Marlboro Academy’s Ben Milligan Named “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month

Marlboro Academy’s Ben Milligan Named “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month

Bennettsville — Ben Milligan is a senior two-sport athlete at Marlboro Academy, where he plays baseball and basketball. Of the two, baseball is his favorite sport, and he has played that since he was three years old.

After his high school career, he is looking forward to playing baseball in college as he has signed to play for Wingate University.  At Marlboro Academy, he is a four-year recipient of All-Region and All-State honors in baseball plus earned All-State twice and All-Region three times for his basketball play. On the court, Milligan attained status in the 1,000-career points club. On the diamond, he is a career 0.400 hitter.

In the classroom he carries a 5.2 GPA, while maintaining his online course load, and participating in sports. 

For all his athletic and academic accomplishments, Milligan has been chosen the “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month.”

This honor is bestowed through a partnership between the Northeastern Technical College and “The High School Sports Report” with the publication communicating with athletic directors at high schools in the counties of Dillon, Marlboro, and Chesterfield, where NETC serves the needs of high school students seeking to earn dual credits in various subjects that can be transferred to colleges after a student’s high school graduation.

The NETC is currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2024-25 school year to students in the three counties they serve.

Milligan is currently enrolled in dual credit online courses offered by NETC and will has earned enough credits to give him a good head start on his first-year college coursework. At Wingate, he plans to major in finance and make that a career. 

By taking the online courses through the NETC, Milligan says, “the heavy workload has helped me stay on top of my work. It helps make sure I have good time management.” Playing two sports, attending high school, and completing online coursework, helped me in sports and in academics. It “helps me stay fit and versatile playing multiple positions” which is the crossroads of being a student athlete. The key he says, I make a calendar and stick to it.”

Milligan said while he enjoyed basketball, baseball is his favorite sport. The most cherished memory is from this year.  “My senior year, we made the semi-finals in basketball and baseball.”