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Cameron McEwan Makes History As First WHL Draftee Born in Austin

The Austin area quietly hit a huge hockey milestone this past week. Amid everything that is going on, the WHL held its Bantam draft last week, selecting players for major junior from the 2005 birth year. Among them was 15 year-old Cameron McEwan, the first ever Austinite to be drafted into major junior.

Cameron McEwan

"I was just at home, here in quarantine," McEwan told 100 Degree Hockey when reached by phone last week. "Some of my friends started texting and they're congratulating me!