El Dorado, Arkansas, is where Hudson McDiarmid's story begins. As the middle child among five siblings, he's always been a high achiever in sports and academics. Hudson's heart beats for the Arkansas Razorbacks, and he graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Data Analytics in May 2023. A member of the KA fraternity, he now works at Glenn Mechanical in El Dorado, taking on various responsibilities, including hands-on fieldwork.