Education
Hawkins attended Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Hawkins attended Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.
He currently plays for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. He was the fifth ranked high school recruit in his class by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and was committed to University of Texas at Austin. Hawkins was drafted by the Chicago White Sox with the 13th overall pick of the first round in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.
Hawkins started his career with the rookie-level Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League.
In 38 games he hit.272/.314/.401 with three home runs and 16 runs batted in. On August 12, 2012, he was promoted to the Low-A Kannapolis Intimidators of the South Atlantic League.
He hit.308/.352/.631 with four home runs and 15 runs batted in 16 games. He ended the season with the High-A Winston-Salem Dash after he was promoted on August 29, 2012.
Overall he finished his first season hitting.284/.324/.480 with eight home runs and 33 runs batted in 59 games.
Hawkins was ranked the White Sox #1 prospect at the start of the 2013 season. He was also ranked as the #55 ranked prospect in baseball according to Baseball America and #68 by MLB.com. Hawkins spent the whole 2013 season with Class A-Advanced Winston-Salem Dash.
He struggled in his first full season, batting.178 with 19 home runs and 160 strikeouts in 383 at-bats.
He returned to Winston-Salem in 2014.