TEMPE – Two of Sun Devil track and field's best representatives have been named as this year's Bill Kajikawa Award recipients in seniors Mason Ford and Magdalyn Ewen, the department announced Monday.
Ford has spent three seasons with ASU, but in that time, the hometown jumper has ingrained himself into the Sun Devil community.
As a senior, Ford was named co-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was the student leader for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Ford showed his versatility in the vertical and horizontal jumps when he finished ninth in the long jump and high jump at the MPSF Championships when he advanced to the final in both.
His swan song has been his best season as a Devil. He has set personal bests indoors and outdoors with a 2.09m/6-10.25-foot jump at the Texas Tech Shootout indoors, and cleared 2.10m/6-10.75 feet in his final home meet as a Sun Devil just over a month ago.
Ford is currently the team captain for the track and field team and has six ASU Scholar Baller distinctions to go along with his a two academic all-conference honors from last outdoor season and this past indoor season.
As for Ewen, the Kajikawa Award is just the latest in a laundry list of achievements for the ASU thrower.
She will leave ASU as one of the most decorated women in school history, and with a case for being one of the greatest collegiate athletes in NCAA history.
Ewen's two national titles and seven other first-team All-America honors gives her 50 points at NCAA Championships.
This outdoor season, she broke the NCAA hammer throw record, which she already owned, and set the shot put record within a few weeks of one another. By holding two records, Ewen is currently one of two women with two NCAA outdoor records.
At this year's MPSF Championships, she won her third-straight weight throw title and first ever shot put crown to cap her career with 138 points scored.
Ewen and Ford are both in competition this weekend at the Pac-12 Championships. Ford is looking for his first all-conference honor in his final championship appearance, and Ewen heads to Palo Alto as the conference's defending shot put, discus throw and hammer throw champion.
The two will then head back to Northern California for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds where they'll compete for a chance to go the NCAA Championships in June.
Ford has spent three seasons with ASU, but in that time, the hometown jumper has ingrained himself into the Sun Devil community.
As a senior, Ford was named co-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was the student leader for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Ford showed his versatility in the vertical and horizontal jumps when he finished ninth in the long jump and high jump at the MPSF Championships when he advanced to the final in both.
His swan song has been his best season as a Devil. He has set personal bests indoors and outdoors with a 2.09m/6-10.25-foot jump at the Texas Tech Shootout indoors, and cleared 2.10m/6-10.75 feet in his final home meet as a Sun Devil just over a month ago.
Ford is currently the team captain for the track and field team and has six ASU Scholar Baller distinctions to go along with his a two academic all-conference honors from last outdoor season and this past indoor season.
As for Ewen, the Kajikawa Award is just the latest in a laundry list of achievements for the ASU thrower.
She will leave ASU as one of the most decorated women in school history, and with a case for being one of the greatest collegiate athletes in NCAA history.
Ewen's two national titles and seven other first-team All-America honors gives her 50 points at NCAA Championships.
This outdoor season, she broke the NCAA hammer throw record, which she already owned, and set the shot put record within a few weeks of one another. By holding two records, Ewen is currently one of two women with two NCAA outdoor records.
At this year's MPSF Championships, she won her third-straight weight throw title and first ever shot put crown to cap her career with 138 points scored.
Ewen and Ford are both in competition this weekend at the Pac-12 Championships. Ford is looking for his first all-conference honor in his final championship appearance, and Ewen heads to Palo Alto as the conference's defending shot put, discus throw and hammer throw champion.
The two will then head back to Northern California for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds where they'll compete for a chance to go the NCAA Championships in June.