UMass Lowell Athletics

Ward is in her second year within the Athletic Healthcare department, working closely with the men's soccer and women's lacrosse teams.

Ward joins the athletic staff from Temple University where she served as an assistant athletic trainer, working with both men’s and women’s cross country/track & field and women’s gymnastics. Prior to her work at Temple, Ward was a graduate assistant at Ursinus College, working with women’s gymnastics, football, and track and field.
 
Prior to completing her graduate degree, Ward was the head female athletic trainer and instructor at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas. The Greensboro College graduate was also an athletic training student, helping with men’s lacrosse, women’s volleyball, women’s/men’s basketball, football and Olympic figure skating.
 
Ward earned her bachelor’s of science degree in athletic training from Greensboro in 2012, while playing for the women’s soccer team, and her master’s of science in athletic training from West Chester University in 2017.