Coach Hawthorne graduated in 2005 from F.W. Buchholz HS in Gainesville, FL. He competed in football and track & field for all four years of high school, earning a full athletic scholarship to Bethune Cookman College to compete in track and field.  He would go on to attend and compete for Johnson County CC (KS) and graduate from University of North Florida with a BA in History w/minor in Professional Education.  Coach Hawthorne currently serves as the head coach of Keystone Heights Jr-Sr HS. He served 10 years in the US Army as an infantryman and a Special Forces operator (Green Beret), he separated from the Army as a Sergeant First Class with multiple combat, training, and counter proliferation deployments. Coach  is married to his beautiful wife Anneka, with whom he has three children Augustine, Aryann, Isabelle, a yellow labrador retriever named Emmett and a cat named Burrito.

State Performances:

1  x gold, 1 x bronze, 4 x top eight.

Regional Performances:

1 x gold, 1 x silver, 2 x bronze, 4 x top eight.

District Performances:

10 x gold, 12 x silver, 8 x bronze, 56 x top eight.

School Records:

43

Scholarship Athletes

Baylor Ford - Flagler College

Hunter Sheppard - Florida Gateway College

Ashly McCarthy - Keystone College

Cecil Rolle - U. of N. Florida

Marquise Noble - NC A&T

Chantia Thomas - Savannah State

USTFCCCA Jump Event Specialist. USTFCCCA Sports Science. USATF lvl 1, USATF lvl 2 Sports Science, USATF Technique Analysis, USATF Marathon Specialist, USATF Basics of LJ, USATF Coaching Pedagogy, USADA Coach's Advantage, NFHS lvl 1-3, CIC, and National AIC

Dr. Pregony has been working with athletes for nearly 17 years. He completed an orthopedic residency at UF Health in Jacksonville. Dr. Pregony works with athletes in both performance and rehabilitation. He uses his combined knowledge from strength and conditioning and rehabilitation to help his patients reach their maximum potential. His philosophy is rooted in evidence based practice combined with real world experience. Dr. Pregony is married with 4 children; Axel, Ivey, Adah, and Jude along with a standard poodle named Benny

BS Exercise Science

Doctorate in Physical therapy (DPT)

Board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS)

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)