Senior forward Reggie Hill was just eight-years-old when he started playing basketball. However, Hill first started playing in football and later fell in love with basketball.

“It was a process and then I just kept playing and I grew to love it a lot more as I began to progress in the sport,” Hill said. 

While growing up and competing through high school level, Hill moved around, but never lost his drive to play basketball. Every new school was an opportunity for Hill to learn and expand his skills in the game. The schools Hill played for ranged from public school his freshman year to a prep school his sophomore year and then back to a public school for his junior and senior years.

“I always felt like every school I went to was basically a level up from the last school I was at,” Hill said. “I was always trying to find the best high school to play ball at. That ended up being Melbourne High School. I played for my last two years at Melbourne High School.”

After graduating high school Hill attended Eastern Florida State College as a freshman. He then transferred to a Division I school in Louisiana before finally finding a home at Midwestern State. 

“I was on a couple of visits to a couple of D2’s around, and MSU was just when I got on campus I knew it was the spot for me. Then speaking with Coach Leslie and Coach Casey, they just broke it down to me in a way I just couldn’t give up or miss out on the chance to be here,” Hill said.

Coming from a Division I to a Division II was a big change. 

“It was definitely a big change and it was a good change. It was a humbling change, coming from a D1 we are very spoiled and the budget is a little bit higher there, so you know having to step down to a division II the budget is a bit lower, the things I had access to back at my old school, it is different coming here but regardless of any of that the atmosphere here is a lot different, and a lot more homey, and I like the homey feeling over the get whatever you want feeling,” Hill said. “And not just to the team or anything, but everybody in the area, like all the fans and everybody who comes around, don’t get me wrong, I am not bashing my old team or anything, it was very nice as well, but just being here I don’t know its a different feel.”

Through the two years Hill has played as a Mustang he has dominated on the court.

Hill averaged 8.7 points per game in the 2023-2024 season, and 7.2 points per game in the 2024-2025 season.

Where Hill really dominated was in rebounds, over the two years he had a total of 362 rebounds, 265 of those being defensive.

It was no surprise that he was named the Lone Star Conference defensive player of the week on January 25, 2025. The week of receiving the honor, Hill had 12 defensive rebounds and blocked two shots in the Mustangs win over Cameron University and Oklahoma Christian University.

That same week in the game against Oklahoma Christian Hill had a double-double, 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first 16 minutes of the game. He also had a total of four steals that same game.

While Hill’s time as a collegiate basketball player came to an end when the Mustangs lost in the South Central semifinals in the NCAA Division II tournament, he has plans to further his basketball career. 

“My goal A is to go overseas and play basketball, or even the G League. I want to put that in the rotation as well. But either G League or overseas, that definitely plan A,” Hill said. “Plan b is definitely to back up my major and everything like that. But honestly I really want to continue playing basketball.”

Hill would not be where he was without his family and all of the coaches who have built him up as a player. His mom is one of the people he looks up to most in the world. 

“My role model is my mother. I am, well from my mom, I am the first of all her ten kids, and I just look up to my mom. She is actually my motivation as well. She has so many kids and she always makes a way for all of us, just to drive and the hard works she puts in for us night in and night out. And just pushes me to put that work in on my time, to make it to where I want to be to support her so she doesn’t have to keep straining her body,” Hill said.

While basketball is a big part of who Hill is, his family plays a much bigger role in the dreams he has for his life.

“It’s mostly just getting my younger siblings and my mom to a place where they can see the brighter side of things… I want them to be able to venture out to see that things can be brighter on the other side,” Hill said. 

The best piece of advice Hill has received that he wants to pass down to his younger siblings is to put their faith in Christ.

“I would just let them know to put their faith in Jesus Christ. I’ve been through different obstacles throughout life and without my faith in God or Jesus Christ I definitely wouldn’t have made it as far as I have now,” Hill said. “I definitely wouldn’t be in the humble mindset that I am at this moment to keep going. Keep your faith in God. Best advice I have received is to pray.”