Female Sports Citizen of the Year: Beecher's Dawn Compton

Beecher's boys and girls soccer coach Dawn Compton holds a ball signed by her 2021 sectional championship boys team. Compton, who also coaches cheerleading, is this year's Daily Journal Female Sports Citizen of the Year. READ MORE

Many coaches have had the privilege of teaching boy and girl athletes lessons on and off the field, but few have been able to come full circle and instill those lessons at the high school where they once learned so much as a student-athlete.

Growing up in Beecher, the now 43-year-old Dawn Compton has been able to do just that after spending about 20 years as the Bobcats’ head boys and girls soccer coach.