The Berry Bucks are proud to nominate our captain #25 Collin Hill for the Donovan 2024 award.
Before Collin was even a freshman at Berry, he came to see the Bucks, traveled with them to tournaments, and impacted a team he wasn’t even a part of yet. As someone who had a very successful high school career in winning a U-20 championship with the ATLiens, it was no surprise that Collin was quickly established as one of the premier players for the Bucks. Collin brought a talented, levelheaded, and confident style of ultimate that the Bucks would rely on for the next four years. During his debut season with the Bucks, he played a key role in the team reaching nationals and placing 6th and 3rd, achieving Ultiworld’s 2nd Runner-Up for Rookie of the Year in 2021. After our very successful season in 2022, it was evident that Collin was going to be captain for years to come. For the Bucks were losing a lot of talent and it looked like a year of rebuilding, development, and tough times. There were questions if Collin could keep the team's nationals streak alive and there was a lot of doubt on whether the Bucks could make it back to nationals. However, Collin was not going to let the Buck's season end at Regionals, as he proceeded to lead Berry through two universe point games in the Semifinal and Championship games in the Southeastern regionals, blowing up the stat sheet while doing so. From there the Bucks participated at nationals, placing 9th. There Collin had 32 assists and achieved 2nd Team All American status. In his final swan song, Berry was once again faced with adversity in the regional final, down 8-4 at the half. But Collin didn’t bat an eye, he trusted his team and went into that second half with a fire that rallied the Bucks to a 13-12 victory, laying out to catch the game-winner on universe. Leading his team to nationals one final time and finishing an era as a four-time Southeastern champion. He is a hybrid who can do it all, and a defender that will make your best player want to pull his hair out. A "Face of the Franchise" type player. But even after having crazy stat lines and being the best player on the field for most of the games of his career, he never has had an ego, he stays “chilly” and keeps a supportive, hardworking, and goofy nature. He has humility that all his teammates look up to and a presence that causes you to smile and laugh. Collin Hill is a special player and is the most deserving of the 2024 Donovan Award. If you get the chance to meet him one day, oh how great a day that will be for you. On behalf of the whole Berry Bucks team and his friends and family, we could not be more proud of our very own Collin Hill.
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Credits:
Footage:
Ultiworld, Bethany Williams, Adekale Ande, Berry Valkyries, Izzy Khoo, John Zielke, Gavin Zielke
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Gavin Zielke
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Anderson .Paak, "Might Be".
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Aloe Blacc, "King is Born".
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