Colton Hawks Season 2025-26

COLTON TIME IN TEMPE ⏰

Three-time NCAA qualifier Colton Hawks is headed to the valley 😈#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/y4GgMa0bMk

— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) August 23, 2025

PRIOR TO ASU (MIZZOU)

AWARDS

• Three-time NCAA Qualifier: 2023, 2024 and 2025
• Big 12 Wrestler of the Week: Nov. 20, 2024
• 2023 Marshall Esteppe Outstanding Freshman

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25)

• 2025 NCAA Qualifier (No. 31 seed, 184 pounds)
• Eighth place at Big 12 Championships (184 pounds)
• Tiger Style Invite Champion (184)
• Finished his third season in the starting lineup 10-9 overall with a 5-4 dual record
• Opened the season ranked No. 14 in the country at 184 pounds and climbed as high as No. 9
• Earned ranked wins over No. 5 TJ Stewart Jr. (Virginia Tech), No. 16 Brock DelSignore (Little Rock) and No. 23 Will Ebert (Binghamton) and was 3-3 against ranked opponents during the regular season
• For his win over No. 5 TJ Stewart Jr., he was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week for the first time in his career
• Sustained an injury in the Stanford dual, forcing him to sit out from Jan. 12 to Feb. 22, returning for the final match of the regular season
• Went 2-3 at the Big 12 tournament to place eighth and earned an at-large bid to this third NCAA Championship

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

• NCAA Qualifier (No. 11 seed, 184 pounds)
• Fifth place at Big 12 Championship (184 pounds) 
• Closed out the season as the starter at 184 pounds, compiling a 19-8 record
• Took second place in the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 11) and Cougar Clash (Dec. 2) and third at the Soldier Salute (Dec. 29)
• Earned a win over Gavin Kane of North Carolina for the second straight year in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Defeated Will Feldkamp of Iowa State three times during the season, once in the dual and twice at the Big 12 Championship 
• Earned his second career automatic qualification into the national tournament with a 3-2 record and fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship
• Totaled seven ranked wins during the season, including defeating 2024 Big Ten Champion and NCAA All-American Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota at the Cougar Clash, 11-5
• Finished one win shy of becoming an All-American, going 3-2 in the NCAA Tournament before falling in the blood round 

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022-23)

• 2023 NCAA Qualifier (No. 22 seed)
• Fourth place at Big 12 Championships (184 pounds)
• Tiger Style Invite Champion (184 pounds)
• Marshall Esteppe Outstanding Freshman Award recipient 
• Finished his first campaign as a starter with a 17-11 record
• Represented the Tigers in eight duals, compiling a 4-4 mark in such competitions
• Opened his season with a 3-0 performance at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 12)
• Finished second at the Lindenwood Open (Nov. 19)
• Placed third at the UNI Open (Dec. 10)
• Won his first two matches at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2), advancing to the championship quarterfinals
• Earned his first automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish and a 3-2 record at the Big 12 Championships (March 4-5)
• Secured his first win over a ranked opponent at Big 12 Championships, defeating No. 24-ranked Deanthony Parker Jr. (NDSU) in the quarterfinals
• Claimed an upset victory over No. 11 seed Gavin Kane (UNC), an eventual All-American, in the first round of the NCAA Championships

REDSHIRT SEASON (2021-22)

• Wrestled to an 8-3 record as an unattached competitor, picking up bonus-point wins in all but one victory throughout the season
• Picked up a win at the Southern Scuffle (Jan 1-2), beating VMI’s Zach Brown by fall (1:50)
• Finished runner-up at the Missouri Valley Open, Feb. 5, winning five matches, four by bonus points
• Two of three losses came against 2021 All-Americans, falling short against Parker Keckeisen (UNI) by 6-1 decision and Jonathan Loew (CORN) by 3-1 decision

FRESHMAN (2020-21)

• Performed well in extra matches during his true freshman season, going 4-1, highlighted by a 10-0 major decision against Central Michigan’s Sage Castillo
• Made his duals debut against Northern Illinois, Jan. 23
• Finished his first year in Columbia with a 5-3 record

2021 Summer

• Qualified for the UWW Junior World Championships at 84 kg
• Won his qualifying round bout in his first international competition

HIGH SCHOOL

• No. 45 recruit nationally by FloWrestling
• 3-time First Team All-Conference (GAC)
• 3-time State Medalist
• 3-time GAC Conference Champion
• 2019 NHSCA Junior National Champion
• 2019 USAW Junior Greco Third Place
• 2018 Cadet Folkstyle National Champ (170)
• 2018 USAW Cadet Greco Fifth Place (182)
• 2018 USAW Cadet Freestyle Eighth Place (182)
• 2017 NHSCA Freshman National Runner Up (152)
• Competed for coaches Jason Moore and Andrew Hammond

Personal

• Birthdate: June 12, 2002
• Son of Greg and Marcie Hawks
• Majoring in Digital storytelling