Anthony Montrel Hilliard (born June 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Taranaki Airs of the National Basketball League (NBL).
| No. 18 – Taranaki Airs | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1986-06-28) June 28, 1986 (age 36) Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Seventy-First (Fayetteville, North Carolina) |
| College | Elizabeth City State (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | Verviers-Pepinster |
| 2010–2011 | Okapi Aalstar |
| 2011–2012 | Artland Dragons |
| 2012–2014 | Antibes Sharks |
| 2014–2015 | Bisons Loimaa |
| 2015–2016 | Tsmoki-Minsk |
| 2016 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 2017–2018 | Enisey |
| 2018–2019 | Le Portel |
| 2019–2020 | Champville |
| 2020 | Benfica |
| 2021 | Kauhajoki Karhu |
| 2021–2022 | Malvín |
| 2022–present | Taranaki Airs |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Hilliard played four years of college basketball for the Elizabeth City State Vikings between 2005 and 2009, where he was named the CIAA Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009.[1][2]
Hilliard played his first two professional seasons in Belgium for Verviers-Pepinster (2009–10) and Okapi Aalstar (2010–11).[3] In 2011–12, he played in Germany for the Artland Dragons.[4] Between 2012 and 2014, he played in France for Antibes Sharks.[3] He then played in Finland for Bisons Loimaa in 2014–15 and in Belarus for Tsmoki-Minsk in 2015–16.[3] He won a championship in 2016 in the Belarus Premier League.[5]
Hilliard started the 2016–17 season in Israel for Maccabi Rishon LeZion[6] before joining Enisey in January 2017.[3] He continued with Enisey for the 2017–18 season.[3] He returned to France for the 2018–19 season to play for Le Portel.[3][7]
On August 27, 2019, Hilliard has signed with Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League.[8] In January 2020, he moved to Portugal to play for Benfica.[3]
In February 2021, Hilliard returned to Finland to play out the 2020–21 season with Kauhajoki Karhu.[3] For the 2021–22 season, he played for Malvín in Uruguay.[3]
On May 20, 2022, Hilliard signed with the Taranaki Airs for the rest of the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[9]
New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion | |
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