{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1993)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Javontae Hawkins | image = Javontae Hawkins.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hawkins with [[Telekom Baskets Bonn|Bonn]] in 2023 | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 211 | position = [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]] | league = [[Basketball League of Serbia|Serbian League]]<br>[[ABA League]] | team = Spartak Subotica | number = 23 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|13}} | birth_place = [[Flint, Michigan]], U.S. | high_school = *[[Powers Catholic High School|Powers Catholic]]<br>(Flint, Michigan) *[[Huntington Prep School|Huntington Prep]]<br>([[Huntington, West Virginia]] | college = *[[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida]] (2012–2014) *[[Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball|Eastern Kentucky]] (2015–2016) *[[Fordham Rams men's basketball|Fordham]] (2016–2017) | draft_year = 2017 | career_start = 2017 | career_end = | years1 = 2017–2018 | team1 = [[Vilpas Vikings]] | years2 = 2018–2019 | team2 = [[Holargos B.C.|Holargos]] | years3 = 2019–2020 | team3 = [[Crailsheim Merlins]] | years4 = 2021–2022 | team4 = [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] | years5 = 2022–2023 | team5 = [[Limoges CSP]] | years6 = 2023 | team6 = Telekom Baskets Bonn | years7 = 2023–2024 | team7 = [[BC Samara|Samara]] | years8 = 2024–2025 | team8 = [[Shanghai Sharks]] | years9 = 2025 | team9 = [[Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket|Merkezefendi]] | years10 = 2025–present | team10 = [[KK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] | highlights = * [[Basketball Champions League|FIBA Champions League]] champion ([[2022–23 Basketball Champions League|2023]]) * 2× [[All-Basketball Bundesliga Team|All-Bundesliga Second Team]] ([[2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga|2020]], [[2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga|2022]]) * [[Basketball League of Serbia|Serbian League]] champion ([[2025–26 Basketball League of Serbia|2026]]) * Second-team All-[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]] (2016) }} '''Javontae Aaron Hawkins''' (born November 13, 1993) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for [[KK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]] of the [[Basketball League of Serbia|Serbian League]] (KLS) and the [[ABA League]]. He played his first two years of [[college basketball]] with the [[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida Bulls]]. Hawkins later played also with [[Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball|Eastern Kentucky]] and [[Fordham Rams men's basketball|Fordham]] before going undrafted in the [[2017 NBA draft]].
==High school career== Hawkins was a Four-star prospect and the No. 89 overall player in the 2012 class. He earned First Team all-state honors as a junior in Michigan while playing at [[Powers Catholic High School]]. He spent two years at [[Huntington Prep School|Huntington Prep]] in [[Huntington, West Virginia]], where he averaged 17.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Hawkins was also ranked 16th at his position by [[ESPN]] and No. 96 overall by [[CBS Sports Network]].<ref>[https://fordhamsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6931 Fordham Rams bio]</ref>
==College career== As a freshman at [[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida]] in 2012–13, Hawkins averaged 4.5 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, he didn't made a good season and the following season he was transferred to [[Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball|Eastern Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flint Native JaVontae Hawkins Gives Back to Hometown |url=https://ekusports.com/news/2016/2/2/MBBALL_0202163539.aspx |access-date=September 16, 2018 |website=ekusports.com}}</ref> He sat out the [[2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2014–15 season]] due to the NCAA transfer rules during his junior year campaign he averaged 17.0 points 5.0 rebounds and almost 3 assists, this earned him 2nd team all OVC. For his final season, he played with [[Fordham Rams men's basketball|Fordham]] where he was 1st in points (14.0), second in rebounds (4.9). Scored his 1,000 collegiate points in a double OT win against VCU.
==Professional career==
=== Vilpas (2017–2018) === After going undrafted in the [[2017 NBA draft]], Hawkins joined the [[Vilpas Vikings]] of the [[Korisliiga]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2017 |title=Flint's JaVontae Hawkins signs pro basketball contract in Finland |work=mlive.com |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2017/07/flints_javontae_hawkins_signs.html |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> With Vilpas, he went on to average 14.3 points 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
=== Holargos (2018–2019) === On July 13, 2018, Hawkins joined [[Holargos B.C.|Holargos]] of the [[Greek Basket League]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 13, 2017 |title=Javontae Hawkins signing with Cholargos BC |work=sportando.basketball |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/greece/281705/javontae-hawkins-signing-with-cholargos-bc.html |url-status=dead |access-date=September 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916235456/https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/greece/281705/javontae-hawkins-signing-with-cholargos-bc.html |archive-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref>
=== Crailsheim Merlins (2019–2020) === On August 3, 2019, Hawkins signed with [[Crailsheim Merlins]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2019 |title=Crailsheim inks Javontae Hawkins |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/crailsheim-inks-javontae-hawkins/ |access-date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=Sportando |language=En |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803142510/https://sportando.basketball/en/crailsheim-inks-javontae-hawkins/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hawkins averaged 15.9 points per game shooting 53% from the floor.
=== Telekom Baskets Bonn (2021–2022) === Hawkins signed with [[Riesen Ludwigsburg]] on July 27, 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludwigsburg tabs Javontae Hawkins |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/ludwigsburg-tabs-javontae-hawkins/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=July 27, 2020 |date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> but tore a [[cruciate ligament]] in his knee during the preseason.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludwigsburgs Javontae Hawkins erleidet Kreuzbandriss |url=https://basketball.de/bbl/mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg-javontae-hawkins-erleidet-kreuzbandriss/ |website=basketball.de |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=7 October 2020}}</ref> The tear ended up being a season-ending injury. On December 16, 2021, Hawkins signed with [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Telekom Baskets Bonn get Javontae Hawkins|url=https://basketball.de/bbl/telekom-baskets-bonn-verpflichten-javontae-hawkins-crailsheim-iisalo/|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=basketball.de}}</ref>
=== Limoges CSP (2022–2023) === On July 18, 2022, he has signed with [[Limoges CSP]] of the [[LNB Pro A]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/javontae-hawkins-joins-limoges-csp/|title=Javontae Hawkins joins Limoges CSP|last=|first=|date=July 18, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref>
=== Telekom Baskets Bonn (2023) === On February 1, 2023, he signed with [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] of the German [[Basketball Bundesliga]] and the [[Basketball Champions League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/presse/news/artikel/the-hawk-is-back.html|title=The Hawk is back!|last=|first=|date=February 27, 2023|website=telekom-baskets-bonn.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=February 27, 2023}}</ref>
=== Merkezefendi Basket (2025) === On August 3, 2025, he signed with [[Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket|Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli]] of the [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] (BSL).<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=merkezefendigsk |number=1952041649653121070 |title=Javontae Hawkins}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Javontae-Hawkins/Summary/42396 RealGM.com profile] *[http://www.nbadraft.net/players/javontae-hawkins Nbadraft.net profile] *[http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/61697/javontae-hawkins ESPN.com profile] *[https://fordhamsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6931 Fordham Rams bio]
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