The 5-foot-3 senior became the first Oklahoma female runner to break the 17-minute mark in a five-kilometer race as she finished 14th at the national Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championship to earn All-American honors this past season. Dawson also took second at the Class 6A state meet and was the winner of the 17-18-year-old age group at the Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships. Also a member of the Spartans track team, she set a state record in the 3,200-meter run as a junior.
Dawson has maintained a weighted 4.50 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Oklahoma State University this fall.
A four-year member of the Bixby High Student Council, Dawson has volunteered locally as a running mentor, and she has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church.
