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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:
- Sr.
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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
- 19
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- p
- 84
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- g
- 47
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- a
- 37
Bio
2019 (Senior Year): All Commenwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team... CCC Offensive Player of the Year...started all 20 games at attack for the Golden Bears... Tallied 84 points on the season with 47 goals and 37 assists... eight caused turnovers and 47 groundballs...Led the CCC in points and shots while finishing second in goals and assists... Put together season-high 10 points twice vs. Nichols and in the CCC quarterfinal vs. Curry.
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): All-Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team...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...CCC Rookie of the Week 4/11, 4/25, 5/9...Started 18 games, recording 52 points (21 goals,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... 2x First Team All-Central Mass... 2x 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-House Hunters; Actor-Robin Williams; Pro Team-New England Patriots; Athlete-Michael Censorio; Food-Stuffing; Musician-Alicia Keys;City-Boston... majoring in criminal justice and wants to become a Mass State Trooper.
What I like Best About WNE: "The old dining hall"
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | 19 | 8 | ||
Points | 84 | 44 | ||
Goals | 47 | 26 | ||
Assists | 37 | 18 | ||
Man-up goals | 7 | 6 | ||
Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Ground balls | 47 | 21 | ||
Turnovers | 36 | 11 | ||
Caused turnovers | 8 | 4 | ||
Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Shots | 148 | 76 | ||
Shooting percentage | 31.8 | 34.2 | ||
Shots on goal | 79 | 41 | ||
Shots on goal percentage | 53.4 | 53.9 |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
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Feb 23 | at Clark University | W, 17-10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 4 | 50.0 |
Feb 28 | Keene St. | W, 17-9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 8 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 |
Mar 5 | Amherst | L, 16-11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 7 | 28.6 | 4 | 57.1 |
Mar 12 | at Bates | L, 20-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Mar 15 | vs. Nazareth | W, 14-12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 21 | vs. St. Lawrence | L, 16-7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
Mar 24 | at Wentworth | W, 15-8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 12 | 33.3 | 6 | 50.0 |
Mar 27 | Roger Williams | W, 13-6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 |
Mar 30 | U. of New England | W, 14-10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 57.1 | 6 | 85.7 |
Apr 2 | Springfield | L, 18-12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 18.2 | 5 | 45.5 |
Apr 4 | at Nichols | W, 20-8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 45.5 | 8 | 72.7 |
Apr 10 | at Gordon | W, 17-9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 | 30.8 | 6 | 46.2 |
Apr 13 | Endicott | W, 10-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 |
Apr 16 | at Curry | W, 14-10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 | 22.2 | 5 | 55.6 |
Apr 17 | at Williams | L, 19-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 19 | Colorado Col. | W, 13-12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 |
Apr 24 | Salve Regina | W, 19-8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 | 36.4 | 4 | 36.4 |
Apr 30 | Curry | W, 25-14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 | 55.6 | 6 | 66.7 |
May 3 | Endicott | W, 9-8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 5 | 83.3 |
May 8 | at Wesleyan (Conn.) | L, 11-8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 8 | 25.0 | 5 | 62.5 |
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 | 19 | 17 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 0-0 | 148 | 31.8 | 79 | 53.4 |
Conference | 8 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0-0 | 76 | 34.2 | 41 | 53.9 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 10 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0-0 | 80 | 33.8 | 42 | 52.5 |
Away | 8 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0-0 | 65 | 29.2 | 35 | 53.8 | |
Neutral | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | |
Result | Wins | 13 | 12 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 0-0 | 115 | 34.8 | 62 | 53.9 |
Losses | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0-0 | 33 | 21.2 | 17 | 51.5 | |
Month | February | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 16 | 31.3 | 7 | 43.8 |
March | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0-0 | 39 | 33.3 | 23 | 59.0 | |
April | 9 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0-0 | 79 | 31.6 | 39 | 49.4 | |
May | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 14 | 28.6 | 10 | 71.4 |
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