Noah Billing '25 Recruiting Profile

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Nothing in my life is average. I don’t look like my friends, and I have different interests. I’m one minute younger than my twin brother, and we have twin brothers two years younger. Our house is chaotic, and everyone is ADHD - even my mom. We have too many cats, but we love them all. There’s also chickens, goats, horses, and dogs. I knew how to collect eggs, clean a stall, and drive a truck before most kids learn to ride a bike. Our family works hard, plays hard and we have great adventures. Winters are on the ice, but summers are outside.

Hockey has been my focus, living in Greer, SC to play on the Maine Nordiques Academy (16U) team this year (23-24). Last year I lived in Andover, MA and played for MXB (Middlesex Bears), a development team. We played prep schools primarily. It was an awesome opportunity and I improved a lot. 

I started hockey in the second grade. I played on a house team a few years, then I was invited to go to some tournaments. This led to a spot on the Ice Pilots Select team. I did that and one year of high school hockey (9th grade). I love it. My twin brother is a goalie. The coach tells me I am good a waiting for the right moment to knock the puck away or put it in the net. I never give up, even if I mess up. I am tenacious and determined. My ‘dream’ college would have a hockey team, a mountain biking team, and an automotive engineering program.

When I was eight years old, I started tinkering with my first RC car. I drove my mom nuts taking things apart around the house, so she gave me a workbench in the garage. I make custom components for my RC and my mountain bike. I also have an old Honda CRX Si (1988). You can see stories on my Instagram (Free-range Almond/Noah Billing). I learned most of my mechanical skills from YouTube, and some from my dad. He was an aircraft mechanic. I’ll be the fifth generation in my dad’s family to become a private pilot when I get my pilot’s license.

During the summer of 2023  I was hired to be a bike mechanic at McU's. They've already asked me back for this summer. In 2022, I worked at the local ski/mountain biking resort, Bogus Basin. Most of my summer money goes to hockey fees and I have an IRA. When I'm not working in the summer, I mountain bike, downhill and cross-country. I have competed for the Canyon County Composite Cycling team (NICA) but usually only get one race in before I move for the hockey season. This year in SC I've been able to ride on off weekends at some of the best parks in the States.