Hayden Diekhans

The 2024-25 season was a coming-of-age season for Hayden Diekhans of the Montana Tech Orediggers. Diekhans, by the start of last season, had gained a reputation as a relentless defender with a nice jump shot and unusual speed, but still more or less a role player for the then 3-time defending Frontier Conference regular season and tournament champions. By the end of the season, the Orediggers were the 4-time defending Frontier Conference regular season and tournament champions, a first for any team in Frontier history, and Diekhans had emerged as a superstar, although one with a very blue-collar manner of business and was named the Frontier Conference Defensive Player of the Year as well as the league's Player of the Year awards. On Monday, he was named to the NAIA's All America Second Team.

Montana Tech junior forward Hayden Diekhans was awarded both the Frontier Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and head coach Adam Hiatt took home the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year award it was announced Wednesday afternoon.

Hayden Diekhans had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and the top-seeded Montana Tech Mens Basketball Team turned a 4-point halftime lead into a 19-point blowout of the second-seeded University of Providence Argos in the championship game of the 2025 Frontier Conference Basketball Tournament which wrapped up at the Pacific Steel and Recycling Four Seasons Arena on Tuesday evening.

For the third time this season, Montana Tech's Hayden Diekhans is a Frontier Conference men's basketball player of the week. The junior from Geraldine landed the league's defensive player of the week honor, the Frontier office announced Monday afternoon.

Montana Tech's men's basketball team will begin the season as a top-10 squad in the NAIA.

After winning their third straight regular season title and tournament championship, Montana Tech Head Coach Adam Hiatt received his second Frontier Conference Coach of the Year nod to go with three first team all-conference, an honorable mention, and two players of the year honors.

Another conference game and another blowout victory for the Montana Tech Men's Basketball team as they throttled Rocky Mountain College last night.

It's not been often as of late that we have been able to say that the Orediggers are looking for redemption against a Frontier Conference opponent. Montana Tech's mens team is 8-1 in league play and are riding a 4-game winning streak. Over the last 4 games they have beaten every opponent by 18 or more. Their last setback? January 20th against the University of Providence,70-59 in Great Falls. Tonight, the Argos come to Butte for a conference doubleheader that starts with the women's game at 5pm and you could say that both teams are looking for a bit of revenge.

Montana Tech men's basketball dominates Carroll College in impressive 90-66 victory.

Some nights you've just got it and tonight, Michael Ure had it. Montana Tech's 6'7 sophomore forward was simply unstoppable, putting up a career-high 35 points, 24 of them from behind the three-point line, as the Orediggers lambasted MSU-Northern 89-54 Thursday night at Kelvin Sampson Court.