James Hill

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Lakeshore, Ontario
High School:
Assumption Catholic

Michigan Career
• U-M's Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
• U-M Academic Athletic Achievement (2023)

Season: 2022-23 (Michigan)
• Played in six tournaments with two starts
• Averaged 76.88 strokes per round
   • Recorded two sub-par rounds
   • Shot a season-low 69 (-3) in the first round of the Tiger Collegiate Invitational (April 9-10)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 225 (69-77-79) at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational

Detroit Mercy Career
• 3x Horizon League Golfer of the Week (March 11 & 18, 2021 and March 31, 2022)
• GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars (2022)
• 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2019, '20, '21, '22)
• 2x Horizon League All-Academic Team (2021, '22)
• 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019, '20, '21)
• 3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, '21, '22)
• Started all 26 of his Detroit Mercy events
• Finished as the top Titan in 12 of his 26 tournaments
• Averaged 75.86 strokes per round during his career
   • Posted 16 career rounds of par or better with 14 sub-par tallies
• Recorded three sub-70 rounds -- a career-low 69 three times

Season: 2021-22 (Detroit Mercy)
• Started all eight tournaments
• Posted five top-15 finishes, with three top-10
• (tri) medalist honors at the Butler Spring Invitational (March 28-29)
• Led the Titans in six of his eight tournaments
• Played in third the Horizon League Championship (April 24-26), finishing 13th at 220 (74-75-71)
• Averaged a team-best 74.00 strokes per round average, tied for 10th lowest in school history
   • Had nine rounds of par or better with seven sub-par rounds and one sub-70
   • Shot a career-low-tying 69 (-1) in the first round of the Butler Spring Invitational
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 139 (69-70) at the Butler Spring Invitational
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 219 (70-71-78) at the Valpo Fall Invitational (Sept. 20-21)

Season: 2020-21 (Detroit Mercy)
• Fall season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Started five of six spring tournaments
• Led the Titans in three of his five tournaments
• Posted three top-20 finishes, two top-10 with a season-best tie for fourth at Benbow Invitational (March 8-9)
• Played in second Horizon League Championship (April 25-27), tying for 18th at 227 (77-77-73)
• Averaged a team-best 74.43 strokes per round
   • Had four sub-par rounds with one sub-70
   • Shot a career-low-tying 69 (-3) in the second round at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 14-16)
• Tallied a season-low 36-hole total of 148 (78-70) at the Benbow Invitational
• Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 213 (74-69-70, -3) at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate

Season: 2019-20 (Detroit Mercy)
• Four spring season tournaments and postseason (Horizon & NCAA) was canceled due to COVID-19
• Led the Titans in one of his four tournaments
• Posted a season-best tie for 25th (79-79-76/234) at the Orlando Invitational (March 9-10)
• Averaged 77.73 strokes per round
   • Shot a season-low 72 (+2) in the second round of the Bucknell Invitational (Oct. 13-14)
• Tallied a season-low 36-hole total of 149 (77-72) at the Bucknell Invitational
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 226 (75-74-77) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2)

Season: 2018-19 (Detroit Mercy)
• Started eight of nine tournaments
• Made his collegiate debut, first career start, at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (Sept. 2-3)
• Led the Titans in two of his nine tournaments
• Played in first Horizon League Championship (April 21-23) as a substitute in the second round
• Averaged 77.40 strokes per round
   • Posted a career-low 69 (-3) in the third round of the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate
   • First Detroit Mercy freshman to post a sub-70 round since 2012 (six years)
• Had three sub-par rounds, with one sub-70
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 214 (74-71-69, -2) at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate
   • Lowest 54-hole total by a Titan player since 2016 (two years)

Prep Career
• Earned four varsity letters in golf and as well as lettering in badminton, tennis and volleyball
• Selected the team MVP as a junior and senior and was the Windsor Essex Sports Person of the Year nominee in both seasons
• Won the South Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (SWOSSA) championship in 2017 firing a 69 and was the runner-up for the Windsor and Essex County Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WECSAA) tournament in 2017 and 2018
• Led his team to a WECSAA and SWOSSA team championship in 2017 and helped his squad to an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championship appearance in 2017
Outside of high school, won the 90th Annual Essex Kent match play championship and had four wins on the Jamieson Vitamins Junior Golf Tour, including carding a 68 at Erie Shores Golf Club and a career-best 66 at Beach Grove Golf and Country Club

Personal
• Son of Millicent and James Hill
• Born August 24, 2000 in Windsor, Ontario
• Graduated from Detroit Mercy with a finance degree (May, 2022)
• Earned a real estate certificate at Michigan (April, 2023)

Personal Notes
• Comes from an athletic family as his mom played basketball at Niagara, his grandfather and uncle played baseball at Michigan State and another uncle and cousin played football at MSU

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	18	36	54	72	T-5	T-10	T-20	Sub-Par	Par	MP
2018-19	9	9	25	1935	77.40	69 (-3)	0	214	0	1	1	3	3	0	0-0-0
2019-20	4	4	11	855	77.73	72	149	226	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0-0
2020-21	5	5	14	1042	74.43	69 (-3)	148	213 (-3)	0	1	2	4	4	0	0-0-0
2021-22	8	8	21	1554	74.00	69 (-1)	139 (-1)	219	0	1	3	4	7	2	0-0-0
2022-23	6	2	17	1307	76.88	69 (-3)	-	225	-	0	0	0	2	0	0-0-0
Career	31	27	88	6693	76.06	69 (4x)	139	213	0	3	6	11	16	2	0-0-0