University of Maryland, Baltimore County

High School: Lettered at Covenant Life School in nearby Gaithersburg, Md., earning team most valuable player accolades her sophomore, junior and senior seasons…named tournament MVP for the conference tournament as a senior…also as a senior earned all-tournament honors in the Magruder Invitational…a second team all-conference honoree as a sophomore and a first team all-conference award winner as a junior and senior…a three-sport athlete earning a number of honors in softball and basketball as well…named softball MVP senior year and a first team all-conference award winner…named MVP junior year in basketball and earned first team all-conference as a junior and third team as a sophomore…an honor roll student, member of the National Honor Society and Yearbook staff.

Personal: One of seven children to Chip and Diane Ward…Oldest brother Jon played baseball at Montgomery College…mother Diane swam for the University of Maryland and her grandfather on her dad’s side was an All-American football player at Maryland and has his number retired…goes by her nickname “Cat”…born on January 22, 1986.