Keeping up with Lillie
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Laura Thompson
Team Cobb
Lillie Filger, 23, packs her day with three jobs that she says don’t even feel like work. She loves what she does and how it immerses her in the Maryville, Mo. community. She coaches softball at Northwest Missouri State University, a sport she grew up playing, she’s a manager at Hype, a protein and energy drink bar, and she bartends at Clear Creek Grill and Bar every Wednesday.
Lillie trains for her first 10k later this month and for a half marathon in November. Rain or shine, she rises at 5 a.m. to run a few miles before starting her first job of the day.
After buying her home in 2025, Lillie discovered bats, snakes, clogged pipes and had to learn how to mow her lawn -- until she realized she could pay a neighbor to do it for her.
Despite her hectic life, Lillie finds time to remember the names of all of her regular customers at all three of her jobs. She expands her community through the interactions she has all day long.
At 5:20 a.m., Lillie Filger, 23, runs five miles before the sun rises on Sept. 23, 2026, in Maryville. While she played sports her whole life, she’s new to distance running and will compete in her first 10k race on Sunday, Sept. 27.
"Lillie pets her cat, Louie, after a day working her three jobs. Her day doesn’t end until around 10:00 p.m. when she brushes her teeth, braids her hair and gets ready for bed."
Lillie works on a slideshow presentation about draft night that she will show the Northwest Missouri State University Softball, which she helps coach. Maryville reminds her of her hometown, Plattsburg, Mo.
Players on the softball team do hanging leg lifts as Lillie coaches them through the exercises. She joined the Bearcats as the Assistant Coach in August of 2025.
Lillie checks her phone and laughs with the other softball coaches before practice at the Bearcat Softball Field. She started playing T-ball at 5 and played for the team she now coaches. Several of the seniors this year played with Lillie, who says that transition to coach has been “an adjustment.”
Graduate assistant coach Mariah Wheeler, 24, left, and the head coach Naomi Telles, 32, middle, share a laugh with Lillie, right, during a sports trivia game. Lillie considers them good friends and says “it doesn’t feel like work” when she’s out on the field with the team.
Lillie grabs her backpack from her car outside of her home after leading weight training with the softball team. Lillie has a short commute between her jobs and her home. Her backpack goes with her everywhere.
At a Hype Nutrition pop-up shop, Lillie serves energy drinks to healthcare workers in the Caregiver Lounge at Mosaic Life Care, the Maryville hospital.
Lillie carries baskets of food to customers at Clear Creek Grill and Bar where she works on Wednesday nights. The Clear Creek owner, Johnny Marriott III, right, is also a regular at Hype Nutrition.
Lillie bought her first home in August of 2025 from the previous assistant softball coach. She quickly learned the difference between renting and owning. “I work 3 jobs because I have a high maintenance life. I don’t want to mow my yard.”
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