Dalton Bolon

Photo by: Rafael Suanes/CAA

Photo by: Rafael Suanes/CAA

GRAD STUDENT (2022-23 AT CofC)

Suffered a bloody eye and knee during the CAA finals.
All-CAA first team, finalist for the Lou Henson award.
14 points vs. Northeastern
Back-to-back double-digit point games at Drexel and Delaware while making seven field goals in both contests.
Nine rebounds vs. Hofstra
15 point and 5 rebound performance at Monmouth.
CAA Player of the Week (1/16) after a 18.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg week with wins of UNCW and Elon, including a career-high 6 threes made vs. Elon.
16 points vs. UNCW including a stretch of three straight in the paints buckets to close the gap with the Seahawks.
First double-double as a Cougar at North Carolina A&T with 22 points ten rebounds.
Career-high four assists in overtime win at Towson
Career-high three steals vs. Stetson.
Career-high 22 points and nine made field goals vs. North Greenville
Career-high 29 minutes at Presbyterian
Set a career-high with nine rebounds vs. The Citadel
Tied-career high 26 minutes vs. ODU, shooting 50% from three.
Set new career-high with 21 points and seven rebounds in Charleston Classic opening round vs. Davidson.
Had a career-game in a CofC jersey against #1 UNC with 16 points, going 7-14 from the field
Returned to the Cougar's lineup vs. Chattanooga with an 11-point, three rebound performance

GRAD STUDENT (2021-22 at CofC)

Appeared in three games during the 2021-22 campaign, averaging 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game at the season-opening Rising Coaches Classic.
The Cougars went 3-0 in games Bolon played in.
Scored 15 points on 5-of-12 field goals to lift CofC over Lipscomb, 86-77 (Nov. 12).
Chipped in seven points in nine minutes before suffering a foot injury in the Cougars' victory over Loyola (Nov. 13).
Was sidelined the remainder of the season with the injury, but received a medical hardship waiver to return for the 2022-23 campaign.

RS SENIOR (2020-21 at Div. II West Liberty)

Tabbed an NCAA D2 All-American for the third year in a row.
Earned MEC Player of the Year honors, and Region Player of the Year recognition to add to his hardware.
Named Male Athlete of the Year at West Liberty.
Averaged a career-best 21.9 points per game and 8.1 boards per game.
Shot 53 percent from the field, 45 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the free throw line to complete a 50-40-90 season.
Scored 20+ points 11 times and reached double figures in all 23 games he appeared in.
Posted six double-doubles during the shortened campaign.

RS JUNIOR (2019-20 at Div. II West Liberty)

Snagged back-to-back NCAA D2 All-American (Basketball Times) honors and NCAA D2 Academic All-American recognition.
Also D2CCA All-Atlantic Region honoree, NABC D2 All-Atlantic District, First-Team All-MEC, MEC All-Academic Team.
Posted 4-time MEC Player of the Week (11/11, 1/27, 2/24, 3/2).
Started all 31 games, averaging 27.0 minutes per game.
Scored 575 points (18.5 ppg.) with 269 rebounds (8.7 rpg.).
Shot 46 percent (195-426) from the floor, 39 percent (84-216) from the 3-point arc and an MEC-best 87 percent (101-116) from the foul line.
Tallied 26 double-figure scoring games, 12 double-figure rebound games, 12 double-doubles, 14 games with 20+ points and five games with 30+ points.

RS SOPHOMORE (2018-19 at Div. II West Liberty)

Earned NCAA D2 All-American (Basketball Times) honors and NCAA D2 Academic All-American recognition.
Named D2CCA All-Atlantic Region, NABC D2 All-Atlantic District, First-Team All-MEC and to the Atlantic Region All-Tournament Team.
Top 10 nationally with WLU sophomore record 106 threes.
Started all 33 games, averaging 28.2 minutes per game.
Scored 682 points (20.7 ppg.) with 211 rebounds (6.4 rpg.).
Shot 46 percent (216-474) from the floor, 41 percent (106-258) from the 3-point arc and 83 percent (144-174) from the foul line.
Racked up 29 double-figure scoring games, five double-doubles and 21 games with 20+ points.

RS FRESHMAN (2017-18 at Div. II West Liberty)

Named MEC Freshman of the Year, 2^nd-team All-MEC and to the MEC All-Academic Team.
Led all NCAA D2 freshmen with 93 three-pointers.
Finished Top 5 among NCAA D2 freshmen in scoring and 3FGs/Game.
Started all 30 games, averaging 25.3 minutes per game.
Scored 500 points (16.7 ppg.) with 161 rebounds (5.4 rpg.).
Shot 46 percent (169-367) from the floor, 40 percent (93-231) from the 3-point arc and 82 percent (69-84) from the foul line.
Posted 25 double-figure scoring games and had nine games with 20+ points.

FRESHMAN (2016-17 at Div. II West Liberty)

HIGH SCHOOL

All-Ohio Division II guard, averaging 20.7 points as a senior at Indian Valley HS.
Holds Indian Valley's single-game, single-season and career scoring records.
Was named All-State, Academic All-State and chosen to play in the North South Ohio All-Star game.

PERSONAL

Dalton Shepherd Bolon (Bowl-on), son of Tamela and Clifford Bolon.
Has one older brother, Dillon.
Born on June 8, 1998 in Dover, Ohio, and calls Gnadenhutten, Ohio, home.
Hobbies include playing guitar and fishing.
Plans to be a physician associate beyond college.
Earned his bachelor's degree in Biology at West Liberty in just three years.
Chose CofC over West Virginia, Drexel, Akron, Indiana State and Murray State, among others.
Suffered an eye injury that forced vision loss for a year, playing college hoops with an eye patch for an extended time prior to surgeries.