Josh Hawley (basketball)
Joshua Daniel Hawley is a basketball player who plays forward and center for Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Tarleton State University, with whom he was named 2019 Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Early life
Hawley's parents are Kasey Mitchell and Gabriel Hawley, and he was born in Irving, Texas. He is 6-7 tall, and weighs 210 pounds.High school
Hawley attended MacArthur High School in Irving, graduating in 2015. Playing basketball for the school, in his senior year he averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds per game, and was named Irving Independent School District MVP, all-region, and first team all-state.College
Hawley attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, majoring in Kinesiology. After redshirting for the 2015-16 season, the following season as a redshirt freshman he averaged 9.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game for the Tarleton State Texans men's basketball team.As a sophomore in 2017-18, Hawley averaged 13.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting 52% from the floor. He was named second team All-Lone Star Conference, and to the Lone Star Conference all-defensive team.
As a junior in 2018-19, he averaged 17.3 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game, while shooting 57.6% from the floor. Hawley was named D2CCA first team All-Region, Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and first team All-Lone Star Conference.
As a senior in 2019-20, Hawley was named the Lone Star Conference co-preseason Player of the Year and a Street & Smith preseason All-American. He averaged 14.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game, while shooting 50.0% from the field. He was named to the Lone Star Conference All-Second Team. He closed out his Tarleton State career fourth all-time in scoring and third all-time in rebounds, steals and blocks.