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Leo Dawson is known as one of the greatest defenseman in BostonState College men's lacrosse history. He was a Co-Captain on the1974 team that compiled an 11-3 mark and captured the United StatesIntercollegiate Lacrosse Association Colonial League Championship.The Warriors also made an appearance in the ECAC Division IIIChampionship Tournament that year as Dawson earned All-New Englandand All-Colonial League honors as well as a spot on the New EnglandDivision I College All-Star Game roster. These accolades were notnew to Dawson, who helped Boston State register a 28-13 recordduring his three-year career, as he was named to the All-ColonialLeague team the prior year as a junior. He was an integral part ofthe 1972 team that finished with an 11-2 record and the USILAColonial League crown. The Warriors advanced to the quarterfinalsin their first appearance in the USILA National ChampionshipTournament that year, due in large part to Dawson and the defense'stremendous feat of allowing just 4.1 goals per game. Following his1974 graduation from Boston State, Dawson Leo continued his playingcareer with the Brine Lacrosse Club of Cambridge, Massachusetts inthe United States Club Lacrosse Association from 1975-1982. He andfellow Warrior lacrosse players, Bill Rafuse and John Yeager ledthe Brine team to the 1976 USCLA National Championship Tournamentin Baltimore, Maryland, where they advanced to the title game,before falling to the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club. When hewasn't playing lacrosse he was coaching it as Assistant Coach forGordie Webb at Boston State College from 1974-1976 and later as theVarsity Head Lacrosse Coach at Merrimack College from 1976-1982.His 1979 Merrimack team earned the New England Lacrosse CoachesAssociation, Most Improved Team Award. Dawson remained in the gamefollowing his coaching career as a referee at the NCAA level for 10years and is presently the Principal of the Atlantic Benefits Groupin West Chester, Pennsylvania.