Seattle University Baseball

Dawson enters his ninth season with the Redhawks and will continue overseeing the hitters, coaching the outfielders, and controlling the running game while manning the third-base coaches’ box on game days. He is also entering his 3rd year serving as the recruiting coordinator, a role he has seen success in during his career. During his 7 years in Seattle, the program has seen 10 players sign professional baseball contracts, made the conference tournament each season, and won a program and WAC record 7 consecutive conference series in a row in 2023. The 2023 season also saw the RedHawks finish tied for their 2nd highest WAC conference ranking (4th of 13) since finishing 4th in 2018 and winning the conference in 2016 with a 21-6 record. Since taking over the hitters in the 2022 season, a role which has seen him help develop the offense into one that ranks in the top 5 in Redhawk history, they have finished with the 4th and 3rd highest team batting averages in program history, respectively, in route to setting a program record for home runs in the 2023 season (46). In 2023, Matt Boissoneault appeared in 50 games, with 49 starts, while batting .321 with a team high 47 RBI. This was following a season where Boissoneault’s hot bat led to him batting .352 and leading the team in hits (64). Boissoneault set the single-season program record with home runs (13), broke the all-time program record for career home runs (24), and finished 1st in career slugging percentage (.520). His stron