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- Birth Date:
- 11/14/1996
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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 160
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Littleton, Mass.
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- High School:
- St. John's (Shrewsbury)
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- Position:
- A
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- Major:
- Criminal Justice
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- gp
- 20
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- p
- 56
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- g
- 42
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- a
- 14
Bio
2018 (Junior Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...started all 20 games of the season...tallied 56 points (42 goals, 14 assists) and 52 ground balls...finished 4th in the conference in goals scored...CCC Offensive Player of the Week (3/5, 5/7)... WNE Athlete of the Week (3/5).
2017 (Sophomore Year): First Team All-CCC...appeared in 17 games, starting 14...recorded 33 points (21 goals, 12 assists) and 25 ground balls.
2016 (Freshman Year): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team ... CCC Rookie of the Year...Third Team All-CCC...CCC Rookie of the Week 4/11, 4/25, 5/9...Started 18 games, recording 52 points (21 goals and 31 assists) with 30 ground balls.
High School: 2015 graduate of Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury, Mass... played four years of lacrosse, golf, and hockey for the Pioneers...two-time First Team All-Central Mass...two-time Central Mass All-Star...2015 Central Mass Offensive Player of the Year...Boston All-American...recorded 216 career points (110 goals, 106 assists)...helped team to Division 1 golf state championship...played club lacrosse with Team Central and the New England Select Lacrosse League (NESLL).
Personal: Born November 14, 1996 in Norwood, Mass. to John and Debra Ward...has one sibling, Rachel Ward...his cousin, Brian Boyle plays hockey for the New Jersey Devils (NHL)...enjoys fishing, skiing, pond hockey, and water sports...Favorites: Movie - Remember the Titans; TV Show - Jersey Shore; Actor - Matthew McConaughey; Pro Team - New England Patriots; Athlete - Tom Brady; Food - Stuffing; Musical Group - Zac Brown Band; City - Boston...wants to become a state trooper after graduation... majoring in criminal justice.
What I like Best About WNE: "The new cafeteria"
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Games | 20 | 8 | ||
Points | 56 | 19 | ||
Goals | 42 | 15 | ||
Assists | 14 | 4 | ||
Man-up goals | 6 | 3 | ||
Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Ground balls | 52 | 26 | ||
Turnovers | 32 | 15 | ||
Caused turnovers | 11 | 4 | ||
Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Shots | 109 | 53 | ||
Shooting percentage | 38.5 | 28.3 | ||
Shots on goal | 67 | 26 | ||
Shots on goal percentage | 61.5 | 49.1 |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 27 | at Keene St. | W, 13-10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 40.0 | 4 | 80.0 |
Mar 3 | Lasell | W, 16-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 100.0 |
Mar 6 | at Amherst | L, 19-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
Mar 11 | vs. Nazareth | W, 19-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Mar 14 | Bates | L, 14-13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 75.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
Mar 17 | Clark University | L, 8-7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 5 | 83.3 |
Mar 22 | vs. St. Lawrence | L, 13-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 |
Mar 24 | at Springfield | L, 11-7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 75.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
Mar 27 | Curry | W, 15-8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 36.4 | 5 | 45.5 |
Mar 31 | at U. of New England | W, 12-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 |
Apr 4 | Wentworth | W, 11-9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 8 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 |
Apr 7 | at Endicott | W, 7-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 6 | 75.0 |
Apr 10 | Nichols | W, 10-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 |
Apr 14 | at Roger Williams | W, 12-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 |
Apr 17 | Williams | L, 11-8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 7 | 42.9 | 5 | 71.4 |
Apr 21 | at Salve Regina | W, 14-8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 |
Apr 24 | Gordon | W, 11-8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
May 1 | Salve Regina | W, 18-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 33.3 |
May 4 | Endicott | W, 10-6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 8 | 62.5 | 8 | 100.0 |
May 9 | at York (Pa.) | L, 15-7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 40.0 | 3 | 60.0 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
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2015-16 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
2016-17 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0-0 | 79 | 26.6 | 50 | 63.3 |
2017-18 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 32 | 11 | 0-0 | 109 | 38.5 | 67 | 61.5 |
2018-19 | 19 | 17 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 0-0 | 148 | 31.8 | 79 | 53.4 |
Total | 56 | 51 | 110 | 63 | 173 | 14 | 0 | 124 | 90 | 21 | 0-0 | 336 | 32.7 | 196 | 58.3 |
gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | ||
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Event | Total | 20 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 32 | 11 | 0-0 | 109 | 38.5 | 67 | 61.5 |
Conference | 8 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0-0 | 53 | 28.3 | 26 | 49.1 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 10 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 0-0 | 64 | 43.8 | 39 | 60.9 |
Away | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0-0 | 41 | 31.7 | 26 | 63.4 | |
Neutral | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
Result | Wins | 13 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 0-0 | 76 | 35.5 | 44 | 57.9 |
Losses | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0-0 | 33 | 45.5 | 23 | 69.7 | |
Month | February | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 40.0 | 4 | 80.0 |
March | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0-0 | 39 | 46.2 | 25 | 64.1 | |
April | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 0-0 | 46 | 28.3 | 25 | 54.3 | |
May | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 19 | 47.4 | 13 | 68.4 |
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