Hawkins averaged 13.0 points, 5.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game.
With Hawkins in his backcourt, Blakeney helped lead the Bison to their 1st winning season in 20 years in 2021-22. The congressman's office reached out to Howard University with the opportunity, which came to Hawkins via his coach, Kenny Blakeney. 'I feel like that was something important that I did,' Hawkins told NBC Sports Washington. On the same days he was training for his sophomore season, Hawkins found himself in the middle of U.S. Those meetings were for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, as Thompson is chairman of the panel. representative from the 2nd congressional district in Mississippi. Hawkins' internship was for Bennie Thompson, U.S. That job, however, was not your usual internship. They would place nametags on the tables, making sure they assigned the right ones to the proper chairs. He and his fellow interns would unfold tables and chairs, setting up for meetings. He worked there Monday through Friday, six hours a day, organizing files and taking notes. each day, then afterwards threw on a polo shirt and slacks and drove to his internship. Through the months of June and July, he practiced from 7 to 9 a.m. WASHINGTON - This past summer, following a freshman season in which he was the MEAC rookie of the year, Howard guard Elijah Hawkins stayed busy.
