Bill Murphy: Walter Hill now shining at Shorter

By Bill Murphy, Gainesville Times
bmurphy@gainesvilletimes.com

ROME -- Walter Hill thought playing football at the University of Georgia was going to be his ticket to happiness out of high school, but he found out this year that the cozy environment of playing basketball at the much smaller Shorter University in Rome could become just as fulfilling.

And Hawks men's basketball coach Chad Warner has been happy to watch it all unfold.

"He's as talented as I've coached at any level and the kind of player that will be able to take our program to the next level," said Warner, who has previously been a head coach at Hampden-Sydney College and William & Mary University. "Walter has the ability to be as good as he wants to be."

In his first season at Shorter, Hill, an East Hall High graduate, was named an NAIA All-American after averaging 19 points and eight rebounds per game, including scoring 28 against Truett-McConnell...

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