Athletic Firsts for the Class of 2020
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Scott Dietz
| August 1, 2020

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Scott Dietz
Scott Dietz is Babson College's Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications. Dietz is responsible for the department's internal and external communications, including branding, campus engagement, marketing, social media, sponsorships and website management. Additional duties consist of event coverage, facilitation of interview requests, media pitching, video content, writing and editing. Before Babson, Dietz spent 13-plus years at fellow NEWMAC institution Wheaton College, worked for the NFL, New England Patriots, and in the media relations department with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. A native of South Park, PA, Dietz began his sports information career at Westminster College.

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The Class of 2020 is one of the most successful in Babson’s athletics history, contributing to a school-record seven nationally ranked teams—twice.
Click through the photo gallery to relive some the class “firsts”:
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