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Jersey Number 44
Hayden Mann
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 197
- Hometown:
- Mebane, N.C.
- High School:
- Eastern Alamance
2018 as a Freshman: Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility.
High School: North Carolina 3A All-Region as a junior and senior… Conference Player of the Year as a senior… First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior… Helped Eastern Alamance to the second round of the NC state playoffs in 2016 and 2017… Dual-sport athlete who was an All-Region and All-Conference basketball player… Academic All-Conference all four years of high school.
Personal: Full name is Hayden Thompson Mann… Son of Derek Mann and Kristen Thompson Riley… Has three brothers… His brother, Jordan, played basketball at Ferrum… His brother, Jacob, plays soccer at Hampden-Sydney… Undecided on major.
High School: North Carolina 3A All-Region as a junior and senior… Conference Player of the Year as a senior… First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior… Helped Eastern Alamance to the second round of the NC state playoffs in 2016 and 2017… Dual-sport athlete who was an All-Region and All-Conference basketball player… Academic All-Conference all four years of high school.
Personal: Full name is Hayden Thompson Mann… Son of Derek Mann and Kristen Thompson Riley… Has three brothers… His brother, Jordan, played basketball at Ferrum… His brother, Jacob, plays soccer at Hampden-Sydney… Undecided on major.
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