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Ward's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals: 2 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Assists: 1 (at San Diego State, 2020)
Points: 2 (vs. Arizona State, 2018)
Shots: 4 (vs. Michigan, 2019)
Shot Percentage: 1.000 (twice, last vs. USC, 2018)
Shots On Goal: 3 (vs. Michigan, 2019)
Shots On Goal Percentage: 1.000 (15 times, last at Winthrop, 2020)
Free Position Goals: 1 (twice, last at San Diego State, 2020)
Free Position Shots: 1 (three times, last at San Diego State, 2020)
Ground Balls: 5 (vs. Oregon, 2019)
Caused Turnovers: 2 (vs. Oregon, 2018)
Draw Controls: 2 (at USC, 2019)
Cal Career (2018 – Present)
• Has played in 40 games with 30 starts over the last three seasons since her arrival at Cal in the fall of 2017
• Has accumulated totals of 15 points on 14 goals and one assist, while registering 33 shots, a .424 shot percentage, 25 shots on goal, a .758 shots on goal percentage, 46 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers and six draw controls, while she is 2-of-3 on free position shot attempts
Junior (2020)
• Started all seven games in a season abbreviated by the COVID-19 pandemic and contributed four points on three goals and one assist
• Added six shots, a .500 shot percentage, five shots on goal, an .833 shots on goal percentage, 14 ground balls and one caused turnover, while she converted on her lone free position shot attempt
• Picked up single goals on single shot attempts (all on goal) and two ground balls vs. Virginia and at Winthrop
• Added another goal on two shot attempts (one on goal) with her goal coming on her lone free position shot attempt of the season and one ground ball at San Diego State
• Had at least one ground ball in her first six games beginning with four in the season-opener at UC Davis when she also had two shot attempts (both on goal) and one caused turnover
• Registered three ground balls at Mercer
• Had two ground balls at Arizona State
Sophomore (2019)
• Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors
• Played in all 19 games with 18 starts and recorded six points on six goals
• Added 16 shots, a .375 shot percentage, 12 shots on goal, a .750 shots on goal percentage, 21 ground balls, seven caused turnovers and six draw controls, while she was 1-of-2 on free position shot attempts
• Had a single goal on a single shot attempt (all on goal) five times vs. Denver, at George Washington, at Arizona State, at Colorado and vs. Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament with the first goal at Arizona State coming on her second free position shot attempt of the season after she had missed on the first one of her career in the previous contest vs. Colorado
• Added two ground balls and one caused turnover in both games against Arizona State, one ground ball and one draw control vs. Denver and at George Washington, and one caused turnover at Colorado
• Also had a single goal on two shots (both on goal) at Oregon
• Recorded career highs of four shots and three shots on goal in the season opener vs. Michigan but did not connect while adding one ground ball and one caused turnover
• Also took single shots without on goal vs. Oregon and Stanford, and not on goal twice against USC in a road game and Pac-12 Tournament semifinals
• Added a career-high five ground balls and one draw control vs. Oregon; two ground balls, one caused turnover and two draw controls at USC; and one ground ball vs. Stanford
• Also had two ground balls vs. San Diego State; one ground ball and one caused turnover vs. Arizona State; and one ground ball vs. Colorado in games in which she did not take a shot
Freshman (2018)
• Played in 14 games with five starts and recorded five points on five goals
• Added 11 shots, a .455 shot percentage, eight shots on goal, a .727 shots on goal percentage, 11 ground balls and two caused turnovers
• Had the lone two-goal game of her career on three shots (two on goal) vs. Arizona State
• Also had single goals at Stanford and vs. Colorado in her lone shot attempt, and at Arizona State on three shot attempts (two on goal), adding two ground balls against the Buffaloes and Sun Devils
• Registered single shots without scoring vs. Fresno State and Stanford, as well as in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals against Oregon with the shots against Fresno State and Oregon on goal
• Added three ground balls vs. Fresno State and one each against Stanford and Oregon
• Also had two ground balls and two caused turnovers in a regular-season home game vs. Oregon
California HS (Class Of 2017)
• A two-time US Lacrosse All-American, All-East Bay and All-East Bay Athletic League selection in each of her final two seasons who helped her team to back-to-back EBAL titles as a 2016 junior and 2017 senior, while adding team MVP honors as a senior for a squad that was also the North Coast Section runners-up and picking up her team's Grizzly Award for being the hardest worker and having the best attitude as a junior
• Registered four-year totals of 86 games played, 232 points, 147 goals, 85 assists, 264 shots on goal, 161 ground balls, a .557 shot percentage, 161 ground balls, 80 caused turnovers and 326 draw controls for teams that finished ranked in the top 10 in California in each of her four campaigns
• Played in 22 games as a senior and scored a team-high 93 points on 48 goals and a team-high 45 assists, while totaling 81 shots on goal, a .593 shot percentage, 45 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers and a team-high 141 draw controls for a squad that was 18-4 overall and finished the season ranked No. 6 in the state of California by MaxPreps
• Played in 21 games as a junior and scored 52 points on 33 goals and 19 assists, while totaling 57 shots on goal, a .579 shot percentage, 49 ground balls, 25 caused turnovers and 79 draw controls for a squad that was 20-1 overall, reached the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section playoffs and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the state of California by MaxPreps
• Played in 23 games as a sophomore and scored 58 points on 43 goals and 15 assists, while totaling 88 shots on goal, a .489 shot percentage, a team-high 62 ground balls, 38 caused turnovers and 65 draw controls for a squad that was 17-6 overall, reached the semifinals of the North Coast Section playoffs and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the state of California by MaxPreps
• Played in 20 games as a freshman and scored 29 points on 23 goals and six assists, while totaling 38 shots on goal, a .605 shot percentage, five ground balls, six caused turnovers and 41 draw controls for a squad that was 16-5 overall, reached the semifinals of the North Coast Section playoffs and finished the season ranked No. 7 in the state of California by MaxPreps
• Lists her favorite sports moment as scoring a goal to send a game into overtime and later the game-winning goal against defending North Coast Section champions AVHS as a 2015 sophomore
• Selected as her team's Rookie of the Year as a 2014 freshman
• Wore No. 21 as a senior in lacrosse after suiting up in No. 17 for her first three seasons
• Also played four years of varsity soccer and was a first-team All-EBAL selection as a 2016-17 senior
• A three-time Scholar-Athlete in her final three seasons as a prep
• A member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation
• Hosted a One Love workshop for 300 members of her senior class during her senior year
Club Lacrosse
• Played for Tenacity Project from 2011-17
• Won Sandstorm Tournament titles for three consecutive years from 2014-16
Other
• Born September 28, 1998
• Daughter of Dan and Lisa Ward
• Older sister, Brittany, played on the Cal lacrosse team from 2012-15
• Father, Dan, played baseball at Saint Mary's (1983-86) and for the California Angels (1988-89)
• Mother, Lisa, played basketball and volleyball at Saint Mary's from 1983-86 and soccer in 1987
• Has worked as a coach/intern for her club lacrosse team Tenacity Project and a facilitator for One Love
• Lists cooking, coaching, sketching, juggling and doing outdoor activities as hobbies
• Has done cliff diving in Tahoe
• Has three rescue dogs named Thunder, Lightning and Houston
• A member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority
• Major is economics
Last Updated
July 24, 2020
