Indiana (Indy) Billing '25 Recruiting Profile

Spring 2024: This past season I was a goalie for the Maine Nordiques Academy, 16U AAA team. We trained in Greer, SC and traveled to tournaments in MA, MI, OH, NC & CT. I am in online school, so we did lessons at the rink in the morning, followed by lift, stretch or yoga, then two skates most ever week day. We traveled or had local games on the weekends. For 2022-23 I trained and played with MXB Tier I in Andover, MA. This was a really good experience because I had a great goalie coach, Adam Carman. I lived with a coach and my teammates in a dorm-like situation. It was a great experience, I learned a lot on and off the ice. Currently I am looking a 18U team for next season (24-25).

Aside from hockey, my second passion is World War II & Russian studies. In the second grade, I started reading books about World War II. My great-grandfather was a navigator then, and he went on to become a colonel in the Air Force, retiring in the early 70’s. My interest in WWII has grown over the years. I have a specific interest in use of tanks in battle, tank technology, weaponry, the Eastern Front, and Russian language and culture. During the summer of 2022, I was selected for the U.S. Department of State’s NSLI-Y (National Language Initiative) summer Russian program. This summer I spent six weeks learning Russian online through the NSLI-Y program. It was a very challenging program and I am grateful for the opportunity.

Outside of school, I keep busy with a variety of sports, work and community projects. Each spring after hockey, I play lacrosse for our local high school. During summers I coached a group of seven-year-old lacrosse players in my small town and worked a part-time job. I take dual credit college classes (I have one semester of general education classes completed.)

What makes me different from other players? I think my work ethic is unique, and I listen to my coaches. I am the oldest of two sets of twin boys (we are two years apart). Everyone in my family works hard. We have a family business, and I grew up on property. So, spending a day sanding metal at the shop or cleaning stalls is normal. Even just at home, we all have to help every day. All the kids do their own laundry, pack lunches and grocery shopping, in addition to regular chores. It takes everyone to keep our house going.

I bring the same love and work ethic to my sports. I have a positive, hardworking, and focused attitude at practice. Each workout, I strive to improve. At the state championships in 2022, the Sun Valley goalie was injured, and I was asked to play in the finals at the last minute (they were a level above our team). I did play and it was a great opportunity to play up. 

I'm determined to playing hockey through high school, juniors and into college. I'm not sure what opportunities might be available after college, but I would love to play overseas also. Today I'm focused on working hard to make the most of every opportunity that comes along.