2014 at Purdue Calumet: Started all 36 games for the Peregrines, primarily in center field…had team’s third-best batting average at .364 at the leadoff position, recording 43 hits, 12 doubles, three triples, three home runs and a team-best 46 runs to go along with 28 RBI…totaled a team-best 24 walks and ranked second in on-base percentage (.483)…committed just one error with 44 putouts to net a .978 fielding percentage…recorded the program’s first-ever home run in the team’s first at-bat in a 13-1 win against Culver-Stockton…recorded multi-hit games in 12 contests, including three hits in four separate games… notched three hits, five RBI and two doubles in a 16-0 win at Roosevelt… drilled her second home run in a 6-5 win at Calumet College… recorded a home run and four RBI in a 14-1 win against Purdue North Central.
2013 at Kankakee: Played in 47 games as a sophomore...Helped team to a 40-10 record, a NJCAA Region IV championship and a National Tournament appearance...Tabbed as a NFCA All-America honoree…Named a NJCAA and NFCA All-Region selection…Notched a career-best .443 batting average...Finished with four home runs and 40 runs batted in…Also recorded 16 doubles and five triples…Led the team with 58 runs scored and 16 stolen bases…Ended the year with 21 multi-hit games...Owns school record for career triples with 17.
2012 at Kankakee: Played in 55 games during freshman season for Cavaliers...Helped team to a 50-11 record, a NJCAA Region IV championship and a National Tournament appearance...Named a NFCA All-America selection…Garnered NJCAA and NFCA All-Region honors…Hit .408 from center field position…Led the team with 12 triples…Recorded 14 doubles and drove in 57 runs…Finished second on the squad with 71 runs scored…Had 27 multi-hit contests.
Prep: Four-year letter winner at Jimtown High…Earned back-to-back IHSAA Third Team All-State honors…Named First Team All-Northern State Conference for four-straight seasons…Finished high school career with eight offensive records…Tallied 109 RBIs, 147 runs and 170 hits in career.
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Cindy Ward...Majoring in marketing… father, Mark, played football and baseball at Olivet and Bethel… cousin, Braxton, played football for Notre Dame.
