With two parents who both played basketball professionally, Team Japan Olympian Josh Hawkinson was born to hoop.
SHORELINE, Wash. — Josh Hawkinson, who was born in Shoreline and played collegiately at Washington State University, is part of the Paris Olympics as a member of Team Japan. After playing professionally for the past seven years, Hawkinson formally became a citizen of Japan last year.
At his first Olympic Games, Hawkinson’s two biggest fans — who happen to be his mother and father — are there to cheer him and the Japanese National Team on.
Nels Hawkinson always had a fun relationship with his son, Josh.
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