Oklahoma State University Athletics
2011 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Julie Ward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Lucy's Priory School
- Hometown:
- Altadena, Calif.
Cowgirl Career
Enters her senior season ranked second in school history for career slugging percentage at .650 ... her .306 career batting average ranks 17th, while her .407 on-base percentage ranks 11th ... ranks 21st in career at-bats (497), and 16th in career hits (152) ... is just 14 doubles shy of setting a new school record ... is the OSU career record holder for home runs with 31 and counting ... ranks fourth in career RBIs (139), just 25 away from the school record ... ranks 10th in career runs scored and fifth in total bases in a career (294) ... her .990 career fielding percentage ranks sixth in school history ... is one of two players in school history to hit two home runs in two different games.
Last Fall
Started all eight games of the fall at first base ... finished with 11 hits in 26 at-bats, good for a .423 average ... hits included a home run and a team-high four doubles ... had 10 RBIs and a .714 slugging percentage ... had a perfect fielding percentage in 69 chances ... went 3-for-4 against Oklahoma Baptist with a double, a home run and three RBIs ... was 3-for-5 against Seminole State with a double and two RBIs.
as a junior in 2011
Started all 62 games of the season at first base ... batted .322 with 59 hits in 183 at-bats ... her 46 RBIs rank as the sixth-most in a single game in school history ... hit 14 doubles, 11 home runs and a triple and finished with a .590 slugging percentage ... batted .414 as a leadoff ... had at least one hit in 10-straight games ... had four hits against Florida Atlantic, tying for the second-most in a single game in school history ... went 2-for-3 against Cal Poly in the first game of the season with a home run and five RBIs ... was 2-for-3 against Iowa State with a home run and four RBIs ... hit a walk-off single to beat No. 19 Georgia Tech in the NCAA Regional ... went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI to help her team beat Houston in the NCAA Super Regional and advance to the Women's College World Series.
as a sophomore in 2010
Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team ... named the USA Softball National Player of the Week on March 9 ... voted the Big 12 Player of the Week on March 8 ... led the Big 12 Conference with 20 doubles, the sixth-highest single-season total in league history ... her 20 doubles are the second-highest total in school history and tied for the third most by an individual in the NCAA in 2010 ... recorded 56 runs batted in, the second-highest season total in the Cowgirl record books ... started 59 games at first base ... finished the season with a .325 batting average ... led the team with a .650 slugging percentage, including 11 home runs ... her 11 home runs are tied for the fifth most in school history ... batted .500 with the bases loaded, including three grand slams ... her three grand slams in a single season are tied for the most in NCAA history ... had 15 multiple-hit games including two three-hit contests ... recorded three or more RBIs in eight games ... had two home runs in the season opener against Texas-Arlington, her second-career multiple homer game ... also recorded seven RBIs against the Mavericks, the second most in a single game in school history ... went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI against No. 19 LSU on Feb. 19 ... went 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs against Virginia on Feb. 20 ... went 3-for-4 against Hofstra in the Tucson Regional with a home run and three RBIs.
as a freshman in 2009
Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team as a freshman ... started 56 games, including 39 at first base ... finished with 40 hits, including nine doubles, nine home runs, two triples and 37 runs batted in ... led the team with 80 total bases and a .530 slugging percentage ... was second on the team with 24 walks and 12 sacrifice hits ... had a .993 fielding percentage with two errors in 279 chances ... had seven multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games ... the team went 13-2 with her as the designated player ... established a school record with eight RBIs in a game against McNeese State on Feb. 7 ... matched the school record for home runs in a game with two against McNeese State ... tied another school record against Central Florida with four walks in the following game ... was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and a run scored against Northern Iowa ... went 2-for-6 in the Kansas series with two home runs and three RBIs ... was 4-for-5 against Texas Tech with two doubles, a triple, six RBIs and two runs scored ... was 2-for-6 against Florida State in the NCAA Regional with two doubles and a run scored ... ranks seventh all-time at OSU for home runs in a season with nine and season fielding percentage at .993 ... ranks ninth all-time at OSU for walks in a season with 24 and 11th for RBIs in a season with 37 ... ranks 14th in school history for career home runs with nine.
at St. Lucy's Priory (2004-08)
Lettered four years for coach Pam Crampton ... was team captain her senior year ... batted .417 her senior year ... was named first-team All-Sierra League, first-team all-district, and was the Most Valuable Player at the Charter Oaks Tournament ... was a part of the 2007 Sierra League Championship team ... played summer ball for the So Cal Pride with coach Rick Arzola ... also recruited by Southern Illinois and DePaul.
Personal
Born on March 28, 1990, Julie is the daughter of Terry and Debbie Ward. She has an older brother, Brian, and a younger sister, Brittany. Julie is majoring in physical education at Oklahoma State.
