Ian Dingman (athlete)
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Ian Dingman is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...

 and a lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

 player.

Dingman attended Carthage Senior High School where he lettered in lacrosse 4 times, football two times, and basketball one time.

Collegiate career

In Dingman's freshman year at Navy in 2003, he came off the bench in 11 of 13 games to lead the Midshipmen in scoring with 23 goals and 17 assists. He also had 20 groundballs on the year and garnered Second-Team All-ECAC honors and was named ECAC rookie of the week twice. He received the William H. "Dinty" Moore Award as Navy's top offensive player.

In Dingman's sophomore campaign, he garnered Second-Team All-American honors after scoring 36 goals and dishing out 26 assists. He was also named First-Team All-Patriot League and was the recipient of the William H. "Dinty" Moore Award as Navy's top offensive player for the second year in a row. Against top 5 teams in the country, Dingman scored 9 goals and dished out 4 assists.

In 2005, Dingman's career took a turn as he was academically ineligible and disenrolled from the Naval Academy. He attended Jefferson Community College in New York but did not play lacrosse. He was readmitted to the Naval Academy on the first day of classes in August 2005.

After a year away from lacrosse, Dingman returned to the playing field and received the William H. "Dinty" Moore Award for the third time in his career as Navy's best offensive player. He had a team-high 33 goals and also had 11 assists. He also scooped up 31 ground balls during the season.

Ian Dingman finished his collegiate lacrosse career in 2007 with 33 goals and 9 assists to go along with 29 ground balls. Dingman finished his career as Navy's all-time leading goal scorer with 125 goals and finished fourth all-time in points scored at Navy with 188 points (125 goals, 63 assists).

MLL career

Dingman was drafted in the third round of the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft by the Philadelphia Barrage
Philadelphia Barrage
The Philadelphia Barrage were a Men's Field Lacrosse team that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the 2004 season until the 2008 season when they became a traveling team. Since the 2001 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. They started playing in the American Division, but...

 of the Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...

.

On July 17, 2007, Dingman was awarded the Cascade MLL Rookie of the Week Award
Major League Lacrosse Weekly Awards
In the 2001 inaugural season, Major League Lacrosse named an Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week. The first recipients were Jesse Hubbard of the New Jersey Pride and Rob Doerr of the Baltimore Bayhawks ....

for his efforts in his professional lacrosse debut.

Naval Academy

     
Season GP G A Pts PPG
2003 13 17 7 24 --
2004 18 36 26 62 --
2006 15 33 11 44 --
2007 15 34 9 43 -- 34 9 43
Totals --11053163--
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