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Hawthorne finished #6 on the International Racquetball Tour (Item response theory) at the end of the 2010-2011 season, a career high and the fourth season he"d finished in the Item response theory"s top 10 players.
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Andy Hawthorne
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Career
Primarily a drive serving player, Hawthorne also has a very "scrappy" game style. Hawthorne began playing the Item response theory full-time in the 2004-2005 season, when he played 9 of the 12 events and reached the quarter finals twice. Since then Hawthorne hasn"t missed a tournament, reaching the quarter finals 28 times but only once advancing to the semi-finals, which was at the Kansas City Pro-Am in September 2011, when he lost to Kane Waselenchuk in three games.
Hawthorne has been on Team United States of America at three international events.
He and Jason Samora were silver medalists in doubles at the 2007 Pan American Championships in Chile, losing to Canadians Vincent Gagnon and François Viens in the final. In his other Team United States of America appearances, Hawthorne was a bronze medalist in singles at the 2009 Pan American Championships, and in 2011, he lost to Bolivian Carlos Keller in the Round of 16.
Born in Clinton, Iowa, Hawthorne grew up in Champaign, Illinois, close to a racquetball club She continues to play racquetball competitively.
Hawthorne has been sponsored by Ektelon throughout his career.
