[1] Since then Hawthorne hasn't missed a tournament,[1] 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.

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.

[3] In his other Team USA appearances, Hawthorne was a bronze medalist in singles at the 2009 Pan American Championships,[4] and in 2011, he lost to Bolivian Carlos Keller in the Round of 16.

[5] Hawthorne won the USA Racquetball collegiate men's doubles title in 2002 and 2003 with Shane Vanderson, when he represented Baldwin-Wallace College.

[7] Hawthorne is married, and met his wife Tracy at Baldwin-Wallace College as he was looking to recruit women for the racquetball team there.