A 5-foot-4 guard from Amarillo, Dawn started in each of the 59 games the Lady Texans played the past two seasons, earning all-conference and all-region honors each season as well as a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American award this past season.

Dawn should have an opportunity to fill the void left by departing senior point guard Taylor Ford who ranks third on UALR's all-time assists list.

Her departure, however, leads a huge void for head coach Michelle Wyatt as she enters her 10th season.

"She's been a huge part of what we've done the last two years," Wyatt told Don Williams of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.  "We'll probably realize next year how much we really did depend on her as we go a different direction with a point guard."

UALR finished this past season with a record of 18-12, ending their season with a 66-62 loss to No. 2-seed Western Kentucky in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.