2014-15: Third-year forward for the Warrior team that finished sixth in the CCC regular season standings… Appeared in all 28 games, starting 25… Averaged 15.2 points per game while amassing a .567 field-goal percentage… Notched 8.9 rebounds per game… Garnered CCC First-Team All-Conference honors… Scored a season-best 27 points against Multnomah University on November 14th… Earned CCC All-Academic honors… Helped team achieve NAIA Scholar-Team status…
2013-14: Started 21 games as a freshman… Finished second on the team in scoring with 12 points per game… Led team in rebounding with seven per game… Shot a team-best 57.1% from the field… Posted a career- and season-best 33 points, including a 13-for-18 shooting effort, on Dec. 14 vs. George Fox… Pulled down 10 rebounds three times… Scored in double-figures in 14 contests… Notched Bank of the Cascades Academic All-CCC honors for his work in the classroom...
2012-13 (Freshman): Appeared in 24 games off the bench as a freshman … Scored a career-high 119 points (avg. 4.9), grabbed a career-high 80 rebounds (avg. 3.3), handed out a career-high 17 assists (avg. 0.7), registered a career-high four steals (avg. 0.2), blocked a career-high three shots avg. 0.1) … Scored a season and career-high 11 points versus Concordia (2/8/13) … Grabbed a season and career-high 10 rebounds versus Portland Bible (1/1/13) … Handed out a season and career-high three assists twice (last versus Oregon Tech, 2/16/13) … Registered a season and career-high one steal four times (last versus Eastern Oregon, 2/1/13) … Blocked a season and career-high one shot three times (last versus Eastern Oregon, 1/5/13).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated with honors in 2012 from Gig Harbor High School … Played 4 years of basketball and tennis … Helped lead Gig Harbor for three district playoff appearance during prep career … Named 4A Narrows League 1st team All-League as a senior … Helped lead Gig Harbor to state tournament … Named WIAA athletic scholastic award winner … Participated in 4A/3A Narrows League All-Star Game following senior season.
PERSONAL: Born in Tacoma, Wash. to Brian and Stephanie Ward … Is 1 of 7 children … Has 3 brothers (Ian, Josiah, & Mathias) and 3 sisters (Naphtali, Hadassah, & Lydia) … Father, Brian, was a red-shirt freshman in basketball at Western Washington University … Brother, Mathias, played basketball at the University of Montana … Enjoys drawing, playing tennis, playing video games, and playing Frisbee golf … Major: Business Finance … Would like to be a financial officer/advisor following graduation.
