2017: Started seven of 13 matches played for a total of 40 sets… Limited for the first month due to injury… For the season he had 80 kills, 44 digs, 21 blocks, 10 aces, and 10 assists… Season-highs of 16 kills and eight digs at Hope International (Mar. 1)… All-around performance of six kills, four aces, three digs, and eight digs against Cal Baptist (Mar. 11)… Hit .500 against Clarke (Mar. 10) with 11 kills on 20 attempts with one error… Against UC Santa Cruz (Mar. 10) he had 14 kills and three digs… At nationally-ranked Long Beach State (Mar. 31) he had seven kills, four digs, and four blocks.
2016: Made 15 starts in 19 matches played and 60 sets as a setter or an opposite hitter. Ranked in the top three on the team of every statistical category on the season as he was first in aces (19), second in kills (118), points (157.5), digs (83), and third in blocks (39) and assists (126). Picked up a double-double with a season-high 47 assists and 11 digs to go along with four kills, three blocks, and an ace at Hope International (Jan. 21). In another match-up with Hope International (Mar. 21), picked up a career-high four aces. The last match at Hope International (Apr. 4), he had a career-high 21 kills, two aces, eight digs, and four blocks. Opened the season with 36 assists, two kills, two aces, five digs, and two blocks against Southern Alberta (Dec. 31).
2015: Played in 79 sets… Notched a team-high 623 assists, 33 kills, 121 digs, 37 blocks, and three aces.
2014: Utilized his redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at St. John Bosco Catholic High School in Bellflower, CA, graduating in 2013 ... Competed on the varsity volleyball team for three seasons ... Named team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Named Second Team All-League his junior season ... Named Second Team All-American, First Team All- League, First Team All-CIF, averaged 21 kills/match, and was a member of the League Championship team his senior season.
OTHER: Born Mar. 30, 1995 in Bellflower, CA to Thomas and Kathleen Pillon ... Has one brother (Jason, 23) and one sister (Jenna, 19) ... Father, Thomas, played football for Whittier College ... Sister, Jenna, plays soccer for the University of Louisiana-Monroe ... Majoring in business finance with a minor in accounting ... Enjoys playing sports, spending time outdoors, and playing cards.
