Holy Cross Athletics

2016:

• Played in all 17 games with 13 starts
• Was second on the team with 20 goals
• Tied for fifth on the team with three assists
• Tied for second on the team with 23 points
• Was third on the team with 16 draw controls
• Tallied two goals against Bucknell (Apr. 2), Loyola Maryland (Apr. 9) and in the 14-13 victory over American (Apr. 23)
• Scored a career-high five goals against Army (Mar. 30) for third career hat trick

2015: 

• Played in all 18 games
• Had nine goals and four assists for thirteen points
• Ranked fourth on the team in assists
• Posted two goals against Loyola (Md.) (3/28)

2014:

• Played in 17 games
• Tallied 10 goals and one assist for 11 points
• Picked up 21 ground balls
• Posted seven draw controls and eight caused turnovers
• Scored her first collegiate goal in the season-opener versus Bryant (2/12)
• Netted three goals as the Crusaders defeated Stetson, 19-3 (3/2)
• Posted two goals versus Sacred Heart (3/5) as the team won, 14-9
• Scored three goals against Lafayette (3/22) in the 11-10 victory

Before Holy Cross:

• Four-year member of the varsity lacrosse team at Norwell High School under coach Kara Connerty
• Captained the team senior year
• Had 187 career goals and 90 career assists including 90 goals and 24 assists senior year
• Named first team All-American senior year
• Named first team EMass and South Shore League All-Star senior year
• Received 2013 Boston Herald, Boston Globe and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic accolades
• Named a 2012 South Shore All-Star
• Received 2012 second team EMass and second team Lower New England honors
• Named Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic as a junior
• Named South Shore All-Star and third team Lower New England as a sophomore
• Team won 2010 and 2013 Division II state championship
• Team won South Shore League championship from 2010-2013
• Also lettered on varsity soccer for two years under coach Connerty
• Also on the varsity gymnastics team for one year
• Played club lacrosse for Mass Elite under coach Leslie Frank
• Member of National Honor Society, Student Government and Invisible Children

Personal:

• Daughter of James and Eileen Ward
• Has three brothers (Jack, Matthew and Timmy) and one sister (Casey)
• Aunts Kirsten Ward (Class of 1988) and Eileen Farrell (Class of 1992) both graduated from Holy Cross
• Cousin Sara Hennessey (Class of 2014) was a member of the Holy Cross lacrosse team
• A Psychology major.

Ward's Career Statistics