Illinois Wesleyan senior Alex Hill finished her career ranked in five categories - she is No. 3 all-time in block assists (284), tied for No. 6 in total blocks (342), No. 15 in kills (953), No. 15 in blocks per set (0.76) and played in the 10th most sets all-time at IWU (448).
In her career she was named to 10 all-tournament teams, was twice named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Player of the Week" and was all-CCIW second team as a sophomore.
A business major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Lindsay and David Hill.
Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: It felt like the right school for me
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Power Walking
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Not getting compensated financially and being expected to have better grades than a Division I or II student athlete that is getting compensated financially ….. does that make sense?
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? I seem to have short-term memory loss when it comes to bad grades ?
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Tight spaces, i.e. getting locked in a casket or MRI tube
Worst habit: Sometimes I have a staring problem. If something or someone is catching me off guard by their actions, I tend to stare and not have that internal filter telling me to stop.
Most expensive traffic ticket: $175 speeding ticket
Language I’d like to learn: Norwegian
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: A week or so and then it would get annoying not being able to get a hold of people
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Disciplined
Favorite sports figures: USA women's volleyball team
My greatest moment in sports was: Winning the Midwest qualifier in Indianapolis with my high school senior year club team
The best player I ever faced was: Kelly Murphy, who played at the University of Florida and is now going overseas to play
Worst dresser on my team: We all have great style, even Ethan’s floral Hawaiian shorts he wears to practice sometimes.
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: We just cleaned out our fridge, but our freezer is a scary place…I think it still has Eryn Finet’s grandma’s pizza lasagna in it from season last year
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Luke Bryan
Favorite food: My dad’s fish tacos
Vegetable I won’t eat: Cooked carrots
Pepsi or Coke?: Neither, sometimes I feel crazy and have a few sips of Pepsi though
Favorite TV show: "How I Met Your Mother"
Favorite music artist: Frank Sinatra, he’s the man.
Favorite movie: "Pretty Woman"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Julia Roberts
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "Early Bird Gets the Worm"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Princess Diana
My dream job would be: Hair dresser and own my own salon
Place I’d most like to live: Denver, Colorado
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Go on a mission trip to a third world country and a family vacation to Napa Valley
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: One of my roommates
Who is the luckiest person in the world? The luckiest people in the world are those who were fortunate enough to have known Andrew Weishar and have been changed by his life story
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Life being carefree and so much playtime
