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In high school, Dixon, a 5-foot-9, 150-pound, speedy point guard, led Marshall to the 2006 Virginia AAA state semifinals. Yet he struggled to catch the eye of college recruiters.
"The little guy [Dixon] could play, but because of his size, nobody offered him a D-I scholarship," said Red Jenkins, who coached both Metress and Harvard Coach Tommy Amaker at Fairfax’s W.T. Woodson High School in the mid-1980s. "I even talked to Tommy Amaker about [Dixon], when Tommy was at Michigan."
"Dip’s got a great eye for talent," said Dixon’s high school coach, Kevin Weeren. "He was really the only one who was interested in Daniel."
Dixon and four other talented Northern Virginia products similarly overlooked by Division I recruiters will lead Augusta State (27-6) into the NCAA Division II championship today against Winona State (37-1) in Springfield, Mass.
Augusta State of Georgia, ranked 10th in the Division II coaches’ poll, will look to end No. 3 Winona State’s 31-game winning streak; the Minnesota power has set the NCAA Division II single-season record for wins. Winona State won the 2006 Division II title and lost in last year’s championship game.
Augusta State is led by Georgia product Tyrekus Bowman (19.6 points per game), but “four of our top eight players are kids from Northern Virginia,” Metress said.
Dixon (Marshall), Steve Smith (Edison), Demetrius Howard (Gar-Field) and Caleb Brown (Forest Park) account for 30 percent of the Jaguars’ offense. Tye Beal (Wakefield) is redshirting this season.

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