Joshua Daniel Hawley (born October 28, 1996) 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.
Hawley's parents are Kasey Mitchell and Gabriel Hawley, and he was born in Irving, Texas. He is 6-7 (201 cm) tall, and weighs 210 pounds (95 kg).
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.
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 (3rd in the Lone Star Conference), 1.3 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting 52% from the floor (leading the conference). 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 (leading the conference), 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 (1,578 points) and third all-time in rebounds (968), steals (168) and blocks (138).
In 2020-21 Hawley played for BC Vera in the Georgian Superliga. He averaged 15.0 points, 10.3 rebounds (3rd in the league), 1.6 assists, 2.0 steals (9th), and 0.9 blocks per game.
In 2021-22 he played for SCM CSU Craiova in Romania in the Liga NaÃÂionalÃÂ. Hawley averaged 14.8 points, 7.7 rebounds (9th in the league), 1.3 assists, 2.1 steals (leading the league), and 0.2 blocks per game, while shooting 53.1% from the field. He was voted Eurobasket.com All-Romanian League Forward of the Year.
On August 3, 2022, Hawley signed with Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany in the Basketball Bundesliga. He played for the team in 2022-23. He averaged 8.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1.4 steals (8th in the league), and 0.5 blocks per game, while shooting 50.5% from the field.
In 2023-24 he played for ADA Blois Basket in France in LNB ÃÂlite. In 18 games in the ÃÂlite, Hawley averaged 9.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game.
On January 3, 2024, Hawley signed with Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays forward and center for the team, and extended his contract in June 2024.
On August 1, 2025, he signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.