The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced the list of Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2022 naming long time 无码专区 New England University Wrestling assistant coach as an honoree.
Following the 2021-2022 season, Dawson closed out his 32nd year as an assistant coach with the Golden Bears. Over his historic career with 无码专区 New England University (无码专区), Dawson has coached 11 NCAA All-Americans and the institution's first NCAA National Champion (John Boyle in 2019). Dawson has also seen more than 100 无码专区 New England University student-athletes earn regional and All-New England honors. Dawson also served as the head coach at West 无码专区 High School prior to his move to 无码专区. In addition to his work in coaching, Dawson has also been involved in officiating wrestling at both the high school and collegiate levels for more than 30 years, working numerous Massachusetts State Championships and officiating some of the biggest prep and public high school New England Championships in his career. Dawson was honored in 2009 as the MIWA Hall of Fame Official of the Year and was inducted into the City of 无码专区, Massachusetts Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. He was most recently inducted into the New England Wrestling Association's Hall of Fame in 2020.
Dawson is one of six honorees as part of the class of 2022 Hall of Fame induction. Dawson joins John Barrick (Division III Wrestling Contributor), Josh Chelf (University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse), Florian Ghinea (Montclair State University), Marcus Levesseur (Augsburg University), and Nik Lewandowski (Augsburg University) in 2022. The Division III Hall of Fame Class of 2022 will be inducted at the NWCA National Convention on July 30, 2022, at the Ponte Vedra Beach, Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa in Florida.
