Completed Event: Baseball versus Yaquis de Obregón on September 26, 2026 ,
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vs Yaquis de Obregón
Grand Canyon University Athletics
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Jersey Number 39
Dawson Downs
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 215
- Position:
- Infielder
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ripon, Calif.
- High School:
- Ripon
- Prev School:
- Modesto JC » UC Santa Barbara
- Pronunciation:
- L/R
Grand Canyon
- Transfers to GCU for the 2027 season after spending 2026 at UC Santa Barbara and playing his freshman season at Modesto Junior College.
- Brings experience as a corner infielder after also playing both ways during his prep career.
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Calif.2026 | Sophomore
- Redshirted the season.
Modesto Junior College
Modesto, Calif.2025 | Freshman
- Played in 32 games.
- Totaled 24 hits, seven doubles, one home run, 19 RBIs and 17 runs.
- Hit his first collegiate home run as part of a four-RBI performance at Sequoias on March 21.
- Recorded a season-high three hits at Chabot on Jan. 31 and again at San Joaquin Delta on April 1.
Summer Leagues
- 2026: Kenosha Kingfish | Northwoods League | Kenosha, Wis. — Hit .269 with a .406 on-base percentage and .603 slugging percentage across 23 games, totaling six home runs, 28 RBIs and eight doubles. Drove in 10 runs and hit two home runs in a 24-3 win at Kalamazoo on June 22, including a grand slam. Went 3 for 5 with a double, home run, three RBIs and two runs against Green Bay three days earlier.
- 2025: Ridgefield Raptors | West Coast League | Ridgefield, Wash. — Hit .266/.367/.444 across 39 games with 14 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 23 RBIs.
Ripon HS
Ripon, Calif.- Set the Ripon High School record for career hits.
- Was a two-time Trans-Valley League MVP, three-time All-Area Offensive MVP and four-time All-TVL selection.
- Hit .460 with seven home runs, five doubles, two triples and 24 RBIs in 23 games as a senior.
- Finished his four-year varsity career with a .379 batting average, 122 hits, 90 RBIs, 26 doubles, seven triples and nine home runs across 102 games.
- Hit .374 as a junior while recording nine doubles, four triples and two home runs.
- Also starred as a pitcher during his prep career, including six shutout innings with seven strikeouts against Escalon as a junior.
- Played basketball and earned All-TVL recognition.
- Was a four-year Honor Roll student.
Personal
- Parents are Nicole and Brodie Downs.
- Has a younger sister, Camden, and younger brother, Harper.
- Plans to pursue a career in architecture after baseball.
- Roots for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Lakers and the Las Vegas Raiders.
- Lists Corey and Kyle Seager, Roman Anthony, Russell Westbrook and James Harden among his favorite athletes.
- Enjoys going to the beach, fishing, swimming and listening to music.
- Can solve a Rubik’s Cube.
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