Hillary Ford

Position:
Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Palo Alto
Hometown:
Portola Valley, Calif.

At Princeton — 2010: earned All-Ivy League Honorable Mention after averaging 3.98 digs per set, seventh best in the Ivy League … led team in digs for third straight season with 370 … had 19 matches with at least 10 digs and five with at least 20 digs … had season-best 30 digs in season finale against Penn … led team with career-best 22 service aces, including three apiece in wins over George Mason and Harvard; added season-best four assists in win over Harvard. 2009: led team in digs for the second straight season after spending most of season as starting libero … averaged 3.78 digs per set … tied for the team lead with 14 total aces (.15 per set) … recorded trio of 30-dig matches, including career-best 32 digs at Harvard; also recorded 31 digs in home victory over Harvard and 30 digs in home victory over Cornell … recorded career-high four aces at Harvard … added three assists in home finale victory over Harvard. 2008: started every match at libero after graduation of former CVU.com Libero of the Year Jenny McReynolds '08 … led team with 4.23 digs per set … recorded season-high 25 digs in 3-2 win at Harvard … recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches and at least 20 digs in five matches … added 12 assists and 13 aces during the season.

At Palo Alto — lettered all four years, playing outside hitter, setter and defensive specialist … earned three Team MVP honors and was the league MVP as a senior … lead team to league title as a freshman, junior and senior; team went 79-30 during those three seasons … served as tri-captain senior year … three-time all-league selection … became only freshman on varsity team in 2004 … competed two years in track & field in high jump, long jump and triple jump … earned Excellence in Mathematics honor as a senior … earned Honors Awards in Spanish and Biology.

Personal — born July 15, 1990 … daughter of Kevin and Celeste Ford … father is a CFO, mother is a CEO … has an older sister Miranda and an older brother Nathan; Nathan was an All-Ivy quarterback and three-time All-Ivy baseball player at Cornell … interested in cooking, traveling and the beach … enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding and running.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	SP	K	K/s	E	TA	Pct.	A	A/s	SA	SE	D	D/s	BS	BA	TB	B/s	Pts
2008	71	4	.06	1	16	.188	12	.2	13	8	300	4.2	0	0	0	0	17.0
2009	96	1	.01	1	7	.000	9	.1	14	3	363	3.8	0	0	0	0	15.0
2010	93	1	.01	1	11	.000	22	.2	22	5	370	4.0	0	0	0	0	23.0
Totals	260	6	.02	3	34	.088	43	.2	49	16	1033	4.0	0	0	0	0	55.0