:Aaron Dashiell

{{Short description|American football player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|school=Maine Black Bears

|pastschools=Maine (1998–1999)

|currentposition=Defensive back

|highlights=

  • Division I-AA All-American

}}

Aaron Dashiell is a former American football defensive back. Dashiell attended the University of Maine, where he played with the Maine Black Bears football team. He was named to the Division I-AA All American twice (1998–99), becoming at the time just Maine's second multiple time All American after John Huard. Stephen Cooper and Jovan Belcher have done it since.[http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/main-08-m-footbl-all-americans.html BLACK BEAR ALL-AMERICANS] Go Black Bears.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711104229/http://goblackbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/main-08-m-footbl-all-americans.html |date=July 11, 2011 }}

During his junior season, Dashiell had 100 tackles and 6 interceptions. He is from Plainfield, New Jersey.[https://archive.today/20130131140530/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/37660330.html?dids=37660330:37660330&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+29,+1998&author=Pete+Warner+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Maine's+Dashiell+honored+again+ESPN/USA+Today+recognizes+safety&pqatl=google Maine's Dashiell honored again ESPN/USA Today recognizes safety] Bangor Daily News, December 29, 1998

Dashiell got inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://goblackbears.com/honors/university-of-maine-sports-hall-of-fame/aaron-dashiell/225|title=Aaron Dashiell (2021) - University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame|website=goblackbears.com|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

Personal life

He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts with his wife, Joanne, and their sons Theo and Myles.{{cite web|url=https://goblackbears.com/news/2021/9/13/hall-of-fame-profile-aaron-dashiell-honors-his-mothers-dream-amid-all-america-football-career-with-black-bears|title=Hall of Fame Profile: Aaron Dashiell honors his mother’s dream amid All-America football career with Black Bears|website=goblackbears.com|date=September 13, 2021|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

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