2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Billy Ward
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 167
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Baldwinsville, N.Y.
- High School:
- C.W. Baker
Senior Year (2014): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Team co-captain ... Played in 16 games with one start … SU's highest scoring midfielder with 26 points (18 goals, 8 assists) … Scored a career-high three goals versus Albany (2/16) … Set a personal best with four points (2 goals, 2 assists) at Johns Hopkins … Against North Carolina (4/12), matched his career highs in goals (3) and points (4) in the Orange’s 11-10 double-overtime win, including scoring the game-winning goal with 2:57 left in the second extra session … Tied his personal-best in points for the second game in a row with two goals and two assists at Hobart (4/19) … Scored two goals, including the tying tally with 14.7 seconds to play, in the ACC semifinals against Duke (4/25) … Had one goal, one assist and tied his careerl-best with three ground balls versus Notre Dame (4/27) in the ACC title game … USILA Scholar All-American … ACC All-Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Junior Year (2013): Played in all 20 games on attack, starting 10 in a rotation with Dylan Donahue ... Tallied 16 points (11 goals, 5 assists) ... Five multi-point games ... Made his first career start and scored a goal in SU's 6-2 victory against Army (2/24) ... Tied his season high with three points, including a personal-best two assists, at Providence (3/19) ... Tallied a season-best two goals at Villanova (3/23) during the regular season ... Picked up 18 ground balls, including matching his career high with three in games against Hobart (4/16), and Villanova (5/4) in the BIG EAST final ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.
Sophomore Year (2012): Played in 11 games, often substituting through the box as an inverted midfielder ... Recorded nine points (2 goals, 7 assists) ... Also recovered three ground balls and caused one turnover... Had a season-best three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in SU’s 19-6 win against Rutgers (4/14) at the ESPNU Warrior Classic ... Contributed four points (1 goal, 3 assists) to help lead SU to the BIG EAST Tournament title. Ward equaled his career high with two assists against Villanova (5/3) in the semifinals, and had one goal and one assist in the championship game versus St. John’s (5/5). Also forced the first turnover of his career against the Red Storm … BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Freshman Year (2011): Played in 10 games as a reserve attackman and tallied three points (1 goal, 2 assists) … Made his college debut against Denver (2/20) and picked up one ground ball and caused one turnover … Recorded his first career points (1 goal, 1 assist) versus Rutgers (4/23) at the ESPNU Warrior Classic … Passed out an assist against St. John’s (5/7) … BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the 2010 Fall and 2011 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.
High School: Ranked fourth among attackmen and 14th overall in the Class of 2010 by Inside Lacrosse … 2010 Under Armour and U.S. Lacrosse All-American … U.S. Lacrosse Champion Showcase participant … Invited to play in the Section III Senior All-Star Game … Tallied 44 goals and 41 assists to help Baker to the CNYCL National Division title as a senior … Scored 135 goals and had 130 assists in his scholastic career … Earned All-Central New York honors three times, including first-team recognition in 2009 and 2010 … Three-time all-league selection … Three-time team MVP … Team captain as a senior … Also a member of the golf team.
Personal: William Joseph Ward … Born in March 1992 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Bill and Debra Ward … Two older sisters … Health and exercise science major.
