Player Bio
Ansel Hillmer
Hometown/High School : Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough
2006-2007
Swam Valpo’s fastest 100 butterfly (53.63) of the season ... also turned in the quickest 200 fly (2:00.33) on the team ... swam every freestyle event from 50-1,000 ... also competed in backstroke and 100 breaststroke ... a member of the Mid-Continent Conference All-Academic Team ... named to the Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2005-2006
Turned in the fourth fastest 200 butterfly (2:00.04) time in school history as a rookie ... swam the fifth fastest 100 fly (53.32) time in school laurels ... competed at all six freestyle events throughout the course of the season ... also swam the 100 backstroke ... named to the Mid-Continent Conference All-Academic Team.
Prep
A four-year letterwinner for the Terriers ... district champion in the 500 freestyle as a senior ... holds school records in the 50, 200, and 500 free, as well as the 100 butterfly ... also a member of the record-setting 200 and 400 free relay teams ... named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Team in 2004 and 2005 ... a member of National Honor Society.
Personal
Ansel is the son of John and Jan Hillmer ... majors are physics and mathematics ... born May 13, 1987.
