The UIL committee says Allen’s former students, including the QB star, are eligible to play in Frisco after transfer due to racist vandalism.

Mike Hawkins Jr. was Allen High’s starting quarterback last season. His younger brother Malik is a promising cornerback.

FRISCO, Texas. The UIL committee voted to grant the two former brothers Allen ISD and footballers the right to play athletics after moving to Frisco Emerson.

The District 3-4A Executive Committee voted 5–1 to approve the eligibility after about an hour of hearing from the families of Mike and Malik Hawkins.

“You won’t believe the messages he got,” Mike Hawkins Sr. said of the situation involving his son, Mike Hawkins Jr. “You won’t believe how society treated my son.”

Hawkins Sr. is a former player for the University of Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys. According to recruiting service 247 Sports, Mike Hawkins Jr. is a four-star college candidate. He has scholarship offers from Oklahoma, TCU, and Alabama, among others.

This step follows the family finding their garage, painted with the words “We don’t need you in Allen.” [N-word]” at the end of December.

“Guys, do you understand what this did by uprooting my family?” Hawkins Sr. said. “When I wake up, it’s like a bad dream. I have to move with my family. There was no way in the world that I would have thought that I would wake up and see the words: “We don’t need you in Allen.” [N-word]”in my garage.”

The hearing was triggered by Allen’s remark on a previous UIL sports entry form that there was conflict or dissatisfaction between the family and the program. Allen head coach Lee Wigginton said at the hearing that the county flagged the box because of a comment made by Hawkins Sr. after the team’s final game this year.

“Obviously that would be considered dissatisfaction with the program and the comment he made,” Wiginton said. “He just said, ‘How can you let this happen? How can it be? How do you expect people to not move.” This step is not a reaction to dissatisfaction. This move was a reaction to what you heard Mr. Hawkins say.”

“I never would have thought that my family and I would have to go through something so crazy and like racist and hateful comments,” Hawkins Jr. said during a brief commentary to the committee.

“There is no way we have to deal with this,” his father said through tears. “There is no way and then for them to advance the narrative of the conflict. There is no conflict. It’s just that I have to protect my family, the same thing I told them at that meeting. What would you do with your children? ? What would you do with your family?”

The committee questioned the family about the timing of the move. They told the committee that they put their house up for sale on December 16 before the vandalism occurred on December 28 because they were planning to build a larger new house in Allen. They later met with county leaders on January 3 about hate speech and then signed up with Frisco Emerson on January 11.

The single vote against the right was voted by Argyle athletic director Todd Rogers, who asked if Hawkins thought the six-mile crossing was enough to avoid harm or threats.

The Hawkins family has been repeatedly criticized by Allen’s athletic director Kim Garner for their lack of empathy and support for the abuse they faced.

“We’ve been through a lot and the lack of empathy from the previous school is very discouraging,” said Annabelle Hawkins, Mike and Malik’s mother.

After the hearing, Hawkins Sr. said he hoped his sons’ new school would provide protection and peace.

“I think this will be a great time for them to just learn from it and grow,” he said. “This is one of those situations where we want it to be just done. We wanted our sons to be able to do what children can do.”

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