AWARDS:
- Dean's Scholar (2021)
2023 (BEACH):
- Third season with Beach Volleyball
2022 (BEACH):
- Second season with Beach Volleyball
- Finished second on the team with 12 wins
- Went 9-3 competing in the No. 1 position for the Spartans
- Joined with Amethyst Harper to defeat Utah's Sage Patchell and Amaya Messier on Feb. 26 (7-21, 21-12, 15-13)
- Paired with Haylee Nelson to defeat Washington's pair of Audra Wilmes and Paloma Bowman on March 12 (21-15, 21-14)
- Helped SJSU defeat Oregon, 3-2 (March 19), with an opening match with Nelson over the Ducks' Reagan Hope and Brooke Nuneviller (21-18, 21-14)
- With Nelson as her partner, defeated No. 16 Long Beach State's pair of Skyler Germann and Alice Pratesi (14-21, 21-19, 15-9) on March 31
2021 (BEACH):
- First season with Beach Volleyball
- Finished with three wins on the season in the No. 1 position alongside Haylee Nelson
- Beat Pacific's Hanne De Schrijver and Alexa Edwards 22-20, 17-21, 15-9 on April 17
- Beat Sacramento State's Ashtin Oley and Macey Haydin twice on April 18 and April 21
BEFORE SJSU:
- Graduated in 2019 from Lincoln High School in Stockton, Calif. where Ward played four years of varsity indoor and beach volleyball as a setter and libero
- Captain of high school team for two years, named MVP of high school team in senior year
- Played the 2019 indoor and 2020 beach season at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif. under coach Armen Zakarian
- Indoor team won the 2019 Coast Conference championship
- Second team All-Coast honors
- In beach, teamed with Rene Wash as the #2 pair and finished 4-0 against community college pairs
- Earned the 2020 WVC Fang Pei Promise Fund academic scholarship
PERSONAL: Two siblings Jazzmyn and Joshua ... Born in Phoenix, Ariz. to parents Natovian and Stephanie ... Mother works in insurance and father works in tech and flips houses ... Uncle Ogden Hansford played football at Clemson ... Chose SJSU because of her experiences playing against the Spartans while at West Valley, the diversity and culture of the team, and its proximity to Ward's home and church. She writes "it felt like it was meant to be."
Career Records
| Year | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ext. |
| 2021 | 3-8 | 3-8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | 12-10 | 9-3 | 3-7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 15-18 | 12-11 | 3-7 | -- | -- | --- | -- |