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CARTHAGE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

Dante Washington

Dante Washington

  • Class
    2005
  • Induction
    2011
  • Sport(s)
    Football
A Glendale Heights, Ill., native, running back Dante Washington was named “D3football.com” third-team All-America and first-team All-CCIW in both 2003 and 2004, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) second-team All-America in 2003 and received the CCIW’s Art Keller Award in 2004 as the league’s “most valuable offensive player.” 

In 2004, Washington set an NCAA Division III season record with 463 rushing attempts and set an NCAA Division III Football Championship record with 56 rushing attempts versus Alma College. He set both Carthage and CCIW single-game records with 57 rushing attempts against Wheaton College (Ill.) on Oct. 30, 2004, falling one carry short of matching an NCAA Division III mark of 58 carries. Washington set Carthage season records in 2004 with 1,990 rushing yards and 2,036 total offensive yards. 

He also lettered four times on the track and field team as a hurdler and jumper.
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