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Patrick Hilliman: St. Maarten's own Netherlands basketball international

A short profile of Patrick Hilliman, the basketball forward-centre who played for the Netherlands at EuroBasket 2005 and in later Division B campaigns, described by SMN-News as St. Maarten's own professional basketball player.

By SXM Daily · October 23, 2026

Patrick Hilliman is a basketball power forward and centre who played for the Netherlands national team at EuroBasket 2005 and in the EuroBasket Division B campaigns of 2007, 2009 and 2011. SMN-News described him in 2017 as "St. Maarten's own professional basketball player and resident of South Reward".

Illustrative photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Netherlands national team

FIBA's player page records his EuroBasket 2005 and Division B appearances, and BasketBalNieuws.nl listed him at power forward when the Dutch national squad was named in August 2007. According to FIBA, he also played 11 games for ZZ Leiden in the 2012 FIBA EuroChallenge.

Back home

In July 2017 Hilliman spoke at the signing of an agreement between the South Reward Community Collective and Milton Peters College on the use of the school's outdoor basketball court, SMN-News reported. In his own account there, he played high-school and college basketball in the United States, then four years as a professional in Spain and two in Holland. More island athletes are covered in SXM Daily Sports.

Sources

• https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/152608-patrick-hilliman
• https://www.basketbalnieuws.nl/selectie-nationale-team-is-bekend/
• https://sxmelections.com/news/28916/the-st-maarten-community-collective-signs-agreement-with-milton-peters-college-for-the-use-of-the-outdoor-basketball-court

Source: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/152608-patrick-hilliman