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2022: 2022: Played a total of 49 sets … compiled 70 kills averaging 1.43 kills per set with a .444 hitting percentage … had 19 total defensive digs while tallying 44 total blocks … totaled a season high 13- kill performance against rival Purdue Fort Wayne (2/17/22) … tallied six block assists at nationally ranked BYU helping the Cardinals move past the Cougars  with a 3-1 victory (2/5/22) … added five block assists in a win at Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association rival Lewis (2/10/22) … helped the Cardinals to one of their most successful seasons in program history as Ball State won the MIVA Tournament crown and the regular season title along with earning the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Tournament … Hippe was part of a 23-win season for the Cardinals. 

2021: Competed in 15 matches and 47 sets … turned in a season best nine kills against Ball State rival Purdue Fort Wayne (2/5/21) …. recorded five or more kills nine times … served up two aces versus Lincoln Memorial (1/29/21) …. Registered a season best seven total blocks at George Mason (1/22/21) and against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/6/21).

2020: Played in 15 matches and 54 sets … recorded a season-high six kills at Purdue Fort Wayne … hit 1.000 with four kills in a win at Cal State Northridge … tallied four blocks in four separate matches … totaled 50 kills, five assists, three aces, 22 digs and 31 blocks on the year … season was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

2019: Played in four matches and six sets... totaled seven kills for the year, including a career-high five in a win at Quincy... ended the year with one assist, one dig and six blocks... named to the Academic All-MIVA Team. 

2018: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters at DeSmet Jesuit High School under head coach Tim Haffner… second team all-state junior… first team all-state senior year… first team all-conference as a senior along with being named team captain… helped team to a third place state finish as a sophomore, district championship as a sophomore and junior…named to the 2016 USA Men’s under 21 National Training team… also competed for three years for the High Performance STL Club team…also competed in basketball for two years

PERSONAL: Son of Rob and Lise Hippe… born on Sept. 16, 1998, in St. Louis, Missouri… majoring in finance…full name is Will Robert Hippe