TriCounty (Illini Bluffs High School) The team captain of her basketball team, Hicks led Illini Bluffs to the class A Sweet 16 averaging 15.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists. The All-state shortstop hit .415 and scored 34 runs leading the Tigers to a the state runner-up trophy at the class 1A softball finals. Hicks was a key member of a volleyball team that went to state for the first time ever. She lead her team in kills (421) and digs (325) in lifting IB to a 40-2 record and a class 1A state runnerup finish.