High School: Individual state champion in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle as a junior and senior • earned New Hampshire Senate recognition and awards for his championship • member of Keene High School swimming team that won the state title during all four of his seasons • also played goalkeeper for the lacrosse team • earned high honors.

Personal: Richard Louis Hobbs • son of Brian and Kelly Hobbs • has a brother, Martin, and a sister, Kendal • father swam at Carnegie Mellon • engineering undeclared major at Delaware • father is a nuclear engineer.