Career

Dixon was affiliated with the Old Dominion University. Dixon represented the United States of America at the World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 1990. Dixon scored 8.3 points per game and had 15 assists, second highest on the team

Dixon again played with the United States of America team at the 1991 Pan American Games.

The United States of America team lost a three point game to Brazil, then responded with wins over Argentina and Cuba, earning a spot in the medal round. Dixon averaged 7.8 points per game.

At the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, Spain, Dixon was the leading scorer of the United States of America team with 15.8 points per game. Dixon led the team in scoring against China, which set up a medal round game against the Unified Team and fell, 79–73, even though Dixon set a United States of America team single scoring record with 28 points.

The United States of America team then faced Cuba for the bronze medal.

The game was tied at halftime, and Cuba had a small lead midway through the second half, but the United States of America went on a run to retake the lead, and finished with an 88–74 victory and the bronze medal.

Achievements

• The team won all eight games, earning the gold medal. The team finished with a record of 4–2, but managed to win the bronze medal. The next game was a rematch against Cuba, and this time the team from Cuba won a five point game. The United States of America beat Canada easily to won the bronze.

Membership

She was a member of the United States women"s national basketball team during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, collecting three medals during her international career.