Matt Hill
NC State :: Men's Golf
2008-09 Anthony J. McKevlin Award - ACC Male Athlete of the Year |
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Q&A Interview with Matt Hill: Click on a question below to hear Hill's response.
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| So you became NC State's third individual national champion in May, claiming a two-stroke victory at the NCAA Championship in Ohio. You earned a million individual postseason honors, including All-America status. You won eight tournaments this season alone…and you were just a sophomore. Can you explain that? |
| What were your goals going into the season and what specifically was your area of focus this year? |
| At what moment this year, do you remember feeling the "ah ha" moment, like you had 100% confidence and this was going to be your year? |
| Your name is now being mentioned with the golfing great Tiger Woods as the two of you are the ONLY NCAA players to win a conference tournament, an NCAA regional and the NCAA national title since NCAA regional play began. How does that make you feel? |
| Let's talk about the relationship between you and your brother, Graham, and how that relationship has played into your development as a golfer. |
| Throughout the year what are some things that Graham did to help you? Did he challenge you in anyway? |
| Can you give me the top two reasons you chose to attend NC State and for you, what it means to spend this time in your life as a Wolfpack member? |
| Previously in the ACC, there had not been a player to win more than five tournaments in one given season and you had only won one as a freshmen - which of your eight this year, was your toughest to earn? |
| Give me some insight on how it felt to win the 2009 Jack Nicklaus Award, an honor given annually to the best college players? |
| Coming off a season like this, what are your goals going into your junior year? |
| What does it mean to win the ACC Athlete of the Year award? Out of all of the sports and all of the gentlemen out there competing in their respective sports, we've had several national titles and individual titles across the board and to be selected amongst all of those as the ACC Male Athlete of the year, how does that feel? |
| Is there any advice that you'd give, whether to a teammate or another golfer out there, or to other golfers across the country at other schools? Is there some motto or something you had taken into last year that helped you be so successful? |
