ABOUT

“Our goal is to provide a purpose-driven environment in which student-athletes can reach their highest pursuits while being developed holistically as a player and man.”

– Matthew Hunter (17u HC & Operational Director)

OUR HISTORY

Hill City Crash was founded in the spring of 2014. Based out of Lynchburg, Virginia, HCC uses high-level basketball as a developmental vehicle to connect young men with the transformational power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our teams compete in the Big Shots Circuit as Virginia’s Premier SLAM Program. Our focus in competition is to use high-level basketball as a vehicle for holistic development both on and off of the court. Our aim is to develop complete players and complete men who can thrive in life both during and after basketball because of their sense of purpose found in the Gospel of Christ. We do this by providing high-level basketball in a purpose-driven environment that helps athletes find their purpose both in and out of sport. Each team is staffed with purpose-driven coaches and a team chaplain who model living out purpose through high-level sport.

Throughout the first-two years of the organization, HCC grew from one team with 12 members to four teams with 45 members. Rising in the independent ranks, HCC joined the Big Shots Circuit as a Powered By Big Shots program in the Spring of 2017. HCC remained on the Big Shots Circuit as a Powered By Big Shots Program until 2023 where they reached unprecedented levels of success. At the end of 2023, HCC announced a contract with the Puma NXTPro Circuit. HCC competed nationally on the Puma NXT Circuit for the 2023-2024 season. After rejecting a contract extension, HCC announced that they would return to Big Shots in a new agreement as their premier SLAM Program in the state of Virginia. In our short history, HCC has partnered with student-athletes and their families to directly place over 30 student-athletes into all levels of college basketball. Furthermore, HCC has witnessed exponential growth in the behavior, academics, and spiritual life of many young men in our region. Despite all of this progress and success, HCC is just getting started. The future looks bright and dynamic as we continue to grow the #CrashBuildsLeaders Brotherhood across the Commonwealth.

OUR MISSION AND VISION

Our Mission

To utilize high-level basketball as a tool for on-court and off-court development, driven by the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our Vision

To employ basketball as a vehicle for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to crash the barriers that surround young men and so enable them to progress into responsible manhood.

Academic Accomplishment

Efforts towards academic success are expected of all Hill City Crash team members, who are held accountable for their academic performance in order to participate in Crash events and activities.

OUR VALES

Positive Atmosphere

An integral component of everything we do is the application of a positive uplifting atmosphere. Hill City Crash practices and tournaments serve as oases of positivity within a desperate world.

Intensive Mentorship

We strive to mentor our young men into responsible adulthood through long-lasting relationships and small group environments. Every interaction that we have is a mentoring experience.

Academic Accomplishment

Efforts toward academic success are expected of all Hill City Crash student-athletes. Academics provide the gateway to opportunity both in and out of sport.

Whole-Hearted Sportsmanship

Student-athletes in Hill City Crash ought to exhibit sportsmanlike conduct both on-and-off the court. We expect our young men to display mutual respect and self-control in all areas of life.

Gospel-Centered Culture

Most importantly, we desire that Hill City Crash be an organization that is founded upon the truth of the Gospel. We want to live and breathe in response to what Jesus has done for us.

Academic Accomplishment

Efforts towards academic success are expected of all Hill City Crash team members, who are held accountable for their academic performance in order to participate in Crash events and activities.

Area Schools Represented

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