AWARDS:
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2024)
- Academic All-Mountain West (2023)
- UCLA Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
- Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021).
2024:
- First season at SJSU
- Finished season with career-highs in tackles (44), tackles for loss (7), pass breakups (1), forced fumbles (1) and sacks (3)
- Five tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss and a sack against No. 23 UNLV (11/22)
- Had seven tackles vs. No. 13 Boise State (11/16)
- Had six tackles and first career pass breakup at Fresno St. (10/26)
- Led team with eight tackles, one sack, and 2.0 tackles for loss vs. Wyoming (10/19)
- Career-high nine tackles with career-high 3.0 tackles for loss and first career forced fumble at Colorado St. (10/12)
- First career sack with career-high four tackles vs. Nevada (10/5)
2023 (UTAH STATE):
- Played in all 13 games and finished the season with 13 tackles (5-solo, 8-assist), which included 2.0 tackles for loss
- Posted a season-high two tackles each against Air Force (9/15), James Madison (9/23), Colorado State (10/7) and Fresno State (11/13)
- Had 1.0 tackles for loss against FSU and No. 25 Iowa (9/2) in the season opener
- Finished the season by recording at least one tackle in nine of the 13 games he played in
2022 (UTAH STATE):
- Played in 10 games and finished the season with 10 tackles, which included 3.0 tackles for loss
- Had two tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, at No. 1 Alabama (9/3)
- Had a career-high three tackles, which included a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss, at Colorado State (10/15)
- Also had three tackles at Wyoming (10/22)
- Had a tackle for loss against UNLV (9/24) and a tackle against Air Force (10/8)
2019-21 (UCLA):
- Played as a reserve linebacker and on special teams
- Played in two games as a true freshman in 2019 and in one game as a redshirt freshman in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Valedictorian
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com
- Ranked as the 59th-best player in the state of California by Rivals.com and the 76th-best player by ESPN.com
- Earned all-California Interscholastic Federation honors as a senior at Palmdale High School, as he was credited with 34 tackles, which included 2.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss
- Also ran for 266 yards and four touchdowns
- During his junior year, he recorded 51 tackles, including 10.0 tackles for loss
- Threw four touchdown passes in his prep career
PERSONAL: Son of John and Aimee Ward ... Siblings are Emilee and Logan ... Chose SJSU because it's a great school, great coaching and great area.