Ward graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a minor in psychology. He also has 21-hour concentration in environmental science, social studies and education.
Ward started following sports in southeast Missouri when he was five-years-old in 1991. In the 2009-10 basketball season, he watched 84 varsity basketball teams play a total of 147 varsity games. He has also attended the state basketball, baseball and volleyball tournaments the last three seasons. His favorite baseball memory is watching the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series.
Ward completed an internship in the summer of 2010 at semoball.com. During the internship he had the opportunity to visit and photograph the athletic facilities at all 58 semoball schools. He also researched the district and state championship histories of 55 schools and used the Cover it Live application to cover the Senior Babe Ruth state baseball tournament. After the internship he served as sports editor at Daily Dunklin Democrat in Kennett, Mo., from 2011-2013.
Volleyball state rankings
The latest high school volleyball state rankings provided by the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association have been released.
A slew of schools from the southeast Missouri region are state-ranked.
St. Vincent is ranked No. 1 in Class 1, Winona is ranked No. 3 in Class 1, Bismarck is ranked No. 8 in Class 1, Lesterville is ranked No. 9 in Class 1 and Bernie is ranked No. 10 in Class 1.
Valle Catholic is ranked No. 5 in Class 2 and Woodland is ranked No. 7 in Class 2.
St. Pius X of Festus is ranked No. 2 in Class 3 and Dexter is ranked No. 10 in Class 3.
View complete state rankings below:
Class 1
1. St. Vincent
2. Santa Fe
3. Winona
4. Osceola
5. New Haven
6. School of the Ozarks
7. Green Ridge
8. Bismarck
9. Lesterville
10. Bernie
Other teams considered: Advance
Class 2
1. Mountain View Liberty
2. Strafford
3. Lutheran St. Charles
4. Jefferson
5. Valle Catholic
6. Bishop Le Blond
7. Woodland
8. St. Paul Lutheran
9. Hermann
10. Fatima
Other teams considered: Cole Camp
Class 3
1. Helias Catholic
2. St. Pius X Festus
3. St. Francis Borgia
4. Bishop DuBourg
5. Villa Duchesne
6. Pleasant Hill
7. Lutheran South
8. Duchesne
9. Mt. Vernon
10. Dexter
Other teams considered: St. Pius X Kansas City, Cape Notre Dame, Perryville
Class 4
1. Blue Springs
2. Nixa
3. St. Joseph Academy
4. Lee's Summit North
5. Lafayette STL
6. Cor Jesu
7. Glendale
8. Ozark
9. St. Teresa Academy
10. Francis Howell & Oak Park (Tie)
Other teams considered: Kickapoo, Nerinx Hall, Carl Junction, Carthage, Truman, Lee's Summit West
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