Ben Ngishu

Quickly earned the starting tailback job and recorded the best season by a true freshman running back at Hillsdale in a decade...named G-MAC Freshman of the Year after leading the Chargers with 794 yards and five touchdowns on the ground and averaging 5 yards a carry...earned Hillsdale Offensive Player of the Week honors with a 142 yard rushing performance against Ashland (Sept. 20), one of the best rushing performances of the season against the G-MAC Champion Eagles...also had a 117 yard, two touchdown performance against Kentucky Wesleyan on Sept. 27...earned Hillsdale's Every Player Every Play Award against Michigan Tech (Sept. 13) and the Chargers' Big Stick Award against Walsh (Nov. 8)...was one of Hillsdale's most effective players in the bowl game against Upper Iowa, rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown...aiming for an even better second season in 2026 with a year of collegiate play under his belt. Three-year varsity player and dynamic skill position talent at Trinity Valley, a school that competes in the Southwest Prep Conference in Texas made up of exclusively large enrollment, elite private schools...led Trinity Valley to a 2023 SPC title with 850 rushing yards, 313 receiving yards and 16 total touchdowns as a junior and was named the Honor Bowl MVP, as well as receiving first-team All-SPC honors...finished with 2,037 rushing yards and 28 total touchdowns in three seasons...strong student who was an AP Scholar, a member of the National Honor Society, and was a part of the National African American Recognition Program during his time at Trinity Valley...parents are Simeon and Anne Ngishu.