Khaalia Hillsman

Khaalia Hillsman
Personal information
Born (1996-08-01) August 1, 1996 (age 28)
North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
High schoolWhitney M. Young Magnet High School
(Chicago, Illinois)
College
WNBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
PositionCenter
Career history
2018-2019AZS Poznań
2019-2020Maccabi Haifa
2020-2021Maccabi Ramat Gan
2021-2022Dynamo Moscow
2022Fuerza Regia Femenil
2022TFSE-MTK Budapes
2022-2023Antalya 07 Basketbol
2023Chicago Sky
2023-2024İzmit Belediyespor
2024-Beşiktaş
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x All-SEC Second Team (2017, 2018)

Khaalia Hillsman (born August 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. Hillsman is the daughter of former NBA player Benoit Benjamin .

College career

Hillsman came out of high school as the 47th overall rated recruit per ESPN HoopGurlz's rankings.[1] Hillsman committed to play for the Texas A&M Aggies, citing that she chose the Aggies because "I love the atmosphere, the team, the coaches, and the campus... also thought it would be a good fit with all the success assistant coach Bob Starkey has had with his post players."[2]

During her four years at A&M, Hillsman finished in the Top 10 all-time in scoring and rebounds. She was named to the All-SEC Second Team twice - 2017 and 2018 - and helped lead the Aggies to the Sweet 16 in 2018.[3][4][5]

College statistics

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Texas A&M 31 165 .544 .000 .569 5.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 5.3
2015–16 Texas A&M 32 234 .550 .000 .591 5.3 0.2 0.5 1.1 7.3
2016–17 Texas A&M 34 556 .624 .000 .790 8.2 0.9 0.6 1.2 16.4
2017–18 Texas A&M 36 517 .602 .000 .755 7.7 0.5 0.4 1.6 14.4
Career 133 1472 .593 .000 .721 6.6 0.5 0.4 1.1 11.1

WNBA career

Hillsman went undrafted in the 2018 WNBA Draft. She signed a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm on April 18, 2018.[6] Hillsman did not make the roster for the Storm, getting cut on May 16, 2018.[7]

Hillsman's next chance in the WNBA came in 2022, as she signed another training camp contract - this time with the Atlanta Dream.[8] Hillsman did not make the Dream roster.[9]

Hillsman signed another training camp contract in 2023 with the Connecticut Sun.[10] Hillsman, once again, did not make the final roster - getting waived on May 3, 2023.[11]

Chicago Sky

In June 2023, Hillsman signed a Hardship Contract with the Chicago Sky, after they had numerous injuries causing them to fall below 10 available players.[12] Hillsman made her WNBA debut on June 9, 2023, when the Sky faced the Los Angeles Sparks - recording 1 minute of play. Hillsman played in 1 game for the Sky, before being released from the hardship contract on June 17, 2023.[13]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2023 Chicago 1 0 1.0 — — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 1 0 1.0 — — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

References

  1. ^ "2014 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ Canizales, Nick. "Texas A&M Women's Basketball Signs Five-Star Post Khaalia Hillsman". kcentv.com. KCEN. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 SEC Women's Basketball Awards announced". secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. ^ "2018 SEC Women's Basketball Awards announced". secsports.com. SEC. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Khaalia Hillsman". 12thman.com. Texas A&M Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Seattle Adds Khaalia Hillsman, Emily Potter to Training Camp Roster". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Seattle Storm Waives Khaalia Hillsman and Brittany McPhee". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Dream sign N'dea Jones, Khaalia Hillsman to training camp deals". ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ^ @ATLDreamPR (April 22, 2022). "The Atlanta Dream announced today the team has waived center Khaalia Hillsman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "The Connecticut Sun Sign Caitlin Bickle, Jayla Everett and Khaalia Hillsman to Training Camp Contracts". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Connecticut Sun Waives Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Khaalia Hillsman and Kiara Smith". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  12. ^ Costabile, Annie. "Sky bring in Khaalia Hillsman and Taylor Soule on hardship contracts". chicago.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  13. ^ @chicagosky (June 17, 2023). "We have released Khaalia Hillsman from her hardship contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.