Josh Hawkinson

On June 26, 2017, he signed a contract with the Japanese basketball team Toyotsu Fighting Eagles.

Academically, Hawkinson completed his bachelor's degree from Washington State University in just three years, receiving his degree in Management Operations in the summer of 2016 while being a three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree. His senior year, Hawkinson finished his Master's of Business Administration in Data Analytics, completing both his Bachelor's and master's degrees in four years and was named the 2017 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Hawkinson concluded his career tenth in points scored with 1,414 and set school records in double-doubles with 56 and rebounds with 1,015. He became the first Washington State player ever to amass 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds and was the 13th player in Pac-12 history to reach those marks.

Hawkinson grew up to become one of the best players in the Seattle area and attended Shorewood High School in Shoreline. Over his junior and senior seasons, Hawkinson led his team to a 32–14 record and averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks per game. Hawkinson was very lightly recruited out of high school with no Power 5 conference schools interested in him, besides Washington State.

Hawkinson began his college career in 2013 for Washington State and played limited minutes in a supporting role as a freshman. He served as a backup to upperclassmen D.J. Shelton and Jordan Railey and went on to average 1.2 points, and 1.6 rebounds in just 6 minutes per game.

In his senior campaign, Hawkinson retained his team captain status and led his team to a sweep of the Washington Huskies for the first time since the 2010-11 season. Hawkinson went on to average 15.5 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game earning him All-Pac-12 Second Team honors. Hawkinson would also be selected to the Second Team All-District 20 team by the NABC and was named as a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the year award for the second straight year. For his outstanding achievements both on and off the court, Hawkinson became the first Washington State player ever to be named a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American. and followed that up by winning the Tom Hansen Conference Medal; given to the Pac-12's "most outstanding senior student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership."

Josh Hawkinson (born June 23, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya. He played college basketball at Washington State University, where he is the school's all-time leader in rebounds and double-doubles.