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2023-24 Men's Swimming Roster

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Dawson Wilson

  • Yr. Sophomore
  • Height 5-10
  • Events Diving
  • Hometown Dickinson, N.D.
  • High School Trinity/Dickinson

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 2x CSCAA All-American
    • First Team - 2023 (3m Diving)
    • Second Team - 2023 (1m Diving)
  • RMAC Freshman of the Year (2023)
  • RMAC Champion - 3m Diving (2024)
  • 4x Overall All-RMAC
    • 1x First Team - 3m Diving (2024)
    • 3x Second Team
      • 2023 (1m & 3m Diving)
      • 2024 (1m Diving)
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2023-24 (As a Sophomore):
Dove in four meets during the second half of the season, including the RMAC Championships… Claimed a pair of medals and All-RMAC certificates at the conference meet, setting two new career-best scores… Won the RMAC title and a first team honor on the 3-meter dethroning teammate Isaiah Cheeks… Set a score of 566.50 points to do so… Won the bronze medal and a second team certificate on the 1-meter with a score of 495.10 points… Set a 6-dive score of 336.55 (1m) and 336.95 (3m) points at the CMU Last Chance to qualify for the NCAA Pre-Championship Qualification meet for the second straight year… Finished 14th (241.20) on the 1-meter and 23rd (201.15) on the 3-meter narrowly missing out of qualification for the official NCAA Championship.

2022-23 (As a Freshman): Earned a multitude of conference and national-level awards while diving in 11 meets during his collegiate debut season… Was a 2-event CSCAA All-American, earning first team honors thanks to an eighth place finish in the 3-meter event at the NCAA Division II National Championships in Indianapolis… Also earned second team honors with a 13th place finish on the 1-meter… Had also earned a pair of Second Team All-RMAC honors thanks to his performances at the conference meet and was later named as the RMAC Men’s Freshman of the Year as the top youngster in both swimming and diving… Placed fourth in both events… Scored 516.25 points in the 3-meter conference finals after turning in a season-best score of 520.35 in the preliminaries…. Had a season-best score of 453.50 points in the 1-meter finals… Turned in a season-best 6-dive score of 348.20 points on the 3-meter at the Maverick Last Chance Qualifier to secure his trip to Indianapolis before finishing fifth on the 1-meter with a season-best score of 269.70 points during the NCAA Pre-Championship qualifier, which allowed him to earn an official spot in the national championships.

Prep: 2022 graduate of Trinity High School… Competed for Dickinson High School… Finished second in the 1-meter diving event at the North Dakota State Championships as a senior behind fellow Maverick Wyatt Hermanson… Scored 427.75 points… Also swam to a sixth place finish in the 100 fly… Also took second in diving as a junior in 2021 after placing fourth in 2020.
 
Personal: Is majoring in physics… Is still figuring out his long term goals.
 
Why I Chose CMU: “Colorado Mesa has a bunch of academic opportunities and has a well-developed diving program.”
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Diving
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Diving
    5'10"