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Native Texan and Tarleton
Texan: Josh Hawley
Bailey Rae Poer
Contributor
Sw_poer@tarleton.edu
Josh Hawley is no stranger to success
within the Tarleton State University
Texan’s basketball team. Hawley not
only played in, but started all 30 games
last season. He was also named second
team All-Lone Star Conference and to
the LSC all-defensive team according
to Tarleton Athletics. Along with those
accolades, Hawley was named the team’s
most valuable player and defensive MVP
for the season; he scored 13.7 points per
game and led the team with 9.3 rebounds
per game which ranked third in the Lone
Star Conference.
Along with being the second highest
scorer on the team. In the last season
Hawley was described by Lone Star
Conference officials as a “defensive
anchor.” Hawley had a career high of
17 rebounds which led to Hawley being
named LSC Defensive player of the week
three times.
Hawley comes from Irving, Texas where
growing up he described himself as an
“all sports type of guy, that just fell in
love with basketball,” Hawley said. In
his youth he played soccer and was a
standout at Irving MacArthur High School
in both track and basketball lettering
three years.
Although Hawley felt out his options at
other schools such as McNeese State in
Louisiana, Long Beach in New York, and
several others, the decision to commit to
Tarleton was an easy one after his official
visit.
“I just fell in love with Tarleton at first
sight, it is such a beautiful campus and
once they get done doing construction it
is going to be even more beautiful,” said
Hawley.
Hawley made the decision to redshirt
his freshman year in the 2015-16 season.
Hawley saw this as a chance to get an
extra year under his belt in order to work
out and catch up to the older members on
the team.
“It was a good chance at the time to
learn the game more and gain a better
understanding of it,” said Hawley.
Hawley’s expectations for this season
are high and coming in at first is his first
priority. Hawley expects the team to
come in first in their conference and be
very highly ranked in the nation. As for
himself, Hawley expects to be the best
he can be and hopefully that leads to
being named All American. “I want to do
what I can to help my team win, I believe
winning comes first and stats come
second,” Hawley stated.
In order to have a successful team, a
lot of camaraderie and communication
is necessary and this is something that
Hawley feels will come easy as the team
is very family oriented and close.
Hawley tries to mirror his game after
Kevin Durant, who plays for the Golden
State Warriors. The score first mentality
that he possesses is something that
Hawley admires along with the fact that
he is not only scoring but is rebounding
and contributing to the team in ways
that people don’t even notice. Along
with Durant, Hawley admires John Wall
of the Washington Wizards and his
aggressiveness and the fact that he is
willing to do whatever it takes to get the
win.
The return of Hawley to the team
helped the Texan’s to be picked to finish
third in the annual Lone Star Conference
(LSC) preseason poll. The Texan’s went
19-11 on their last season and finished
third in the LSC with a record of 12-6 in
conference play.
According to Tarleton Athletics, head
coach, Chris Reisman, feels that the
ranking is a fair overall look for the
conference, but also stated “as it is every
year, the Lone Star is unpredictable;
there’s going to be plenty of great
coaches and players and it’s going to
be another exciting year in the LSC,”
Reisman stated.
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Josh Hawley jumps up against the tip off during the Wisdom Madess scrimage on Oct. 18 in
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The JTAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 199, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 31, 2018, newspaper, October 31, 2018; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1103496/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.