Sophomore •  Pitcher/Outfield  •  5-7 

As a freshman (2008): Debuted for the Lady Raiders and made an appearance in the circle seven times, including three starts...recorded a 4.94 era and finished with a 2-2 record… pitched all five innings of a 14-0 blowout of Queens (NY) and struck out five for her first collegiate victory… received another win after entering the April 8 game against West Chester in relief, throwing four innings and allowing just three hits and one run…struck out 15 batters on the season and totaled 22.2 innings pitched…tossed two complete games…appeared at the plate four times when not pitching and had two hits…scored five times as a pinch runner.

Before Shippensburg: Was a two-time team MVP for the Warriors of the Maryland 4A conference under coach Patricia Flanagan…won nine letters, including four in softball and three in volleyball…recorded a complete game in every one of her starts in high school, earning shutouts in 15 of 31 starts…finished with a 26-5 record and a career ERA of 0.83 in 211 innings…pitched a perfect game on May 10, 2006…recorded 10 no-hitters in two years of high school…struck out 388 batters for a K/7 ratio of 12.87…allowed just 70 hits and 15 extra-base hits…posted a career batting average of .366 that included four doubles, four triples and three home runs…compiled 35 RBIs and 81 total bases while stealing 14 bases…drew 32 walks over three seasons…only struck out seven times in the 2006 season…finished the season with a 16-game hitting streak…named the DC Examiner Player of the Year as well as the Maryland Gazette Player of the Year following the 2006 season...was an All-Metro Second Team selection by the Washington Post…selected to the First Team squads of the Examiner and the Gazette after the 2005 season...also competed for the under-18 MVSA Storm, and threw 19 shutouts for her travel teams…for her career between travel teams and high school, she has struck out 871 batters in 564 innings.

Personal: Full name is Dana Elizabeth Ward … born on Sept. 29, 1989 in Olney, Md. … is the daughter of Patrick and Wanda Ward … plans to major in elementary education … has an older sister, Reilly, who graduated from UMBC and played softball for four years, and another sister, Monica, who is a registered nurse at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center.