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	#20 - Reilly Ward
	Class: Junior Height/Weight: 5-6     Hometown: Olney, Md. Position: 3B/OF     High School: Sherwood   Bats: R

On Ward: Will be challenged to equal last season’s power numbers but has potential to surpass them…looks for pitches she knows she can drive…ranks third all-time at UMBC with 16 career home runs and 11th with 39 extra-base hits…will hit in the heart of the order…has added more speed to her game…will make the shift back to the infield, moving to her natural position at third base…may also see some time at second base and/or shortstop…has matured as a student-athlete over the last year…should again be one of the best hitters in the America East and the Mid-Atlantic region.

2005: Started all 58 games for the Retrievers, posting a .288 batting average with 49 hits in 170 at-bats to earn America East all-conference second-team honors… Led the team with 13 doubles, 12 home runs, 39 RBI, 98 total bases and a .576 slugging percentage… Her 12 home runs are tied for the second-best total in a single season in UMBC history, and her 25 extra-base hits rank as the fourth-best single-season total ever for the Retrievers… Her 26 walks and .385 on-base percentage were second-best on the team… Was 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts… Led the America East in doubles and ranked among the conference leaders in most other offensive categories, including second in walks; third in home runs; fourth in RBI, total bases and slugging percentage; ninth in runs scored; and 10th in hits… Was named Co-MVP of the Third Annual UMBC Softball Spring Classic, along with teammate Kristie Pickeral, after going 7-for-14 with a home run and five RBI… Also was named to the UMBC Dawg Pound Easter Invitational all-tournament team after going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and driving in the winning run against Sacred Heart.

2004: Played in 57 games, starting 55… Finished the year with a .267 batting average… Posted 10 doubles and four home runs… Ranked third on the team with 25 RBI... Was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts.

Background: Started playing softball at age 3... Was a tri-athlete in high school, as she captained Sherwood's field hockey and basketball teams... Born March 21, 1985... Daughter of Pat and Wanda Ward... Has two sisters, Monica and Dana… Majoring in psychology.