8 Kendall Ward
Kendall Ward
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Naperville, Ill.
  • High School:
    Central
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    21
  • k/s
    2.08
  • h %
    .126
  • a/s
    0.03
  • b/s
    0.35
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.48

Bio

2013:  Appeared in 26 matches and 96 sets … Led the Huskies offense with 267 kills, averaging 2.78 per set … Ranked second in kills amongst GLIAC newcomers … Added 20 total blocks and 75 digs … Had 12 matches with double digit kills, including three matches with more than 20 kills … Tallied a season-high 24 kills vs. Malone (Oct. 12) hitting .512 … Had a .476 attack percentage with 22 kills and 11 digs at Northwood (Nov. 8) … Recorded 14 kills and 11 digs at Hillsdale (Nov. 9).

Prior to Michigan Tech:  A three-year starter at Naperville Central High School ... Led team to a 28-9 record during senior season, which ended in the regional final of the IHSA Class 4A Tournament with a loss to the eventual state champion ... Helped the Redhawks to a 21-15 overall record during junior season ... Played club volleyball with Club Fusion, 1st Alliance and Sports Performance ... Led 1st Alliance 17 Black squad to a fifth place finish at AAU National Championships in Orlando, Fla.

Personal:  Born on July 11 … Daughter of Susan and Anthony Ward … Has one older brother, Kevin, and two older sisters, Kelsey and Kaitlin … Enjoys writing stories, and listening to, playing and writing music … Majoring in accounting and management information systems.

Ward's Career Statistics

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking
Year SP K K/S E TA PCT A SA DIG BS BA Total
2013
 96 267 2.78 158 824 .132 4 2 75 3 17 20
Totals 96 267 2.78 158 824 .132 4 2 75 3 17 20

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 at Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Oct 28 Northern Michigan L, 3-0
Oct 31 Saginaw Valley State L, 3-0
Nov 1 Wayne State L, 3-2
Nov 7 Northwood W, 3-1
Nov 8 Lake Superior State W, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 21 17
Sets 71 57
Kills 148 119
Kills per set 2.08 2.09
Errors 84 70
Total Attacks 509 417
Hitting Percentage .126 .118
Assists 2 2
Assists per set 0.03 0.04
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 1 1
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 25 17
Reception Errors 5 4
Digs 34 31
Digs per set 0.48 0.54
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 23 16
Block Total 25 16
Blocks per set 0.35 0.28
Block Errors 3 3
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 161.5 127.0
Points per set 2.3 2.2
Matches started 8 8
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 4 UW-Parkside L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Bemidji State W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Upper Iowa L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Winona State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Minnesota-Duluth L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 2 4 2 15 .133 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 13 at Northwood W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Ashland L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Sep 20 at Lake Erie W, 3-1 - 4 2 4 22 -.091 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 23 at Northern Michigan L, 3-1 1 4 8 8 29 .000 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Sep 26 Findlay L, 3-2 - 5 12 3 27 .333 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 27 Hillsdale W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 26 .154 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Oct 3 at Walsh W, 3-0 - 3 6 5 21 .048 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 4 at Malone L, 3-2 - 2 3 3 17 .000 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 6 at Urbana W, 3-0 - 2 3 2 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4.0
Oct 10 Tiffin W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 22 .045 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 11 Ohio Dominican L, 3-2 - 5 10 3 34 .206 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Oct 17 vs. Missouri S&T L, 3-1 - 4 8 1 19 .368 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Oct 18 vs. Lewis L, 3-0 - 3 9 6 26 .115 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 18 vs. Parkside W, 3-2 - 5 9 5 34 .118 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 12.5
Oct 24 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 6 8 33 -.061 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 25 at Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - 2 2 0 15 .133 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 28 Northern Michigan L, 3-0 - 3 1 5 15 -.267 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1.5
Oct 31 Saginaw Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 8 3 29 .172 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Nov 1 Wayne State L, 3-2 1 5 18 7 40 .275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.0
Nov 7 Northwood W, 3-1 1 4 15 8 34 .206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Nov 8 Lake Superior State W, 3-1 1 4 13 4 34 .265 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 24 86 241 2.80 147 737 .128 4 0.05 2 0.02 77 13 66 0.77 3 14 17 0.20 253.0 2.9
2014-15 21 71 148 2.08 84 509 .126 2 0.03 0 0.00 25 5 34 0.48 2 23 25 0.35 161.5 2.3
2015-16 7 14 13 0.93 10 49 .061 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.29 0 1 1 0.07 13.5 1.0
Total 52 171 402 2.35 241 1295 .124 6 0.04 2 0.01 102 18 104 0.61 5 38 43 0.25 428.0 2.5
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 21 71 148 2.08 84 509 .126 2 0.03 0 0.00 25 5 34 0.48 2 23 25 0.35 161.5 2.3
Conference 17 57 119 2.09 70 417 .118 2 0.04 0 0.00 17 4 31 0.54 0 16 16 0.28 127.0 2.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 36 88 2.44 39 261 .188 1 0.03 0 0.00 8 2 15 0.42 0 13 13 0.36 94.5 2.6
Away 9 23 34 1.48 33 169 .006 1 0.04 0 0.00 9 2 16 0.70 1 3 4 0.17 36.5 1.6
Neutral 3 12 26 2.17 12 79 .177 0 0.00 0 0.00 8 1 3 0.25 1 7 8 0.67 30.5 2.5
Result Wins 9 31 63 2.03 36 221 .122 1 0.03 0 0.00 6 0 11 0.35 2 13 15 0.48 71.5 2.3
Losses 12 40 85 2.13 48 288 .128 1 0.03 0 0.00 19 5 23 0.57 0 10 10 0.25 90.0 2.3
Month September 6 20 33 1.65 21 123 .098 0 0.00 0 0.00 13 3 12 0.60 0 6 6 0.30 36.0 1.8
October 12 38 69 1.82 44 278 .090 1 0.03 0 0.00 12 2 19 0.50 2 14 16 0.42 78.0 2.1
November 3 13 46 3.54 19 108 .250 1 0.08 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.23 0 3 3 0.23 47.5 3.7