Patrick Silvester Hilliman (born 17 April 1982) is a Dutch retired basketball player. In his career, Hilliman played for Dutch Basketball League (DBL) clubs Rotterdam Challengers and ZZ Leiden.[1] From 2007 till 2011, Hilliman played 30 games for the Dutch national basketball team.[2]
Career
From 2005 till 2009 Patrick played in Spain for several teams in the lower divisions of the country.[3]
In 2009 Hilliman left Spain for Holland to go play for the Rotterdam Challengers. Hilliman had an impressive debut season in the DBL, as he averaged 13.6 points and a league-leading 10.2 rebounds per game.[4] Midway through the 2010–11 season Hilliman made a transfer to Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, after also Groningen and Den Bosch were looking to acquire him.[5][6]
During his stand with Leiden Hilliman won two DBL's, a NBB Cup and two Supercups. He was also named a DBL All-Star again in 2011–12.
For the 2013–14 season Hilliman took his talents to Belgium, where he would start playing for Sint-Jan Basket in the Belgian Second Division. Eurobasket.com named him the Defensive Player of the Year and got him a place in the All-Tweede Nationale Team.[3]
For the 2014–15 season Hilliman returned to Holland, when he signed with Port of Den Helder Kings.[7] In December 2014, Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt and was dissolved.
Hilliman played three more years at amateur level in Belgium with Basics Melsese.
Honours
Club
- Dutch Basketball League (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
- NBB Cup (1): 2011–12
- Dutch Supercup (2): 2011, 2012
Individual
- DBL rebounding leader (1): 2009–10
- DBL All-Star (1): 2010
- DBL All-Star (1): 2012
References
- ^ Hillimas profile. Sports Reference . Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ^ Oranje internationals
- ^ a b "Players | Player Details". R.H. Consultancy. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ "Patrick Hilliman profile | Game center". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ "Ook Leiden wil Patrick Hilliman | RTV Rijnmond". Rijnmond.nl. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ Rob Wouters (2014-07-22). "Noordhollands Dagblad - Patrick Hilliman naar ZZ Leiden". Noordhollandsdagblad.nl. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ "Noordhollands Dagblad - Port of Den Helder Kings legt vier nieuwe spelers vast". Noordhollandsdagblad.nl. 2014-07-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-07-30.