Holy Cross Athletics

Captain

2013-2014: Memberof the varsity eight that placed third at the Textile River Regatta(Oct. 6)…missed the majority of the season due to aninjury…member of the Holy Cross LeadershipAcademy…earned Patriot League Academic Honor Rollaccolades.

2012-2013: Memberof the varsity eight in all 13 regattas…won the gold medalin the open pair race out of five boats with teammate AdrienneRandall at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct.27)...varsity eight won the Irving-Christensen Cup (April 21),placed second out of 34 boats at the Knecht Cup (April 13-14),placed first in the club eight race out of 17 boats at the TextileRiver Regatta (Sept. 30), finished first out of 48 boats at theSnake Regatta (Oct. 13), placed second in the club eight race outof 34 boats at the Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 20) andfinished third in the open eight race out of 27 boats at the Headof the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 27)…member of the Holy CrossLeadership Academy.

2011-2012: Memberof the club eight boat that placed third out of 16 boats at the41st Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 29)...rowed for the varsity eight insix spring regattas...varsity eight placed 13th out of 31 boats atthe Knecht Cup (April 14-15), finished fourth at the Patriot LeagueChampionship (April 29) and placed third at the New EnglandChampionship (May 5)...also a member of the second varsity eightfor three spring regattas winning races against Simmons and Smith(March 31) and Bates, Trinity, Wellesley, WPI and Rochester (April1)...earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll accolades.

Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of thevarsity field hockey team at Wachusett Regional…seniorcaptain…team advanced to the district semifinals in2010…also a four-year member and senior captain of thevarsity lacrosse team…earned 2011 Mid-Wach A League All-Starhonors…named The Landmark Athlete of the Week during the2011 season…2010 Sportsmanship Award…played for theWorcester County United Field Hockey Association U-19 indoorteam…member of National Honor Society, Math Honor Societyand French Honor Society…won the 2010 George Eastman YoungLeaders Award, the 2011 National Merit Letter of Commendation andthe Presidential Award for Academic Excellence.

Personal: Daughter of Patrick and KristenDiggins…father is the Holy Cross director of rowing and headwomen’s coach…father graduated from Holy Cross (Classof 1986) and was a member of the men’s rowingteam…mother graduated from Holy Cross (Class of 1990) andwas a captain of the women's rowing team…has onebrother (Daniel) and one sister (Maggie)…sister, Maggie(Class of 2017) is also a member of the Holy Cross women's rowingteam...aunts Molly Diggins Duggan (Class of 1987) and DeirdreDiggins Erb (Class of 1989) were members of the Holy Crosswomen's rowing team…aunt Kathleen Conroy Morley (Class of1989), uncle Timothy Diggins (Class of 1980) and grandfather JamesDiggins (Class of 1950) graduated from Holy Cross…a Frenchmajor.