321preps notebook: Titusville coach honor, Palm Bay wrestler award, Bayside fundraiser
Titusville High's gymnasium will be named for former coach and teacher Laura Dixon in a 6 p.m. Tuesday ceremony at the school.
Dixon, coach of the Terriers volleyball program for a quarter centuray, won 359 games before retiring in 1999. In 1997, she was the third woman inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and she entered the FHSAA Hall of Fame in 2004.
Her volleyball program won state titles in 1981 and '83. She also coached softball for 16 seasons and led four of those teams to district titles.
Dixon was the FLORIDA TODAY Volleyball Coach of the Year four times, and the school's annual top female athlete is recognized as the Laura Dixon Female Athlete of the Year.
Palm Bay wrestler wins national honor
Nathan Furman of Palm Bay placed fifth in his weight class at the Michigan Grappler elite division last week. He earned all-America status competing among 30 wrestlers in the 152-pound division.
Furman was one of eight wrestlers from Florida to finish among the top five in his weight class at the event. In March, he finished third as a junior in the FHSAA's Class 1A 145-pound division in Kissimmee, and he was named All-Space Coast.
Bayside fundraiser
Emily Ann Roberts will perform as a fund-raiser for Bayside in the school's auditorium on Nov. 10.
The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m., and tickets cost from $10 to $30. Tickets can be purchased here.
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This article originally appeared on Florida Today: 321preps high school sports notebook of Oct. 10, 2022
