Maura Huwalt Season 2023-24

Maura Huwalt Season 2023-24

PositionTHROWS
ClassGraduate Student
HometownSouth Park, Pennsylvania

Honors & Awards
2023 USATFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American (Javelin) 
2023 Academic Honor Roll 
2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American (Discus)
2022 Outdoor All-SEC First Team (Discus)


2023 Outdoor 
Competed in ten meets... Threw 49.02m in javelin to finish 19th at NCAA Outdoor Championships... Threw 54.90m in discus to finish fifth and score four points, threw 16.69m in shot put to finish seventh and score two points, and thew 47.94m in javelin to finish ninth at SEC Outdoors... Broke her own school record in discus throwing 56.34m at the Tiger Track Classic... Won five meets in hammer throw, discus, shot put and javelin... Threw PR (52.99m) to win the javelin throw at the Crimson Tide Invitational... Threw PR (57.15m) in hammer throw to finish third at the Tiger Track Classic...  

2023 Indoor
Competed in six meets... Competed shot put and weight throw six times each... Threw PR (21.88m) in weight throw to finish fifth and score four points at SEC Indoors... Threw 16.74m in shot put to finish eight and score one point at SEC Indoors... Threw PR (17.29m) to win shot put at the Clemson Invite. 

2022 Outdoor
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American... SEC Discus Champion... First Team All-SEC...Threw discus in eight meets and shot in seven... Opened outdoor slate with a shot put victory at the Tiger Track Classic, throwing 15.88m to post the SEC's leading mark... Top throw of the season, 16.37m, came in a top-10 finish at Penn Relays... Picked up a discus victory of 53.41m at the War Eagle Invitational... Became an SEC Champion with a massive PR and school record throw of 56.21m at SEC Outdoors, clinching the Auburn sweep of the women's long throws for the first time in conference history... Named an Honorable Mention All-American after first career trip to NCAA Outdoors and throwing 50.10m. 

2022 Indoor
Threw shot and weight in six meets apiece... Best shot put outing came at SEC Indoors, throwing 15.83m to finish eighth and score a point for the Tigers... Best weight throw performance was a 20.34m, bronze finish at the Texas Tech Open... Scored another point in weight at SEC Indoors with a top mark of 20.29m. 

2021 Outdoor
Threw discus in seven meets, hammer and javelin in two and shot put in eight... Best discus throw, 52.30m, came at LSU Alumni Gold Invite, winning second place... Took home fourth at SECs with a throw of 52.01m... Best shot put outing also came at LSU Alumni Gold Invite, throwing 15.75 for a seventh place finish... Capped shot put season with a 15.16m throw at NCAA East Prelims. 

2021 Indoor
Competed weight throw and shot put in five meets each... Finished first in shot put at the Bob Pollock Invitational, throwing 15.56m… Threw a personal best (16.41m) in shot put at the South Carolina Invitational, finishing first… Took another shot put victory at the Carolina Open, throwing a meet-best 15.89m… Threw 15.48m to finish 10th at SEC Indoors…. Finished seventh at the South Carolina Invitational in weight throw, throwing a personal-best 18.90m… Threw 18.24m at SEC Indoors to finish 11th in weight throw.

2020 Outdoor
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2020 Indoor
Competed in five meets in the shot put ... seasons best of 14.61m coming at SEC Indoors ... Competed in four meets in the weight throw ... seasons best 15.90m at the Tiger Paw Invitational to finish 18th.

Prior to Auburn
Competed at South Park High School … 2019 Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year nominee … Two-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Tribune Review athlete of the week … School record holder in the shot put and discus … Helped South Park to a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) and state runner up team title in 2019 … Only female thrower in WPIAL history to win back-to-back tiles and be ranked in the top 25 all-time in the shot put, discus and javelin … Seven-time WPIAL champion, 2018 Pennsylvania state champion in the discus as a junior … 15-time WPIAL medalists … Eight-time state medalist … Three-time All-State selection and three-time team MVP … Top American finisher at Penn Relays in the high school discus … 2018 New Balance All-American in the javelin … As a basketball player, 2019 Fab 5 member and was a 1,000 point scorer … High school PRs: Javelin - 144-11; Discus – 149-6; Shot Put – 44-6; Long Jump – 17-1.

Personal:
Birthday is June 12 … Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. … Daughter of Scott and Erin Huwalt … Two younger brothers, Zachary and Daniel.