Wilton senior Hayden Hill wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

WILTON, Iowa (KWQC) - Wilton senior, Hayden Hill has been voted KWQC Spotlight Athlete of the Week after helping the Beavers get to the UNI-dome for the second straight season.

“At the start of the year, I was kind of nervous. I didn’t know what our team would be like, but I trusted the guys and we really did well. I really had a good season and just worked hard, got after it, and had some good results.”

“Hayden’s a workhorse for us. He always has been a quiet kid, reserved kid, but shows up and does all the right things at all the right times. You know, not flashy, just an extremely tough worker. and really helped lead us to where we were at this year. So that’s who Hayden is really, quite honestly, is he’s a quiet kid, tough nose, exactly what you want in a football player. ”

“I love that it’s a team sport and everyone works together for one end goal and pushing each other just to be better and better. And then I also like hitting in football. That also makes it fun.”

“I tell everybody that comes out here, if you’ve ever been to Wilton, Iowa, or any small town, Wilton is really, really special. They care about their kids. They support our academics and even more so, probably our athletics. If anybody’s ever been here for a football game, wrestling meet, things like that is well attended and our people and our community care about our kids. I do believe that our school is the heartbeat of our town. We don’t have great big things outside of the school. So this is where the action happens, right? So our kids, our community likes to see what our kids are doing and watch our kids be successful. So It surprises me not at all to see that Hayden wins the fan vote through KWQC, just because I know our fans get on and support our kids. So it’s just, it’s awesome for our kids to have that opportunity.”