2014: First-team all-Southern Conference honoree hit .299 with 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 39 RBI as a sophomore … led team in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage (.545) … 11 home runs were tied for fifth in SoCon in 2014 … .545 slugging percentage ranked ninth in SoCon … hit .341 batting average (15th in the league), nine home runs (t-1st), 26 RBI (t-7th), a .720 slugging percentage (3rd) and 59 total bases (8th) in just 21 conference games … split his 46 starts between shortstop (30), second base (8) and designated hitter (8) … got off to a fast start, hitting safely in 12 of the first 14 games for a .339 batting average through March 8 … impressive start included going 2-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBI at Arkansas (Feb. 15), hitting a home run in the opening-series finale at Arkansas (Feb. 16), going 2-for-5 with two runs scored at Tennessee (Feb. 19), drawing three walks at North Carolina (Feb. 23), going 2-for-4 against Youngstown State (Feb. 28), setting a season high with four hits (4-for-5, double) versus Campbell (March 5) and driving in five runs in three games against UNC Asheville (March 9) … recorded just five hits over the next nine games to see average fall as low as .253 … hit a two-run home run in win at Georgia Southern (March 22) … had two hits in series finale at Georgia Southern (March 23) … went 2-for-3 with three runs scored in series finale against UNCG (March 29) … put together back-to-back monster performances against Wofford (April 4-5), going 6-for-11 with a double, three home runs, four runs scored and a whopping 12 RBI in two wins … recorded first two-home run game of the season and second of his career in opener at Wofford … five RBI performance in opener at Wofford set a career high that lasted less than 24 hours, as he drove in seven against the Terriers the next day … the seven RBI were the most by a Mountaineer in a single game since Isaac Harrow drove in seven against UNCG on May 9, 2009 … sparked by the big two-game stretch, was named SoCon Player of the Week after hitting .368 (7-for-19) with three home runs and 12 RBI in four games from April 1-7 … notched second two-home run game of the season (third of his career) and tallied four RBI in series-opening win against Davidson (April 25) … went 3-for-5 with a home run in series finale against Davidson (April 27) … hit safely in all three games and totaled three RBI and three runs scored in series at eventual SoCon champion Western Carolina (May 2-4) … went 3-for-4 during come-from-behind win over Furman in regular-season finale (May 17) … notched four hits in three SoCon Tournament games, including 2-for-4 effort in season-ending loss to Georgia Southern (May 23).

2013: Southern Conference all-freshman team honoree ... appeared in all 54 games, making 53 starts ... began the season as Appalachian State’s primary designated hitter but became the Mountaineers’ everyday first baseman after sophomore Alex Leach’s season-ending injury at Georgia on March 12 ... wound up starting 41 games at first base with eight starts at DH and four in left field ...  hit .252 with team-high six home runs as a true freshman ... 40 runs scored and two triples were good for third on squad ... ranked fourth on club with 28 RBI and fifth in hits (52) and doubles (10) ... struggled out of the gate, hitting just .156 through nine games despite multi-hit efforts against Canisius (Feb. 18) and Butler (Feb. 23) ... responded with a season-best six-game hitting streak from March 8-16 that raised average from .156 to .245 ... six-game streak was highlighted by going 2-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored in extra-inning win at Furman (March 10) ... hit a two-run homer in win at Georgia (March 13) ... went 3-for-5 with a double, homer, three RBI and a run scored in win at Eastern Kentucky (April 2) ... went 2-for-4 with a home run in series-opening win over Georgia Southern (April 5) ... went 3-for-5 in win at UNC Asheville (April 9) ... doubled in three-straight games vs. The Citadel, North Carolina A&T and East Tennessee State (April 21-24) ... after average dipped as low as .228 in the final month of the season, closed the campaign by hitting .343 (12-for-35) over final nine games of the year ... began the season-ending hot streak by going 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in series-clinching victory at Gonzaga (May 12) ... went 2-for-4 with a walk-off double in 9-8, come-from-behind victory over Western Carolina in regular-season finale (May 18) ... hit safely in 3-of-4 games at SoCon Tournament, including a 4-for-4 effort with a double, two RBI and four runs scored in 15-4 win over WCU that eliminated the regular-season champion from the tournament and contention for an NCAA Regional berth.

High School: Four-year letterwinner earned all-conference recognition three times ... ranked by Impact Baseball as one of the top 25 players in the state of North Carolina ... named team MVP twice ... coached by Mike McCann ... represented Region 7 in the North Carolina State Games ... National Honor Society member ... also earned four letters in basketball ... attended same high school as former Appalachian State teammate Tyler Jackson.

Personal: Full name is Dillon York Dobson ... born August 21, 1993 (21 years old) ... son of Christy and Rayford Dobson ... uncle, Russ Pardue, played baseball at Wingate from 1997-2000 ... majoring in exercise science ... member of Dean’s List and Appalachian State athletics and Southern Conference academic honor rolls.