10  Monique Dawson
	Class: Senior Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. High School: Vance H.S. Height: 5-8 Position: G

Notes: Named to the 2007-08 preseason All-Southern Conference Team ... 2008 Paradise Classic Tournament MVP ... 2008 SCSMA All-Conference Second Team ... 2008 All-Southern Conference ... Named to the NIKE/WBCA So You Want to Be a Coach Program.

2007-08 (Senior): Started 33 of the 34 games ... Became the 19th Lady Catamount to go over 1,000 points and ended her career with 1,216 points ranking her 12th in the Western Carolina record books ... Also ranked second in free throws (423), eighth in steals (268), fifth in three-pointers made (108) and seventh in steals (196) in the WCU record books ... Scored in double figures 19 times and twice scored 20 points ... Led the team in active players averaging 10.7 points per game ... Led the team scoring a total of 354 points and in steals with 61 ... Ranked second on the team in assists with 96 ... Played a career-high 41 minutes against Elon.

2006-07 (Junior): Named to the preseason All-Southern Conference team by the members of the SoCon Sports Media Association (SCSMA) ... Voted to the 2007 All-Southern Conference Team by both the coaches and the media, garnering first team accolades from the latter ... Named SoCon Player of the Week on Jan. 16 ... Scored a career-high 24 points twice, in the three-point win over Wake Forest (11/14) and the win over Chattanooga ... Tied her career highs at WFU with 10 made free throws and 12 free throw attempts ... Averaged 16 points per game en route to earning all-tournament team and MVP accolades at the Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational (11/24-25)... Scored 21 points - 15 of which came from the free throw line - in two games at the Courtyard Classic (12/2-3) in Chattanooga ... Scored in double-digits in 25 of the 34 games this season ... Scored 16 points in the quarterfinal win over ninth-seeded Furman (2/28) in the Southern Conference championships ... Finished the tournament averaging eight points per game.

2005-06 (Sophomore): Played in all 29 games as a sophomore, starting 22 of the contests to rank second on the team ... Led WCU in scoring 10 times and rebounding once ... Her scoring an average of 11 points per game ranked second on the team and 13th in the Southern Conference ... Also ranked in the conference in free throw percentage, connecting on a team-high 98 of her 130 attempts, or 75.4-percent, to stand eighth despite having the second-most attempts out of the top 10 percentages ... Led the team in steals with 43, averaging 1.5 per game ... Was named to the Southern Conference All-Tournament team becoming the 12th Lady Catamount all-time and giving WCU representation on the honorary squad for the third-straight year ... Opened the season by nailing back-to-back 3-pointers at Detroit (Nov. 18), en route to a dozen points in the first half, finishing with 12 points, four steals, and three assists ... Scored eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers, in the overtime loss to UNC Asheville (Dec. 3) ... Turned in her best all-around performance since December of her freshman year by scoring 14 points, pulling down six rebounds, dishing out three assists and swiping three steals at Auburn (Dec. 7) ... Recorded her third double-digit scoring output of the season with 11 at High Point (Dec. 19) ... Scored in double-digits in six-straight games with 10 versus Elon (Jan. 2), 14 at Davidson (Jan. 7), a career-high 23 points in the road win at Appalachian State (Jan. 9), a team-high 13 versus Chattanooga (Jan. 14), matching that total with 13 at home against Georgia Southern (Jan. 16) and tallying 16 points to lead the team at home against UNC Greensboro (Jan. 18) ... Returned to double-digits with 15 at College of Charleston (Jan. 23) ... Led the team with 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for her first career double-double at home versus Wofford (Jan. 28) ... Scored 10 in the home loss to Davidson (Feb. 4) ... Tied for the team-high with 14 points in the home win over Appalachian State (Feb. 6) ... Led Western with 18 points in the home win over the College of Charleston (Feb. 20) ... With WCU clinging to a four-point advantage, drained 7-of-8 free throws to finish with 12 points in the win over Appalachian State (March 3) in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Championship ... Led Western with 17 points in the near-upset win of top-seeded Chattanooga (March 4) ... Averaged 14.5 points in the SoCon tournament to earn all-tournament honors.

2004-05 (Freshman): Played in 22 of the 32 games, making three appearances in the Lady Catamount starting lineup ... Averaged 6.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... Missed the first four games of the season ... Scored her first career basket, a 3-pointer, at the 13:18 mark of the first half in the win over High Point (Dec. 1) ... Led the team with 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting in the comeback victory over High Point in her first action of the season ... Scored 11 in the loss at the Asheville Civic Center to UNC Asheville (Dec. 4), eight of which came from the charity stripe (8-of-11) ... Totaled 11 points and a then career-high seven rebounds in the home loss to Furman (Dec. 11), scoring seven-in-a-row for WCU during one of the rallies ... Made her first career start at Georgia Southern (Dec. 18), scoring 16 points including nailing a career-best four 3-pointers ... Missed six, mid-season games due to illness (mononucleosis) and recovery ... Returned to action at Davidson (Jan. 25), recording eight minutes of playing time ... Scored the most points since returning to the lineup with nine in the home win over East Tennessee State (Feb. 7) ... Increased her point production in the loss at Appalachian State in Boone (Feb. 24), reaching double figures for the first time since December with 13 points... Scored eight points in the opening round win over Wofford (Mar. 2) ... Contributed six points on 2-of-3 shooting behind the 3-point arc in the upset win over Furman in the SoCon Quarterfinal round (Mar. 3) ... Along with classmate Chevon Keith, led the team with nine points in the NCAA Tournament versus #1 Tennessee.

High School: As a senior averaged 17 points, five assists and four steals per game for Vance HS ... Was a three-year varsity letter-winner and a captain during her sophomore and senior seasons ... Additionally a two-time all-conference honoree and two-time co-MVP of her team ... Led her team to the 4-A State Championship game during her junior campaign after finishing as the regional champions that year ... Other honors include being a second team All-Mecklenburg County selection as a senior and receiving the Coaches Award from her high school team as a junior.

Personal: Full name is Monique Simone Dawson ... Daughter of Maurice and Barbara Dawson ... Is majoring in Communications.