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Megan Hill

Megan Hill is entering her second season as the assistant softball coach at Emporia State. Hill came to ESU most recently, from Enid, Oklahoma where she was the head coach at Northern Oklahoma College.

Hill helped the Hornets improve their team batting average from .276 the year prior to .313 last season, including four players with an average north of .350 for the season. Following the opening weekend of the 2024 season, Hill stepped in for the rest of the season as Coach Rosales was away due to doctor's orders regarding her pregnancy, and helped the Hornets to a 30-15 record over the remainder of the season.

In her four years at NOC, Coach Hill’s teams averaged a 3.36 team GPA and 38 athletes earned Academic All-American status. The 2022-2023 season at NOC was the best season the program had seen in 6+ years, compiling statistical bests in record, home runs, stolen bases, team batting average and team ERA. In her 4 years at NOC, Coach Hill had 13 athletes earn all-conference honors.

Prior to Northern Oklahoma College, Megan was at El Dorado High school. While in El Dorado, Hill led 18 players to All-League honors in just four seasons, as well as earning the AVCTL Coach of the Year honor for the 2017 season. While Hill was in charge of the program her teams set school records for team batting average, most doubles in a season and most hits in a season.

In addition to leading the El Dorado program, Megan also managed a competitive softball organization in the Wichita (Kansas) area. She looked over the functionality of the eight team organization while implementing her philosophy and goals in the entire program. Throughout the eight seasons in the organization, Hill was also head coach for the U14-U18 age groups, competing at the highest tournaments in the region, focusing on the organization goal of getting the athletes recruited. Megan’s organization saw over 50 athletes live their dream of playing at the college level in just eight seasons.

Coach Hill returns to ESU where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. While at ESU, Megan was a part of the 2006 National Runner-Up team. As a third baseman for the Hornets, Hill earned All-MIAA honors all four years as well as All-Region honors in three seasons and All-American honors in two seasons. Megan was also a four time All-Academic athlete. She left ESU with school and MIAA records in hits, doubles, home runs and RBI. Coach Hill was inducted into the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame in October of 2018.

Coach Hill is married to James Hill, and they reside in Emporia.
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