Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors
2023 Collegiate Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
2022 Collegiate Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America First Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District II First Team
2021 All-Patriot League Second Team
Patriot League All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
2020-21 Patriot League Rookie of the Year
Patriot League Defender of the Week: 4/6/21, 8/30/21, 10/18/21
Patriot League Rookie of the Week: 4/6/21
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Dawson's Game Highs
Points: 2, 3x, MR: Delaware State (10/17/23)
Goals: 1, 2x, MR: Delaware State (10/17/23)
Assists: 2, at Maryland (8/29/21)

2023 (Senior)
Competed in all 19 games for the Mids and made 14 starts ... tallied an assist in Navy's season opening game versus Charleston Southern on Aug. 17 ... two months later notched her first goal of the season with a score at home against Delaware State on Oct. 17 ... saw 900 total minutes of action and took nine shots; her season-highs for both categories were 80 minutes versus Ohio on Aug. 27 and three shots against Del. State.

2022 (Junior)
Played in all 19 contests as a junior seeing time on the wing as a midfielder and defender; made 17 starts … assisted on three goals for Navy, versus The Citadel on Aug. 18, Bucknell on Sept. 16 and Colgate on Sept. 30 … finished with 16 shots, including seven on goal over 1,372 minutes of action … played 70-plus minutes in 16 of her 19 appearances with a season-high 89 at home against Niagara on Aug. 28.

2021 (Sophomore)
Suited up in 19 of Navy's 20 games as a sophomore; started all 19 of those contests ... a skilled two-way outside defender, she assisted on five Midshipmen goals; notched a pair of assists at Maryland on Aug. 29 ... also tallied helpers at Ohio State on Sept. 5, American on Oct. 13 and at home against Lafayette on Oct. 27 ... recorded 14 shots; 10 on goal ... critical member of a Navy defense that allowed one or fewer goals in each of the final nine contests of the season, including Patriot League shutouts of Loyola, American and Holy Cross ... played 1,559 minutes with complete games versus Air Force on Sept. 12 (90m), at Loyola on Sept. 22 (90m), Army on Oct. 16 (90m), at Howard on Oct. 18 (110m) and at Holy Cross on Oct. 23 (90m) ... was on the field for 70+ minutes in 17 of 19 games.

2020-21 (Freshman)
Appeared in and started 10 games for the Mids as a freshman outside defender … hit her stride as an offensive threat in Patriot League regular season play with points in each of the team’s final three games, March 31 at Bucknell (G), April 3 versus Lehigh (A) and April 9 against American (A) … goal at Bucknell was the first of her collegiate career; was also the game-winner in a 1-0 match … assist against Lehigh was also a first … added her third assist of the season in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against New Mexico on April 27 as she provided the lead pass to Molly Gillcrist just 29 seconds into the game … part of a defense that held opponents to one or less goals in each of the final seven games of the season, including both Patriot League Tournament tilts and the first round of the NCAA Tournament … saw 932 minutes of action with three complete games and 78 minutes or more in all 10 appearances … recorded six shots with one on goal.

High School / Club / Personal
2020 graduate of W.T. Woodson High School … earned three varsity letters with the soccer team … honored on the 2018 and 2019 All-Patriot District First Team … elected to serve as team captain for Woodson’s 2019 season … helped Woodson win the 2017 Patriot District Championship and the 2018 VHSL Occoquan Region Championship … played club soccer with McLean ECNL and Herndon Youth Soccer (Thunder Black) … member of 2019 VSYA Virginia State Cup Championship winning team with Herndon … every ECNL teammate is playing collegiate soccer … graduated with honors … daughter of Tom and Tiffany … five members of her family graduated from the Air Force Academy: mother and father graduated in 1993, while her grandfather Vernon is a Class of 1964 graduate, her uncle John is a 1981 grad and her aunt Candice is a 2004 grad … cousin Lexi Dawson (’24) plays lacrosse at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy … born in Albuquerque, N.M. before going to school in Northern Virginia.