2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
TFRRS Bio
Awards and Honors
- Club 40 – 2023 Spring Semester
- 2023 Spring SAA Academic Honor Roll
- Club 40 – 2022 Fall Semester
- Club 40 – 2022 Spring Semester
- 2022 Spring SAA Academic Honor Roll
- 2020–2021 SAA Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 SAA Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 SAA Academic Honor Roll
Top Career Performances
- Shot Put - 6.93 meters (22' 9") - Mississippi College Season Opener - March 7, 2020
- Hammer Throw - 37.51 meters (123' 1") - SAA Track & Field Championships - April 26-27, 2019
Junior Season (Spring 2021): Tossed for a career-best distance of 41.76m in the hammer throw at the 2021 SAA Track and Field Championships in April.
Sophomore Season (2019-20): Named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll ... Ward competed in both meets for the Majors in a season that was shortened by the CoVID-19 pandemic ... Had a career-best performance of 6.93 meters (22' 9") at the Mississippi College Season Opener in March ... Had a season-best performance of 37.31 meters (123' 1") in the hammer throw at home at the Leap Day Relays in February.
Freshman Season (2018-19): Named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll ... She competed in eight meets for the Majors ... She had a career-best performance of 37.51 meters (123' 1") in the hammer throw at the SAA Track & Field Championships in April ... Posted a season-best performance of 6.35 meters (20' 10") in the shot put at the Mississippi College Season Opener in March.
Prior to Millsaps: She participated in several equestrian events ... She was the 2016 PHBA Novice Youth Horsemanship World Champion ... She was the 2017 AQUA Dixie National Champion in Novice Youth Ranch Riding... She was also a 2017 state finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Personal: Majoring in Mathematics and Psychology ... Ward is a Research Fellow in the W.M. Keck Center for Instructional and Biochemical Comparative Archeology Lab. While there she has been a part of two notable research projects. The first being "Chemical Biosignatures in the Martian Subsurface" in collaboration with a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Edinburgh. The second, "Method Development for Analysis and Detection of False Positive Results for Methylxanthines and Alkaloids in Archaeological Vessels."... She is a Presidential Scholar and the 2019 winner of the Robert A. Shive, Jr. Mathematics Award... Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honorary in 2020 ... She is active with Delta Delta Delta has the director of social events ... Inducted into Psi Chi Psychology Honorary in 2021 ... She works on campus as a consultant for CASE in mathematics.
Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
Throws
5'10"
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2019-20Sophomore
Throws
5'10"
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2020-21Junior
Throws
5'10"
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2021-22Senior
Throws
5'10"
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2022-23Graduate Student
Distance/Throws
5'10"
