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Full Name: David Justice Wiggins
Date of Birth: 23 April 1995
Family: David and Patricia Wiggins (parents),
Katie Wiggins (sister)
Affiliations:
Oak Hollow Disc Golf Club, High Point, NC
PDGA member since 2004. License # 24437
Sponsored Player – Innova Champion Discs
Sponsored Player – Phenix Disc sports
Sponsored Player – Scientific Disc Golf
Home course: Johnson Street Park, High Point, NC
Disc Golf Accomplishments
Notable Records, Firsts and Finishes
Year Started Playing: 1999 at the age of 4
First Tournament:
2003 State Games of North Carolina 4th place age under 16
First PDGA Event:
2004 Mooky’s Cup 30th place MA2
First Win:
2004 State Games of North Carolina 1st place age under 12
First PDGA Win (World Championship):
2004 World Championships 1st place MJ4
1st PDGA MA2 Win:
2005 Horizons Park Classic (note 1) 1st place MA2
World Championships
2004 World Championships 1st place MJ4
2004 World Doubles Champion MJ4
2005 World Championships 1st place MJ4
2005 World Doubles Champion MJ4
2006 World Championships 1st place MJ3
2007 World Championships 1st place MJ3
2007 World Doubles Champion MJ3
1st PDG MA1 Win:
2007 Alamance County Pro-Am (note 2)
Pro Team Sponsorship – Innova Disc Golf (note 3)
April 2007
World Records:
Distance 9 years old 343 ft. (104.7 m.)
Distance 10 years old 399 ft.
Distance 11 years old (note 4) 484 ft
Notes
1. (This is believed to be the youngest age ever to win a C tier
or higher MA2 event)
2. (This is the youngest age ever to win a PDGA MA1 event)
3. (Youngest player ever and first amateur to be sponsored by
Team Innova Champion Discs – the world’s leading disc golf
manufacturer)
4. (As of Jan 2007, this also represents the distance record for
12 year olds)
Full Disc Golf Statistics and Results - http://pdga.
org/tournament/playerstats.php?PDGANum=24437
Media Exposure
Disc Golf World – full articles
Issue #71 “Junior World Championships” p.86
Issue #73 “ Player Watch: Notable Achievements” p.31
Issue #75 “Jr. Boys <10 Champion” p.18
Issue #78 “This kid can throw…far” p.19
Issue #79 “Lots of Junior Boys Playing” p. 15
Issue #82 “Wiggins does it Again!” p. 31
Issue #83 “David Wiggins Jr. 24437” p. 54
PDGA Amateur World Championships Video 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007
High Point Enterprise High Point, NC
“9-year-old strives for Guinness Frisbee fame” 17 April 2005
“A fling at the title” 6 August 2005
“Local fifth-grader wins disc golf crown” 24 August 2005
Greensboro News and Record, Greensboro, NC
“Taking aim at a world championship”
(front page sports section) 15 July 2007
SportsCarolina Monthly (cover story)
“High Point’s Disc Golf Sensation” Dec. 2007
On the Web
Feature segment on Fox 8 News, Greensboro, NC
“Two Young Disc Golf Champions Prepare for Nationals”
17 July 2007
Feature segment at USDGC 2006
“Between the Ropes - Monday Episode Part 1” 12 Oct. 2006
"David Wiggins' Flying Disc Distance Record"
Widely used by Innova Champion Discs to promote the release
of their disc golf disc “Wraith’ in champion plastic.
On DVD
2006 Clash at Renny Gold
Disc Golf Community Service
Youth Day Camp Disc Golf Instructor
Summer 2005 High Point, NC
Helped initiate Phys. Ed. Disc Golf class, Southwest
Elementary, High Point, NC - Spring 2006
Disc Golf Instructional Video
Southwest Elementary, High Point, NC - Spring 2006
Youth Day Camp Disc Golf Instructor
Summer 2006 High Point, NC
Youth Day Camp Disc Golf Instructor
Summer 2007 High Point, NC
Event Staff Volunteer, Edge Disc Golf Competition
2007 Amateur World Championships - July 2007
Disc Golf Instructor and Demonstration:
Greensboro Parks and Recreation Centers
“Summer Camp Bash”
- August 2, 2007
Other Accomplishments
4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Honor Roll
Southwest Elementary, High Point, NC
7th Grade Honor roll
High Point Friends School, High Point, NC
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Presidential Fitness Award
Southwest Elementary, High Point, NC, and High Point Friends
School, High Point, NC
2004 Little League All-Star Team – High Point, NC
Other Interests
Fishing, bicycling, basketball, baseball, running, bowling
