Central College Athletics

Hali Hillegas joined the Central Volleyball staff as an assistant coach in 2020.

A 2019 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Hillegas was a second-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference libero in 2019. The Panthers captured the 2019 ACC crown with an 18-0 mark and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Divison I Championships

Hillegas led the team with 4.26 digs per set in her only season, which ranked second in the ACC, racking up 26 digs in a match with Louisville. She was one of three players to compete in all 111 sets in 2019 and was tabbed for the ChampYinz Invitational all-tournament squad.

Prior to transferring to Pittsburgh, Hillegas spent the first four years of her college career at Iowa State University, where she gained AVCA honorable mention all-American honors in 2017. She also was named the league's libero of the year while earning first-team all-Big 12 recognition. She was a seven-time Big 12 defensive player of the week.

Hillegas played in all 92 of Iowa State's matches over her final three seasons there, amassing 1,477 career digs.  She was also a four-time academic all-conference honoree between her two schools.

A Charles City native, Hillegas was a four-year letterwinner and a two-time first team Class 4A all-state selection at Charles City High School. She notched 330 kills with a sizzling .451 hitting percentage as a senior for the Comets, who reached the state quarterfinals. Hillegas helped lead the school to a state crown as a sophomore. She also competed in basketball, track and field and softball in high school.

Achievements

Central College

• (2) All-conference selections
• (1) All-conference honorable mentions

Athletics career

University of Pittsburgh

• Team had 30-2 (.936) record, 18-0 (1.000) mark in Atlantic Coast Conference games in one season
• (1) varsity letter
• (1) NCAA Division I tournament berths – 2019
• (1) Atlantic Coast Conference championship teams – 2019
• (1) Atlantic Coast Conference all-conference selections - 2019 (second team)
• (473) career digs

Iowa State University

• Team had 80-42 (.656) record, 41-23 (.640) mark in Big-12 games in four seasons
• (3) NCAA Division I tournament berths – 2015, 2016, 2017
• (1) National Invitational Volleyball Championship title - 2018
• (1) AVCA All-America, honorable mention (2017)
• (1) AVCA All-Midwest Region, first team (2017)
• (1) Big 12 Libero of the Year (2017)
• (1) Big 12 all-conference, first team (2017)
• (1) Big-12 all-freshman team (2016)
• (7) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (2016: Oct. 31, Nov. 21; 2017: Sept. 4, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, Oct. 30; 2018: Sept. 10)
• (2) Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Nov. 7, 2016; Nov. 14, 2016)
• (1,477) career digs