Colin Hawley

Background

Hawley grew up in East Nicolaus, a rural area outside Sacramento, California.

Career

Hawley was brought into the United States of America Eagles Player Pool, and began playing for the United States national team while he was still in college. He made his test debut against Georgia in June 2009. He also played with the United States of America national rugby union team on their 2010 Autumn tour.

Hawley played for the United States National Team in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Hawley has played with the United States national sevens team in several tournaments. United States national sevens team Captain Chris Wyles has called Hawley "the next big thing" in United States of America rugby.

Hawley signed a contract to play for the United States national rugby sevens team in January 2012, and had been a full-time player under contract for the United States since then He was mentored by teammate Louis Stanfill.

Hawley played for Cal in the 2010 Collegiate Rugby Championship, helping lead the team to the finals, and was selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Hawley graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010 with a degree in Political Science. Colin"s father Loren Hawley, who died in April 2008 due to throat cancer, was also a rugby player for the California Golden Bears from 1962–1965. From there he was my personal rugby guru.

He couldn’t talk so he would write pages of notes on his take of the game and what I needed to do.

After every game he would come over and ask me what I thought, then he would give his insights. He was a great teacher and coach."

Hawley"s mother, Rita Currie, is from Phoenix, Arizona. Hawley has a brother Garrett, who played for the San Francisco Golden Gate under-23 side.

Colin also has a half brother named Jason Everitt. 2008 – Center/Fullback for California Golden Bears rugby in international collegiate matches in New Zealand

2008 – Center/Fullback for California Golden Bears rugby in the collegiate rugby national championship

2009 – Wing in United States of America Eagles Test

2009 – Wing for United States of America Eagles in the Churchill Cup in Denver, Colorado.

He scored a try in his debut at the tournament.

2010 – Center/Fullback for California Golden Bears rugby in the collegiate rugby national championship against the Brigham Young University Rugby team

2010 – Wing for United States of America Sevens in Taiwan

2011 – Wing for United States of America Sevens at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico

2011 – Wing for United States of America Eagles in the Churchill Cup in England, where he scored a try against Uruguay. 2011 – Wing for United States of America Eagles at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He made his debut against Australia.

2011 – Wing for the United States of America Sevens in the Sevens tournament, where he scored a try against Portugal.

Achievements

• Hawley was named to the Collegiate All-Americans (2007–2010) and team Most Valuable Player (2007) while playing for the University of California Golden Bears which won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Rugby National Championship in 2010.