Nazareth College Athletics

Finance and Economics major… born 12/9/91… son of Allan and Louise Dawson, Ottawa, Ontario… team captain… returning for his fourth season, Dawson played in 14 games for the Golden Flyers in 2014-15 and contributed one goal and nine assists... missed 13 games due to injury... lone goal came in a 5-3 win at Brockport on 1/16/15... equaled a career-best with three assists in season-opening 7-1 win over Brockport on 11/1/14 and three more in a 7-2 win over Hobart on 1/23/15... named to ECAC West All-Academic team for the second year in a row.

2013-14: Dawson was the Golden Flyers' top scoring defenseman for the second year in a row as he appeared in all 26 games and had 15 points on two goals and 13 assists... named as a second-team ECAC West all-star... had a career-best three assists in a 4-1 win at Geneseo on 1/25/14... also had two-assist games against Elmira on 11/22/13, vs. Geneseo on 12/15/13 and against Neumann on 2/21/14... scored game-winning goal with 1:38 left in overtime in a 2-1 upset of Utica on 1/24/14... named ECAC West co-Player of the Week for 1/27/14... named to ECAC West All-Academic team.

2012-13: was the Golden Flyers’ top scoring defenseman with 17 points on nine goals and eight assists in 25 games… had first college goal in 7-2 win at Brockport on 10/23/12… had two assists in a 3-3 tie at Skidmore on 11/24/12… also had one goal and one assist in a 5-3 loss at Neumann on 2/15/13… represented the Golden Flyers on the ECAC West all-rookie team… named MVP of the Skidmore Invitational as Nazareth claimed the championship with a 4-2 win over Curry… named ECAC West Rookie of the Week for Nov. 25.

Before Nazareth: a 2009 graduate of All Saints Catholic High School, Dawson spent five seasons playing in the Central Canada Hockey League, including two as team captain of the Brockville Braves… appeared in 38 games in 2011-12 and delivered three goals and 28 assists with 31 penalty minutes… played in 53 games in 2010-11 and had four goals, 26 assists with 82 penalty minutes… also played three seasons for the Nepean Raiders… amassed 20 goals and 90 assists in his five seasons in the CCHL.