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Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney College Tigers

2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ryan Hunt
Thomas Wehner
Ryan Hunt

Bennett Diggs

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 173
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Point, VA
  • Highschool West Point

Biography

Earning Their Stripes Video (YouTube)

2021:
Fourth-year team member ... ODAC All-Academic Team (2021).

2020 (Spring 2021): Did not compete during abbreviated season ... ODAC All-Academic Team.

2019: Collegiate-best 8K of 31:07.7 at ODAC Championships in Salem … collegiate-best 5K of 19:53 at EMU Mennonite Heritage Cross Country Invitational in Harrisonburg.

2018: Season-best 8K of 31:53 at ODAC Championships in Winchester … season-best 5K of 20:07 at Eagle Cross Country Challenge in Bridgewater.

High School: 2018 graduate of West Point High School in West Point … team captain earned multiple State Championship appearances … also participated in basketball, soccer and track … team captain in soccer, as well, earning Second Team All-State, Regional and Tidewater District Player of the Year, and Team MVP honors … helped track team place eighth in State Meet … Advanced Diploma … Associate of Arts & Science degree from Rappahannock Community College … Superintendent’s Academic Honor Roll … member of Spanish Honor Society … vice-president of National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Paul and Mary Diggs … has one brother (Graham) and two sisters (Eliza, Sophia) … cousin (Alex Bourland) played soccer at Millsaps (Miss.) College … majoring in government and foreign affairs with a minor in German … favorite TV show is That ‘70s Show … favorite movie is Star Wars … favorite professional sports team is Manchester United F.C. … favorite sports figures include Paul Pogba and LeBron James … greatest sports moment was scoring the game-winning goal against King William in high school … hobbies include fishing, hiking, playing video games and hanging out with friends.

Why H-SC: “the atmosphere of the campus, the great professors, the brotherhood and to receive the best education I can”
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    6'1" 150 lbs
  • 2019Sophomore

    6'3" 173 lbs
  • 2020Junior

    6'3" 173 lbs
  • 2021Senior

    6'3" 173 lbs