Anthony Hilliard

Anthony Hilliard
No. 3 – Club Malvin
PositionShooting guard / small forward
LeagueLiga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
Personal information
Born (1986-06-28) June 28, 1986 (age 38)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
High schoolSeventy-First
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)
CollegeElizabeth City State (2005–2009)
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010Verviers-Pepinster
2010–2011Okapi Aalstar
2011–2012Artland Dragons
2012–2014Antibes Sharks
2014–2015Bisons Loimaa
2015–2016Tsmoki-Minsk
2016Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2017–2018Enisey
2018–2019Le Portel
2019–2020Champville
2020Benfica
2021Kauhajoki Karhu
2021–presentMalvín
2022–2023Taranaki Airs
2023Urunday Universitario
Career highlights and awards

Anthony Montrel Hilliard (born June 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player.

College career

Hilliard played four years of college basketball for the Elizabeth City State Vikings between 2005 and 2009, where he was named the CIAA Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009.[1][2]

Professional career

Hilliard played his first two professional seasons in Belgium for Verviers-Pepinster (2009–10) and Okapi Aalstar (2010–11).[3] In 2011–12, he played in Germany for the Artland Dragons.[4] Between 2012 and 2014, he played in France for Antibes Sharks.[3] He then played in Finland for Bisons Loimaa in 2014–15 and in Belarus for Tsmoki-Minsk in 2015–16.[3] He won a championship in 2016 in the Belarus Premier League.[5]

Hilliard started the 2016–17 season in Israel for Maccabi Rishon LeZion[6] before joining Enisey in January 2017.[3] He continued with Enisey for the 2017–18 season.[3] He returned to France for the 2018–19 season to play for Le Portel.[3][7]

On August 27, 2019, Hilliard signed with Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League.[8] In January 2020, he moved to Portugal to play for Benfica.[3]

In February 2021, Hilliard returned to Finland to play out the 2020–21 season with Kauhajoki Karhu.[3] For the 2021–22 season, he played for Malvín of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB) in Uruguay.[3]

On May 20, 2022, Hilliard signed with the Taranaki Airs for the rest of the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[9] In 15 games, he averaged 26.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.[10]

Hilliard returned to Malvín in Uruguay for the 2022–23 season.[11] He re-joined the Taranaki Airs for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[12]

In July 2023, Hilliard joined Urunday Universitario of the Uruguay Metropolitan League.[3] He returned to Malvín for the 2023–24 LUB season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hilliard named CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year". Ecsu.edu. 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. ^ "CIAA Basketball Coaches Association announces selections for 2009 All-Conference Teams and Players of the Year". onnidan.com. February 18, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Anthony Hilliard". australiabasket.com. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  4. ^ frankfurtskylinervoice (2011-12-30). "Who Needs A Tyrese Rice When The Artland Dragons Have David Holston? | German Hoops". Germanhoops.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. ^ "Anthony Hilliard now with Maccabi Rishon - Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  6. ^ "Maccabi Rishon released Anthony Hilliard - eurobasket News". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  7. ^ "Anthony Hilliard signs with Le Portel". Sportando. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Champville officially signs Anthony Hilliard". Sportando. August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. ^ "We would like to welcome Anthony Hilliard to the team as the final piece to our puzzle!". facebook.com/TaranakiBasketball. May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Anthony Hilliard". nznbl.basketball. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Hilliard is back at Malvin, ex Airs". latinbasket.com. October 8, 2022. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT". facebook.com/TaranakiBasketball. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.