Patricia Ward

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Newport News, Va.
High School:
Warwick
Prev School:
Minnesota

2022: Played all 16 games and made 15 starts in her season with the Cardinals... Finished with one goal, two points and 917 minutes played for the season... Played and started her first game with the Cardinals in the season-opening win over UIC on Aug. 18... Scored the opening goal at home against Clemson on Oct. 6... Played a season-high 71 minutes against the Tigers at home... Season-high three shots came on the road against Northern Kentucky on Aug. 28.

At Minnesota: Spent the previous four seasons at Minnesota, where she played in 65 games, making 55 starts, with three goals and six assists ... as a freshman, she was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team after appearing in 23 games and starting 19 of them, helped Minnesota finish with a 12-9-2 record, a Big Ten Tournament championship and the program's first ever road win in the NCAA Tournament, a 2-0 shutout victory over Auburn in the first round ... finished with two goals and two assists as a freshman, recording her first collegiate goal by netting the game winner in the season opener versus Utah with 11 seconds remaining on Aug. 8, 2018 ... following her junior campaign, she was named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar award recipient after recording a perfect 4.0 GPA ... as a senior, she started 14 of 15 games and helped lead the Gophers to an 8-6-3 record. In the 4-1 win over Penn State, she finished with a goal and an assist. She also added an assist at Michigan State.

Prep: Graduated from Warwick High School (2018) ... four-year letterwinner in indoor track and soccer ... member of National Honor Society ... three-time All-Conference selection in soccer (2015, 2016 and 2017) ... Virginia High School League All-State honoree (2016) ... named Indoor track Rookie of the Year (2014-15) ... awarded Soccer Offensive MVP (2017) ... member of Legacy 76 in WPSL summer league and led the team in scoring (2017) ... Top Drawer Soccer No. 25 ranked player in Mid-Atlantic Region (2017) ... Top Drawer Team Snap All-America Watchlist (2017) ... member of Virginia Legacy Soccer Club (2013-15) and Richmond United ECNL (2015-17), and Virginia State ODP Team from (2014-16) ... led W20 summer league in scoring (2015)