2001-02 Demon Basketball Roster

30 Michael Byars-Dawson

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Fort Worth, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Dunbar
  • Prev School:
    Miami (Fla.)

Summary

Biography

This Season
  • Preseason first-team All-Southland Conference
  • has dropped 10 pounds and dramatically improved his quickness and leaping ability, posting a 37-inch vertical leap during preseason conditioning workouts

2000-01
  • CenturyTel Southland Conference Classic tournament MVP after averaging team-best 15.6 ppg in three games, including 22-point (9-13 FG), 0 turnovers, 5-rebound outing in championship game
  • made 2 FTs with 10 seconds left in conference tournament championship game to build 72-68 lead in 72-71 Demon win
  • made decisive assist on drive-and-dish pass to Josh Hancock for a game-clinching 3-pointer with 1 minutes left in opening round NCAA Tournament win over Winthrop
  • All-Southland Conference, third team
  • led Demons in scoring (13.2) and 3-pointers 936), second on team in steals(55), assists (66), FTs made (111) and attempted (147)
  • tied school single-game steals record with 8 at SW Texas (2/17)
  • scored in double figures in 26 of 32 games, including the first 15 games he played as a Demon
  • 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks in his hometown in a season-opening game at TCU, earing SLC Player of the Week award Nov. 21
  • career-high 26 points vs. McNeese (1/8), 22 vs. McNeese (3/10), 20 vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/1)
  • ranked 12 thi teh SLC in scoring (13.2), 9th in FT aim (75.5%), 10th in steals (1.72 pg), 10th in 3 point aim (37.1%)
1999-2000
  • Sat out season as a transfer
Before NSU
  • played two seasons at the University of Miami (Fla.), playing in 33 games, starting once
  • scored 14 points vs. Villanova, 12 points vs. Providence as a freshman, then 10 vs. Kentucky as a sophomore
  • played four minutes in Miami's 1998 NCAA Tournament loss to UCLA, missing a pair of shots and getting a rebound in "Canes' first NCAA game in 38 years
  • toured South America with the Hurricanes in 1998, starting in two of four games
  • Miami career stats: 33 games 1 start, 85 points - 2.6 ppg, 34-85 FGs (.400), 8-23 3s (.348), 9-19 FTs (.474), 36 rebounds - 1.1 rpg, 23 assists - 0.7 pg, 33 turnovers - 10.0 pg, 2 blocks, 8 steals
At Dunbar HS
  • First-team Class 5A All-State and all-region as a senior with averages of 23.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 5.5 assist pg, 5.0 steals pg
  • Honorable mention Adidas Blue Ribbon All-America
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Tarrant County Player of the Year ofr 1997, first team Dallas Morning News All-Metroplex after leading Dunbar to a 33-4 record and the regional finals
  • MVP of Super Eight Tournament as a senior
  • started for three varsity seasons, was a two-time all-conference and all-city pic for coach Robert Hughes
  • Metroplex Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore, when he averaged 27.1 ppg for a 35-6 team
  • 21.4 ppg as a junior for a 32-5 team
  • four-year member of the Art Club and two-year Student Council senator
Personal
  • son of Diana and Derwin Dawson
  • mother is a cosmetologist and step-farther works for the US Postal Service
  • has a sister Korri and a brother Dominique
  • major is psychology
  • nicknames are "Money Mike" and "Eighth Wonder"
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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    1999-00Junior

    Guard
    5'11" 207 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2000-01Junior

    Guard
    5'11" 207 lbs
    32
  • 30

    2001-02Senior

    Guard
    6'0" 195 lbs
    30