Dawson Garcia

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Height:
6-11
Weight:
235
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Prior Lake, Minn.
High School:
Prior Lake HS

Honors & Awards
2020-21
Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (3x)
BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2020-21 Season Notes (Fr.): Opened season with 19 points in win over UAPB (Nov. 25) … Chipped in 16 points and eight boards against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 27) … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Nov. 30 … Collected first career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) in victory at No. 9 Creighton (Dec. 14) … Grabbed team-best 12 rebounds against Seton Hall (Dec. 17) … Finished with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting at Xavier (Dec. 20) … Finished with personal-high 13 rebounds at Georgetown (Jan. 2) and also added nine points … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Jan. 4) … led team in scoring with 20 points and had 11 points for double-double vs. UConn (Jan. 5) … Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (Jan. 11) … 7-of-11 from the floor en route to second-straight 20-point game in win over Providence (Jan. 12) … Scored 11 points at St. John’s (Jan. 16) and was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for third time on Jan. 18 … scored 20 points for the fourth time this season against St. John’s (Jan. 31) … Also chipped in nine boards against Red Storm … Scored 14 points in just 18 minutes against Butler (Feb. 2) because of foul trouble … Netted personal-best 28 points at No. 5/4 Villanova (Feb. 10) … Finished 9-of-15 from the floor and 9-of-10 from the charity stripe … Also chipped in six rebounds against the Wildcats … Posted third double-double of the year with 24 points and 11 rebounds at North Carolina (2/24) … Shot 9-of-13 from the floor against the Tar Heels … Led team in scoring with 18 points at UConn (Feb. 27) and also grabbed eight rebounds … Finished regular season with 11-point, seven rebound effort against Xavier (March 6).

Prior to Marquette: Named McDonald’s All-American senior season at Prior Lake High School … Consensus top-50 recruit nationally by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com … Four-year varsity letterwinner at Prior Lake High School … Finalist for state’s Mr. Basketball Award … Concluded career with 2,092 points … First team all-state and all-metro as a senior … Also an all-conference performer … Averaged 31.9 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in 2019-20 … Shot 56.7 percent from the floor overall and 41.2 percent from long distance … Averaged 27.5 points (10^th in the state) and 11.0 rebounds per game as a junior in 2018-19 and helped lead Prior Lake High School to the Minnesota Class 4A, Section 2 championship game … Lakers won a program-best 25 games (25-4) and appeared in their first-ever sectional final as a Class 4A program … Participated on the summer league circuit with D1 Minnesota under head coach Al Harris … Member of the 2019 USA Basketball Men's 3x3 U18 World Cup Team that claimed an historic first gold medal for the USA with a 7-0 record in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia … Named most valuable player of the 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup and the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 U18 National Championship.

Personal: Born September 20, 2001 in Burnsville, Minnesota … Son of Stacey and David Garcia … Has one sister, Madi … Majoring in communications.