Tianna Hawkins

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1991)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tianna Hawkins

| image = Tianna Hawkins-20170914.jpg

| caption = Hawkins during the 2017 WNBA Semifinals

| league = WNBL

| team = Townsville Fire

| number = 21

| position = Power forward

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|03|02}}

| birth_place = Washington D.C., U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 186

| high_school = Riverdale
(Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

| college = Maryland (2009–2013)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2013

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 6

| draft_team = Seattle Storm

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2013}}

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| years2 = 2013–2014

| team2 = UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron

| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2014}}–{{WNBA Year|2020}}

| team3 = Washington Mystics

| years4 = 2014–2016

| team4 = Henan Yichuan

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Guri KDB Life Winnus

| years6 = 2017–2018

| team6 = Asan Woori Bank Wibee

| years7 = {{WNBA Year|2021}}

| team7 = Atlanta Dream

| years8 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}–2023

| team8 = Washington Mystics

| years9 = 2023–present

| team9 = Townsville Fire

| highlights =

| medal_templates =

| wnba_profile = tianna_hawkins

}}

Tianna Marie Hawkins (born March 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Townsville Fire of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball at the University of Maryland and attended Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/draft/2013/profiles/prospect_hawkins_tianna.html | title=WNBA PROSPECT PROFILE | publisher=wnba.com | accessdate=August 6, 2014 | archive-date=July 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709090045/http://www.wnba.com/draft/2013/profiles/prospect_hawkins_tianna.html | url-status=live }}

College statistics

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|+ Legend

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |   GP

| Games played

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |   GS 

| Games started

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  MPG 

| Minutes per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  FG% 

| Field goal percentage

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  3P% 

| 3-point field goal percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  FT% 

| Free throw percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  RPG 

| Rebounds per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  APG 

| Assists per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  SPG 

| Steals per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  BPG 

| Blocks per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  TO 

| Turnovers per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  PPG 

| Points per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  Bold 

| Career high

| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" |  * 

| Led Division I

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2009–10

| style="text-align:left;" | Maryland

|34||9||22.9||56.8||0.0||62.3||7.5||0.3||0.6||1.0||1.8||9.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2010–11

| style="text-align:left;" | Maryland

|32||18||16.8||58.1||0.0||75.8||5.4||0.3||0.4||0.6||0.9||7.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;" | Maryland

|36||36||25.9||bgcolor=#cfecec|62.3*||0.0||68.2||9.1||0.9||0.9||1.1||1.8||12.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;" | Maryland

|34||34||28.7||54.3||27.6||79.1||9.7||1.1||0.7||0.7||2.6||18.0

|-

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career

|136||97||23.7||57.4||25.0||72.0||8.0||0.7||0.7||0.9||1.8||11.7

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Professional career

Hawkins was drafted by the Seattle Storm with the 6th overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft.{{cite web | url=http://wnbadraft.net/draft-history/2013-wnba-draft/ | title=2013 Wnba Draft | publisher=wnbadraft.net | date=2013 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | archive-date=March 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324155949/http://wnbadraft.net/draft-history/2013-wnba-draft/ | url-status=live }} She played with UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron during the 2013-2014 EuroLeague Women season. Hawkins and Bria Hartley were traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Crystal Langhorne on April 14, 2014.{{cite web | url=http://wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2014/04/14/mystics-acquire-tianna-hawkins-bria-hartley | title=MYSTICS ACQUIRE TIANNA HAWKINS & BRIA HARTLEY | publisher=wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com | date=April 14, 2014 | accessdate=August 6, 2014 | archive-date=August 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053430/http://wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2014/04/14/mystics-acquire-tianna-hawkins-bria-hartley | url-status=live }}

In the WNBA, her career free throw percentage was 49.8%, Rebounds 2.4 a game, and PPG were 4.0.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/player/tianna-hawkins/#/career |title=Tianna Hawkins stats |last= |first= |date= |website=WNBA.com |access-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913220525/http://www.wnba.com/player/tianna-hawkins/#/career |url-status=live }}

In the 2022–23 WNBL season, Hawkins helped the Townsville Fire win the WNBL championship while earning grand final MVP honors.{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/blog/news/jcu-townsville-fire-crowned-wnbl-champions/|title=JCU TOWNSVILLE FIRE CROWNED WNBL CHAMPIONS|work=wnbl.basketball|date=March 22, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023|author1=Brooke|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322112358/https://wnbl.basketball/blog/news/jcu-townsville-fire-crowned-wnbl-champions/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/WNBL/status/1638475558731517952|title=Tianna Hawkins is your Rachael Sporn Medallist!|work=twitter.com/WNBL|date=March 22, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322161713/https://twitter.com/WNBL/status/1638475558731517952|url-status=live}}

WNBA statistics

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Seattle

| 33 || 0 || 9.7 || .527 || .238 || .846 || 1.6 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 3.4

|-

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Washington

| 34 || 0 || 10.6 || .479 || .294 || .719 || 3.0 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 4.2

|-

| align="left" | 2016

| align="left" | Washington

| 24 || 0 || 10.5 || .494 || .500 || .857 || 2.5 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 4.7

|-

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Washington

| 33 || 1 || 16.6 || .471 || .261 || .953 || 4.2 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 6.9

|-

| align="left" | 2018

| align="left" | Washington

| 32 || 4 || 16.6 || .443 || .357 || .824 || 3.5 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 1.1 || 6.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 2019

| align="left" | Washington

| 31 || 1 || 15.4 || .514 || .363 || .925 || 4.2 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 9.5

|-

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Washington

| 17 || 5 || 19.4 || .408 || .298 || .846 || 3.5 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 8.5

|-

| align="left" | 2021

| align="left" | Atlanta

| 28 || 8 || 15.5 || .397 || .242 || .913 || 3.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 1.1 || 4.9

|-

| align="left" | 2022

| align="left" | Washington

| 25 || 0 || 12.8 || .386 || .264 || .952 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 1.2 || 4.9

|-

| align="left" | 2023

| align="left" | Washington

| 40 || 21 || 23.1 || .491 || .333 || .750 || 5.0 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 8.2

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 10 years, 3 teams

| 297 || 40 || 15.1 || .464 || .315 || .854 || 3.4 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 6.1

|}

=Playoffs=

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|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Seattle

| 1 || 0 || 6.0 || .000 || — || — || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Washington

| 2 || 0 || 13.0 || .700 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.0

|-

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Washington

| 5 || 0 || 13.8 || .478 || .286 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 5.2

|-

| align="left" | 2018

| align="left" | Washington

| 9 || 1 || 12.7 || .444 || .333 || .867 || 2.9 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 5.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 2019

| align="left" | Washington

| 9 || 0 || 9.6 || .682 || .600 || .667 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.9 || 4.2

|-

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Washington

| 1 || 0 || 15.0 || .143 || .000 || .750 || 5.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 5.0

|-

| align="left" | 2023

| align="left" | Washington

| 2 || 0 || 14.5 || .400 || .500 || — || 4.5 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 2.5

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams

| 29 || 1 || 11.9 || .495 || .405 || .840 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 4.9

|}

References

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