Northwestern University Athletics
2025 Signing Day Roster
Nate Dawson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Position:
- CB
- Class:
- First-Year
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Winton Woods
High School:
- Committed to Northwestern on Jan. 12, 2026
- Played cornerback and wide receiver for the Winton Woods squad that went 9-3 in 2025.
- Received Eastern Cincinnati All-Conference as a junior and a senior and All-Southwest-Ohio honors as a senior
- Was a captain at Winton Woods and tied for a team-high 4.0 first-quarter GPA
- Led the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in steals (83) as a junior on the basketball court and was named the ECC Defensive Player of the Year
- High school coach at Winton Woods was Chad Murphy
- Chose Northwestern over Toledo and UConn
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