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*2022 All-Big East Second Team
*2020-21 All-Big East Second Team
*Selected to play in the 2019 USTA Church Cup, representing the USTA Middle States region
*2018 All-Big East Second Team
*2018 Big East Rookie of the Year
2021-22 (Redshirt-Senior Season): Selected Second Team All-Big East for third time in his career...Posted an 11-8 singles record in dual matches, spending most of the time at the No. 2 (6-4) and No. 3 (4-4) spots in the lineup...5-2 against Big East opponents, beating Creighton (3/8), Villanova (3/26), Xavier (4/8), DePaul (4/10) and Georgetown in the conference tournament quarterfinals (4/22)...Went 6-13 in doubles with most matches in the No. 2 position (4-3 when paired with Patrick Joss)...5-4 in singles and 5-4 in doubles during the fall season
2020-21 (Redshirt-Junior Season): Went 6-6 on the year, playing most of his matches at the No. 2 spot...produced 2 wins in the No. 1 flight...dropped only one conference match on the season...paired with Thomas Brennan in the No. 1 doubles slot for three wins...helped lead Butler to a 2-1 conference record and a 2021 BIG EAST Semifinal appearance, falling to ultimate champion DePaul...named Big East Player of the Week on March 24 after going undefeated across No. 1 singles and doubles matches vs. Chicago State and vs. IUPUI.
2019-20 (Junior Season): Did not appear in any spring matches... Posted a 7-3 record during fall competition.Â
2018-19 (Sophomore Season): Finished 15-11 overall in singles play...posted a 7-6 record during the fall and an 8-5 record in the spring… missed time in the spring season due to injury…posted wins at the No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 spots…picked up singles wins versus Iowa, Ball State and UIC…posted a 5-1 record in Big East singles play…clinched the victory for Butler at Villanova (3/29)…posted an 11-8 doubles record on the year…went 4-2 at the No. 1 doubles position with Mason Dragos…advanced to the ITA Regional semifinals with Adrian Mag in the fall.
2017-18 (Freshman Season): Big East Rookie of the Year and an All-Big East Second Team selection by the league's head coaches...playing in spots one through four over the course of the spring season, Dickson combined for 29 wins (15 singles, 14 doubles) during his freshman campaign...the rookie clinched a pair of 4-3 matches for the Bulldogs over Dayton and Ball State, battling through three sets in both matches...including fall competition, finished the season with a singles record of 25-12 and a doubles mark of 18-11...named Big East Player of the Week on Feb. 28 after posting wins against both Cleveland State and Purdue.
PRIOR TO BUTLER: Posted a record of 105-4 during his four-year high school career...won the state singles championship as both a junior and senior...four-time Ches Mont singles champion, three-time district singles champion (sophomore, junior, senior)...team won the Ches Mont outright championship his senior season...graduated Cum Laude.
PERSONAL: Son of Joel and Lynn...his a younger sister, Nicole.
MORE ABOUT MICHAEL
Major: Finance and Marketing
Dream Job: GM of a professional sports organization
Favorite Tennis Memory: Winning two consecutive Pennsylvania State singles titles
Favorite Place on Campus: Hinkle Fieldhouse
Hobby: Collecting Sports Trading Cards
Favorite Sport besides Tennis: Basketball
Favorite Professional Sports Team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite TV Show: Brookly Nine-Nine
Favorite Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Sibling: Nicole (younger sister)
