Dawson Hillis

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Orchard Park, N.Y.
High School:
Orchard Park

Outdoor 2016-17: Kicked off the outdoor season with a fourth place finish in the shot put at the Spring Break Collegiate Classic… Collected a third place finish in shot put and a sixth place finish at the Penn Challenge… Against Navy finished second in the shot put… Finished third in the shot put and first in the discus at the UAlbany Spring Classic… At the Patriot League Championships paced fourth in the discus… At the Patriot League Championships finished fourth in the shot put.

Indoor 2016-17: Kicked off the indoor season with a third place finish in the weight throw at the Crowell Open… Placed first in the shot put and eighth in the weight throw at the Wagner Invitational… Captured eighth in the shot put at the Virginia Tech Invite… Finished fifth in the shot put and third in the weight throw at the Joe Donahue Games… Completed the shot put eighth at the Penn State Invite… Against Navy placed third in the shot put… At the Patriot League Championships finished sixth in the shot put.

Patriot League Championships: || 2015 Outdoor || Patriot League champion in the discus throw with a mark of 82.65m … placed 10th in the shot put with a mark of 15.00m … || 2015 Indoor || Earned 11th in the shot put with a mark of 15.08m.

Personal: Dawson Lee Hillis … son of Dave and Karen Hillis … sisters Alexa and Peyton … born in Carrollton, Ill. … uncle, Eric, is a gunnery SGT in the Marines .. holds high school shot put and discus records … high school track & field team MVP for three years … placed 25th at indoor nationals … Trench Trophy finalist in high school football … enjoys weightlifting and reading Stephen King … credits his father with having the most influence on his track & field career … civil engineering major.

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Tuesday, October 28

Army Sprint Football vs St. Thomas Aquinas 10/31/25 (KnightVision Free Live Sports)

Monday, October 27

Army Women's Rugby v. Navy (25-OCT-25)

Sunday, October 26

Army Navy Cross Country Star Meet

Sunday, October 19

Track and Field Names 2025-26 Captains

Friday, August 15

Nathan Davis Setting a New Program Record in the 3000m Steeplechase at the NCAA Championships

Nathan Davis Sets Program Record in 3000m Steeplechase at NCAA Championships

Wednesday, June 11

Davis, Fink Punch Ticket to NCAA Championships at East Regional Preliminaries

Saturday, May 31

Nathan Davis Competing in the 3000m Steeplechase

Nathan Davis Becomes Second Black Knight to Qualify for NCAA National Championship Meet

Friday, May 30

Army West Point Athletics

2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

Roster

Grant Alter

William Bailey

Mark Baker

Lee Bares

Charlie Barron

Luke Barstow

Matt Bearden

Nick Beavers

Ben Boswell

Kenneth Brinson

Kenner Broulline

Nick Causey

Matt Cohane

Alex Combs

Matthew Cushing

Naquore Davis

Tyler Davis

Marcus Denham

Wyatt Doughty

Aidan Doyle

Kevin Dyer

Keegan Fitzpatrick

Jacob Fong

Michael Gabrielsen

Jeff Giannettino

Bradley Gibson

Randy Hahn

Grayson Hill

Dawson Hillis

Jackson Hohlt

Jack Keating

Garrett Kohnke

Jacob Lionello

Tyrell Maddox

Connor McDonald

John Monday

Liam Neary

Jack O'Brien

Roman Ollar

Ben Petrella

Ross Puritty

Michael Renard

Conner Russell

Jose Santana

Robbie Santoyo

Ben Sims

Mikey Singer

Ryan Smathers

Keagan Smith

Jacob Stauffer

Jackson Sullivan

Alex Tosi

Trevor Touchton

John Valeri

Andre Vaughn

Jaeden Watson

Ryan Wieties