AS A JUNIOR IN 2007: Earned First Team All-West Region and Second Team All-CCAA honors during her third year in a Triton uniform... made 43 appearances in the circle, getting the ball to start the game on 40 occasions... posted a 27-14 record with two saves and a 1.63 ERA... struck out 189 batters in 275.1 innings of work... her 27 victories set a new single season record at UCSD, as did her 275.1 innings pitched and 35 complete games... tossed eight complete game shutouts, more than doubling her combined total from the previous two years of six... struck out at least five batters in 17 games, including an 11-strikeout performance against CSU Monterey Bay on February 16... struck out 10 and allowed only one hit in the complete game shutout victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills on March 3... allowed only one hit and struck out four in the complete game shutout victory at Chico State on April 20... threw at least eight innings in five games during the 2007 season, including going 10 full frames in the 1-0 victory over Seattle University on March 30.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2006: Made 34 appearances in the circle for the Tritons, starting 26 of those contests and tossing 21 complete games... had a team-best 3.10 ERA while posting a 14-13 record... started the year with a 6-0 record and a 1.19 ERA... threw 185.1 innings and struck out a team-leading 91 batters on the season... tossed three complete game shutouts, beating Notre Dame de Namur by a 6-0 score on February 4, Point Loma by an 8-0 margin on February 8 and CSU Monterey Bay by a 9-0 count on April 7... picked up three saves, the first of which came against Cal State Stanislaus on February 5... also had saves against San Francisco State on February 24 and CSU Monterey Bay on March 12... threw at least four innings of relief on three different occasions, picking up the victory after tossing five innings of no-hit relief in the 3-2 extra-innings win over Western Oregon on April 1.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005: Made 24 appearances in the circle for UCSD, 19 of which were in the starting role... posted a 6-11 record with a team-leading 3.41 ERA... struck out 36 batters in 106.2 innings of work... threw four complete games, three of which were shutout victories... tossed a complete game shutout in only her second collegiate appearance, beating eventual West Region Champion, Chico State, by a 5-0 score on February 25.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2004 graduate of Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Calif... helped team to the 2004 Sunset League Championship... earned the team MVP award in 2002 and earned the Coaches’ Award in 2001... was involved with the Peer Assistance Leaderhip and was a volunteer at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
PERSONAL: Born April 22, 1986 in Anaheim, Calif... parents are Scott and Carol Ward... has one younger brother named Gary... is a Human Development major at Marshall College.
