Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors
2023-24 Second Team All-MIAA 

Career Recap: Austin Peay
2024-25 (Senior)
Appeared in 23 games off the bench… Scored 12 points in the season opener against Union (Nov. 4)… Scored a team-high 18 points while shooting 7-for-11 from the field at Samford (Dec. 8)… Went 3-for-3 from the field with a pair of rebounds at West Georgia in the regular-season finale (Feb. 26)… Was a perfect 9-for-9 from the field with 20 points in the first round of the ASUN Championship against North Florida (March 2).

Career Recap: Missouri Southern 2023-24 (Senior)
Started 28-of-29 games for Missouri Southern… Averaged 14.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game to earn Second Team All-MIAA honors… Scored 20-plus points six times while shooting 53.9% from the field and 43.4% from three-point range… Had a season-high 29 points against Central Missouri where he made 11-of-12 shots from the field and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe.

Career Recap: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2022-23 (Junior)
Started all 26 games at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, where he averaged 13.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, shooting 57.0% from the field and 81.3% from the free throw line… Had 19 games scoring in double figures and five scoring at least 20… Tallied a season-high 28 points against Itawamba Community College.

Career Recap: Francis Marion 2021-22 (Sophomore)
Started all 14 games he appeared in during his sophomore campaign… Averaged 8.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, shooting 40.7% (44-of-108) from the field and 41.3% (19-of-46) from three-point range… Scored in double figures six times with a season-high 15 points at Lander… Led the Patriots with 97 rebounds, finishing second with 115 points.

Career Recap: Marion Military Institute 2020-21 (Freshman)
Appeared in 28 games for MMI, making 27 starts… Averaged 12.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 55.7% from the field... Led the team with 37 steals.

Career Recap: West Florence High School
Averaged 10.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game during his senior prep season under head coach Daryl Jarvis… Named to the High School Report’s AAAAA All-State Team.

Personal
Darius O’Bryant Dawson is the son of Doris and Steven Dawson… Has three siblings: Danielle, Darci, and Dominic… Born April 19... Majoring in general studies.