HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter in basketball at point guard for Westerly ... Captain her junior and senior year ... Two-year letterwinner in soccer ... One-year letterwinner in softball ... Finished career with 2,226 points ... Four-year Westerly H.S. Varisty Girls Basketball Team MVP ... Division II South League Champions (2006-2008) ... Rhode Island Girls Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year (2007) ... Providence Journal First Team All-State (2006-2007) ... Rhode Island Coaches Association 1st team All-Division (2005-2007) ... New London Connecticut Day First-team All Area (2005-2007) ... RICA First Team All-Class (2004-2005) ... Member of Rhode Island Breakers AAU Basketball Club (2001-2008) ... McDonald's All-American Girls' Basketball Game Finalist ... Connecticut Starter Top 100 Girls Basketball College Showcase MVP (2006).

PERSONAL: Daugher of James and Linda Ward ... Has two brothers, James Jr., who works at Network Intelligence and Tyler, who is a junior in high school and plays football and basketball ... Has one sister, Christie, who is professor at Rhode Island ... Pursuing a career in education.