Tayler Hill

Tayler Hill
No. 4 – Washington Mystics
Position Shooting guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1990-10-23) October 23, 1990
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight 145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school South (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
College Ohio State (2009–2013)
WNBA draft 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–present Washington Mystics
2013 Ramat Hasharon
2016–present Bnot Hertzeliya
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2011, 2012)
  • 3× Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2010–2012)
  • McDonald's All-American (2009)
  • 2× Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year (2008, 2009)
  • 2× AP Minnesota Player of the Year (2008, 2009)
Stats at WNBA.com

Tayler Hill (born October 23, 1990) is an American basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. She was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school and left high school as the All-Time leading scoring in Minnesota basketball history with 3,888 points. She was selected 4th overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics.

Personal life

On December 6, 2013, the Washington Mystics announced that Hill was pregnant with her first child, with her boyfriend David Lighty.[1] The child was born June 18, 2014.[2]

High school career

Hill joined the team as an 8th grader. Hill won the state scoring title her sophomore and senior years and led South to a 139-14 record in her five-year career. After two consecutive Minnesota State High School League Class AAAA state championship losses to St. Paul Central, Minneapolis South got what they longed for by beating Centennial High School 68-61 in the 2009 class AAAA state final. Tayler Hill led all scorers, tying the all-time tournament record for most points in a single game with 47. Hill broke several Minnesota high school records in her senior season, including most career points with 3,894, most points in a single season with 1,053, and most free throw makes and attempts in a single season (270/350).

Hill was a two-time Gatorade Minnesota Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Hill, the number 7 overall recruit by Full Court Press[3] and the number 12 overall recruit by ESPN[4] chose Ohio State over Minnesota, Duke, Texas, and Marquette.

College career

As a freshman, Hill started all 36 games for the Buckeyes. During her freshman campaign, Hill averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals.[5] Hill increased her scoring each year that she was at Ohio State, and during her senior season she averaged 22.3 points per game.

During her time at Ohio State, Hill was honored to be on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, three consecutive seasons.[6] She also was a member of the Big Ten First Team during her junior and senior seasons. In her junior year, she hit 41.8% of her three-point field goal attempts, which placed her third best among the nation's Division I women's basketball players.[7]

College statistics

Source[7]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Ohio State 36 307 42.3 28.8 70.8 2.8 1.7 1.0 0.3 8.5
2010-11 Ohio State 34 421 40.1 28.7 77.6 4.3 3.6 1.6 0.4 12.4
2011-12 Ohio State 32 653 47.5 41.8 77.0 4.2 2.3 2.5 0.5 20.4
2012-13 Ohio State 30 634 40.5 31.7 82.4 4.3 2.9 2.2 0.5 21.1
Career Ohio State 132 2015 42.9 34.3 77.8 3.9 2.6 1.8 0.4 15.3

Professional

In the 2013 WNBA Draft, Hill was drafted fourth overall by the Washington Mystics.[8] After starting the season in the starting lineup, Hill has moved to a reserve role and has provided a spark along with fellow rookies, Emma Meesseman, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, and Nadirah McKenith.

Mystics General Manager and Coach Mike Thibault says Hill is ready to play in the 2015 WNBA season.[2]

She suffered a broken left middle finger in a game against the Seattle Storm in a loss. [9] On August 27, 2016, in a game against the San Antonio Stars she scored a career high 26 points.[10]

Tayler Hill finished second for Most Improved Player in the 2016 WNBA season, and one of the reasons why was that improved her scoring average from 7.5 ppg in 2015 to 15.4 ppg from the last season.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Washington Mystics guard Tayler Hill expecting her first child in May". swishappeal.com. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. 1 2 "Child's play: Guard Tayler Hill back in shape for upcoming Mystics season". Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Scout.com: Tayler Hill Signs With Ohio State". Wbb.scout.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Tayler Hill 2009 High School Girls' Basketball News - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  5. ↑ "Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Tayler Hill Named First Team All-Big Ten - Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site". Ohiostatebuckeyes.com. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  7. 1 2 "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  8. ↑ "Griner, Delle Donne, Diggins go 1-2-3". espn.go.com. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ Lee, Albert. "Tayler Hill suffers broken left middle finger after loss to Seattle Storm". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Lee, Albert (August 29, 2016). "Tayler Hills records 26 points in loss to San Antonio Stars". Bulletsforever. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Lee, Albert (22 April 2016). "Tayler Hill finishes second in 2016 MIP race disappointing fans". Bullets forever. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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