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

2007 Notes: Voted team co-captain… Ranks among UMBC’s career leaders in most offensive categories, including home runs (2nd, 28), extra-base hits (3rd, 68), doubles (4th, 40), RBI (6th, 116), runs (7th, 102), hits (9th, 158), at-bats (9th, 537) and games played (12th, 181).

2006: Earned America East All-Conference first team honors after hitting a career-best .320 with 66 hits, 48 runs, 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 52 RBI, all career highs… Recorded a .578 slugging percentage with 119 total bases and reached base at a .385 clip, walking 22 times… Led the team and conference in doubles and ranked second on the team in RBI and total bases and third in hits, runs and home runs… Also ranked second in the conference in RBI and total bases, third in home runs, fourth in hits and runs and seventh in slugging and walks… Her 66 hits are tied for 10th-most in a single season at UMBC, while her 48 runs are tied for sixth, her 17 doubles tied for third, her 12 homers tied for fourth and her 52 RBI ranked fourth, her 29 extra-base hits ranked third and her 119 total bases ranked sixth all-time… Put together an 11-game hitting streak from March 24-April 1, hitting .444 (16-for-36) in that span… Amassed 20 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games on the season… Named to UNC-Wilmington All-Tournament Team after smashing two home runs on the weekend… Selected to UMBC Kickoff Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .500 (7-for-14) with six RBI and five runs scored… Chosen to UMBC Dawg Pound All-Tournament Team after hitting two homers and driving in eight runs… Named to Delaware State Bash at the Beach All-Tournament Team after hitting .500 (8-for-16) with seven runs scored, five doubles, six RBI and five walks in five games… Went 3-for-3 with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored in the second game of the Georgetown double-header… Had a great series against Boston University, going 7-for-10 with three doubles, a home run, seven RBI and three runs scored.

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.