Meet Cam Hill, UK baseball commit
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Center fielder Cam Hill committed to Kentucky's baseball program in May. Cats Illustrated takes a closer look.
In an effort to provide unprecedented coverage of the UK baseball program -- primarily in-season but also year round -- Cats Illustrated will be profiling some of the baseball program's commitments and targets.
Hill is a Class of 2017 center fielder from Scott County who will also be playing for the Midland Redskins, a team out of Ohio, this fall.
Although he's played some infield in his personal history with the game, Hill has been recruited as an outfielder for the Cats. He's 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds and brings a lot to the table that seventh-year head coach Gary Henderson liked when he first started recruiting Hill.
The right-handed outfielder is a left-handed hitter and that's an attribute that Henderson was drawn to.
"Speed, arm strength and I attack the game," Hill told Cats Illustrated when explaining the reasons that Henderson and the UK staff liked him.
Specifically, he's been clocked at 6.4 seconds in the 60-yard dash. For those not familiar with baseball times in that regard -- that's a very good time. Hill's got wheels, which helps him on the bases and also covering a lot of ground in the outfield.
His arm strength is impressive as well, as he said. He throws 95 miles per hour from the outfield so he's got a gun that opposing base runners have to respect even after he's covered a lot of ground to get to the ball.
Those attributes -- a strong arm, great wheels and lefty hitting -- make it easy to understand Kentucky's interest.
Judging by Hill's Twitter profile he's a big Kentucky fan, not only with regard to the baseball program. He was in the stands at the Wildcats' win over EKU.
Still got the W! Cold and wet but still worth it. pic.twitter.com/ARPXkbKnTn— Cam Hill (@CamAHill24) October 4, 2015
