The first-year out of Scarborough, Ont. was selected to the OUA all-rookie team after being a bright spot in a trying season for the Ryerson Rams men's volleyball team. Dawson finished 20th in conference scoring, averaging 2.77 points per set which also ranked him second on Ryerson. He also picked up 140 total kills, 55 digs, 19 blocks and 13 aces throughout the season.

Dawson played a big role in the Rams' November 4 upset of the defending OUA champion McMaster at Kerr Hall Gym, tallying 15 kills and 19 points to lead Ryerson over the Marauders in a five-set thriller.

The business management major is the second men's volleyball athlete to crack to conference all-rookie roster in as many years and the ninth in team history. Aleksa Miladinovic (Belgrade, Serbia) was also recognized as an all-rookie in 2010-11.

2011-2012 OUA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

Player of the Year: Joren Zeeman - Queen's
Rookie of the Year: Alex Elliott - McMaster
Libero of the Year: Niko Rukavina - Queen's
Dale Iwanoczko Award: Karim Khalil - York
Coach of the Year: Jim Sage - Western

2011-2012 OUA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS

First-Team
Joren Zeeman - Queen's
Phil James - Western
Kyle Williamson - Windsor
Garrett May - Western
Fiodar Kazhamiaka - Waterloo
Winston Rosser - Guelph
Matt Poulin - Western

Second-Team
Jeremy Groenveld - McMaster
Michael Amoroso - Queen's
Kevin Stevens - McMaster
Cameron Wheelan - Waterloo
Jori Mantha - McMaster
Niko Rukavina - Queen's
Matt Waite - Western

All-Rookie Team
Alex Elliott - McMaster
Erich Woolley - Waterloo
Daniel Groenveld - McMaster
Alex Dawson - Ryerson
Trevor Grant - Toronto
Steven Khuu - Toronto
Marko Dakic - York