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2024-25 Frontier Conference Player of the Year
2024-25 Frontier Conference Defensive Player of the Year
2024-25 First-Team All-Frontier Conference
2023-24 Frontier Conference Player of the Year
2023-24 Honorable Mention All-Frontier Conference
2022-23 Frontier Conference All-Defensive Team

2024-25: Started all 32 games, scoring in double figures in 23 of them as he cemented himself as one of the top players in the NAIA ... Scored a career-high 25 points Feb. 20 in a late-season win over Montana Western ... Scored 24 points Nov. 16 in a last-second win over Lewis-Clark State ... Tallied three double-doubles, all in the last two weeks of the season ... Flirted with a triple-double Feb. 22 vs. Providence, scoring 12 points to go with 11 rebounds and seven assists to wrap up the regular-season conference title vs. Providence ... Scored 23 points in the conference tournament championship March 4 vs. Providence.

2023-24: Hayden played in all 32 games this season, starting in all but one. Hayden led the Frontier Conference in shooting percentage at 62.4%. He finished the season averaging 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a game. He put up a career-high 22 points at Vanguard University on Dec 15, 2023. He tallied another career-high this season with 14 rebounds at Montana Western on Feb 3, 2024.

2022-23: During his freshman season Hayden played in 33 games, helping the Orediggers win the Frontier Conference Championship. Hayden averaged 9.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Hayden had a season-high 18 points against Carroll College on Jan. 5.

2021-22: Redshirted for the Orediggers appearing in 5 games.

High School: Played at Fort Benton High School where he earned all-state and all-conference honors. Diekhans also won the triple jump at the MHSA Class C State Track Championships.

Personal: Son of Shana and Chris Diekhans ... Brother to Garett, Kellan, and Brooks.