2021 (Senior)
Appeared in all 11 matches and 43 sets for the Bulldogs in 2021 … Led the team as a captain … Ranked third in the NEC averaging 5.27 digs per set and second in the conference with 223 digs … Posted a career-best 34 digs against Central Connecticut to go along with four assists and two kills … Tallied a season-high of five assists on two occasions against both Merrimack and LIU … Earned back-to-back NEC Defensive Player of the Week nods … Selected as a candidate for the 2021 Senior CLASS award … Named to Bryant’s All-Decade team.
2019 (Junior)
Earned NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction ... Appeared in 31 of 32 matches and 103 sets … Broke Bryant’s Division I career digs mark in November and concludes her junior season with 1,412 … Recorded a team-high 3.68 digs per set in 2019 … Averaged ranked sixth in the NEC … Added 0.24 aces per set … Collected 10+ digs in 22 matches, including each of the final 10 contests of the season … Four matches of 20+ digs, highlighted by a season-high 24 in a win over Central Connecticut … Double-double of 22 digs and a career-high 15 assists in the victory at Saint Francis U … Recorded a season-high four aces on four consecutive points during the third set of the sweep of North Dakota.
2018 (Sophomore)
Named a second-team All-NEC selection and earned a spot on the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … NEC All-Tournament honoree … Two-time Molten/NEC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27, Oct. 15) … Appeared in 33 matches and 129 sets … Became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs as a sophomore … Averaged 4.10 digs, 1.12 assists and 0.23 aces per set as the Bulldogs’ primary libero … Eight matches of 20 or more digs … Recorded a double-double of 16 digs and 10 assists in the win over Marist (Aug. 31) … Tallied 20 digs in a sweep of Coppin State (Sept. 8) … Notched 25 digs over four sets against Colgate (Sept. 15) … Had 22 digs in a road sweep of Central Connecticut (Oct. 12) … Collected 25 digs in a win at Saint Francis U (Oct. 19) and 28 in a victory at Sacred Heart (Nov. 2) … Posted a career-high 32 digs in the NEC Semifinal victory over Central Connecticut (Nov. 16) and 17 in the title match against Sacred Heart (Nov. 17) … Recorded 13 digs in the NCAA First Round at No. 2 Minnesota (Nov. 30).
2017 (Freshman)
NEC Academic Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 33 matches and 123 sets for the Bulldogs … Led the Bulldogs with 477 digs (3.98 per set) … Totaled 113 assists (0.92 per set) and 24 aces (0.20 per set … 24 matches of 10 or more digs and nine of 20 or more … Averaged 6.00 digs per set in the opening weekend of the season to earn Molten/NEC Rookie of the Week honors … Posted dig totals of 21 (Stony Brook) and 23 (Brown) in the second day of the Hampton Inn-vitational (9/9) … The 23 digs in the win over Brown were a career-high, matched a week later in the win over Binghamton (9/16) … Notched a career-high four aces in the victory over LIU Brooklyn (9/23) … Tallied 22 digs and a career-high 12 assists in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson (10/6) … Closed the year with 20-dig performances against Saint Francis U (11/11) and Central Connecticut (11/17).
Before Bryant
Ward was a three-year varsity letterwinner and two-year starter at Stoney Creek High School … Helped the program earn its first-ever Oakland Athletic Association (OAA) Red Division title and first appearance in the district finals in 2015 … Team returned to the district finals in 2016 … Led the Cougars to 2016 Rochester City Cup Championship … Holds school records for digs in a career (1,312) and digs in a season (741) … Named a 2017 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team pick, recognizing the top JVA players in the nation ... Named an all-state second team selection as a senior … All-state honorable mention as a junior … Two-time all-region pick (2015, 2016) … 2015 and 2016 All-OAA Red Division nod … Earned MVP award as a senior … Two-time captain … Four-time OAA Scholar-Athlete … National Honor Society member … Played club for Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy … High school and club teammate of fellow Bulldog Mackenzie Wild.
Personal
Daughter of Angela and Jim Ward … Has one brother, Evan, and one sister, Alexa.
Career Single-Match Highs
Kills: 2, vs. Central Connecticut, 3/23/21
Assists: 15, at Saint Francis U, 11/2/19
Aces: 4, 4x, last vs. North Dakota, 9/6/19
Digs: 34, vs. Central Connecticut, 3/23/21
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