied for 2nd place, one stroke behind the leader. Finished 2/110 sectional qualifiers. This is for the high school championship of Western Pennsylvania. Final round is next week at Oakmont CC.
- Camp/Event
- Golfweek Junior Tour Elite at Northstar
- 7/22/24 to 7/23/24
- Rd1: 69(-3), Rd2: 80(+8). 35/78
- Camp/Event
- Notah Begay III Ohio Regional
- 7/18/24 to 7/19/24
- Rd1: 72(+2), Rd2: 69(-1). Finished 6th/ 61.
- Camp/Event
- Tri-State PGS Junior Qualifier
- 7/15/24 to 7/15/24
- 36 Hole tournament in one day. Rd1: 74(+2), Rd2: 74(+2). Finished 8th/ 72. Heat index over 100 degrees.
- Camp/Event
- Golfweek Junior Tour at Marshall University
- 7/08/24 to 7/09/24
- Rd1: 72(+1), Rd2: 73(+2). Placed 6/ 47. 6,523 yards. Strong field with multiple D1 & D2 commits.
- Camp/Event
- 104th WPGA Junior Championship
- 6/10/24 to 6/11/24
- Rd1 76, Rd2 76. Placed 12/56. 6,401 Yards
- Camp/Event
- AJGA The Memorial Junior
- 6/03/24 to 6/05/24
- Finished 43/60 and missed the cut by one stroke after the second day. Shot Rd1 76(+7), Rd2 76(+7). This was my first full tournament of 2024 and I didn't have my best stuff, but grinded it out and almost made the cut of my first AJGA tournament.
- Camp/Event
- AJGA The Memorial Junior Qualifier
- 6/02/24 to 6/02/24
- Finished in 3rd place(3/54) to Qualify for AJGA The Junior Memorial tournament. Shot 72(+3).
- Camp/Event
- Golfweek Junior Tour at the University of Kentucky
- 11/04/23 to 11/05/23
- Finished 1 under par. 5th place/105 golfers. Rd 1: 73(+1), Rd 2: 70(-2)
- Camp/Event
- PIAA Pennsylvania 3A State Championship
- 10/16/23 to 10/17/23
- Rd1: 79(+7), Rd2: 72(E). Finished 37th/ 72
- Camp/Event
- AJGA Greenwood Preview
- 8/10/23 to 8/11/23
- RD1: 81, RD2: 79, finished 25/52
- Camp/Event
- HJGT Summer College Prep Series at Penn State #2
- 7/29/23 to 7/30/23
- Rd1: 72(E), Rd2: 72(E). Finished 7th out of 52.
- Camp/Event
- HJGT Olde Stonewall Junior Open
- 7/19/23 to 7/20/23
- Rd1: 69(-1), Rd2: 72. Finished 1st out of 38. Won by 10 strokes.
- Camp/Event
- HJGT Mid-Season Invitational
- 7/14/23 to 7/16/23
- Rd1: 75, Rd2: 80, Rd3: 81. Finished 30/65.
- Camp/Event
- HJGT Coastal Carolina Summer Junior Open
- 7/01/23 to 7/02/23
- Rd1: 80, Rd2: 76. Finished 8th out of 25.
- Camp/Event
- WPGA 103rd Junior Championship
- 6/12/23 to 6/12/23
- Western PA PGA Junior Championship. 36 holes in one day. Rd1: 78, Rd2: 73. Placed 10th/ 37 participants
- Camp/Event
- HJGT College Prep Series at Kent State
- 5/27/23 to 5/29/23
- 54 Hole Tournament. Round 1: 76, Round 2: 76, Round 3: 76. Placed 9th/ 38 participants
Additional Sports
- Lacrosse
- 7 years
- Varsity Team
- Earned varsity letter as a Freshman and Sophomore. Starting left attack as a Sophomore. Set high school single game record with 8 goals in one game.
Statistics
Academics
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Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Honors History Junior Year 2023-2024, Honors History Sophomore Year 2022-2023, Honors History & English Freshman Year 2021-2022Are you in AP/IB classes?
NoRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsHonor Roll Freshman Year 2021-2022, Honor Roll Sophomore Year 2022-2023, Honor Roll Junior Year 2023-2024
- ActivitiesVolunteer youth golf coach at Treesdale Country Club Summer golf program, Volunteer at Light of Life homeless shelter in Pittsburgh, PA., Student Government, Future Business Leaders of America, Ski Club, Caddy at Oakmont Country Club.
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