Harvard University

First-year (2024-25)

Played in 16 games … Averaged 7.4 minutes and 2.3 points per game … Scored in double figures twice … Netted 10 points in each of two games – at Northeastern (Nov. 13) and at Colorado (Nov. 17) … Added six points at Navy (Nov. 8). 

Before Harvard

Earned First Team All-State and First Team All-Region in 2022, 2023, and 2024 … Garnered 5A State Tournament MVP accolades in 2022 and 2024 … Set the Utah state record for career 3-pointers made (315) … Finished career as Olympus’ all-time leading scorer with 1,920 career points … Established school record for single-game 3-pointers made (nine) … Helped team win state titles in 2022 and 2024 … Served team as a three-year captain … Played AAU for Mountain Stars UAA … Also competed in golf … Earned Academic All-State honors … Worked with NBA Academy Africa in Senegal … Volunteered for humanitarian service in Kenya … Grandfather Joel Peterson attended Harvard Business School … Son of Rebecca and Travis Dowdell.


Dutch Dowdell with Roger Porter, IBM Professor of Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government