Hillary was born in Paducah, Kentucky and grew up on a small farm. She is a senior at Reidland High School and will graduate in 2011. She is the FFA Purchase Region Secretary and the President of the Reidland High School FFA. She is also the Secretary of the National Scholastic Sportsman Program and the Clark River NSSP President. She has been raising and showing African Boer Goats for four years now. She is also the National Junior International Boer Goat Association Treasurer. After graduating she plans on attending Murray State University in the fall of 2011.