The Year of Maggie Ewen

This past season, Sun Devil senior Maggie Ewen etched her name in Arizona State and NCAA history when she broke the collegiate record and ran away with the hammer throw title at the NCAA Championships.

She did the unprecedented when she swept the discus, shot put and hammer throw at the Pac-12 Championships, and Ewen alone outscored 40 programs at the NCAA Championships in June when she put up 21 points in her three events.

2017 was the Year of Maggie Ewen.

But that dream season almost didn't happen.

"When coach Blutreich first got here, we had a conversation and we knew there was going to be a learning curve," Ewen said.

Former Olympian Brian Blutreich was entering his first year as the ASU…