- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because of economic reasons, the high standard of education, and the quality of its biology department."
- Selected VWC over Duke University, Methodist University, North Carolina State University and the University of Maine at Macchais
Academic Accomplishments: Dean's List honoree… 4.00 GPA Winter Session 2013.
Before VWC: Captain of the Great Mills soccer team as a senior… Helped guide Great Mills to an 8-1-1 record as a senior and a career mark of 28-2-6… Honor Roll student all four years of high school… Honors graduate of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Academy… Member of Key Club International, treasure of the Tri-M Musical Society, and member of the Great Mills Creative Writing Organization.
Personal: Son of Barbara and James Lawson… Parents attended West Virginia Institute of Technology… Has a brother, James, and a sister, Lilly.
Get to Know Billy
- Enjoys listening to alternative rock and spending vacation time in Italy
- A fan of Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, soccer's Barcelona team, and actor Mark Wahlberg
- Favorites include the book "Eragon", the movie "The Italian Job," and the TV series "Matlock"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "a hard-working, self-dedicated student and athlete"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "the game feeling, just being on the pitch and duking it out for the win."
- The part of my game I've most improved is: "technical skill work."
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to be able to play, to start, and to help contribute to a winning season."
- If I could spend the day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Winston Churchill, to better understand what it means to be a leader."
- If I could participate in a reality show it would be: "The Deadliest Catch, to get a close look at the biology of the Alaskan coast."
- It's the year 2025 and: "I'm in India, working and studying with marine organisms and ecological systems, researching biological structures and interactions."
- If I could possess one superpower it would be: "the ability to teleport so that I could travel all over the world at no cost."
- People might be surprised to know: "I have a small heart murmur."
