The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022 Spring Soccer Roster
Roster
Holly Ward
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Burnaby Central
- Hometown:
- North Vancouver, British Columbia
- Major:
- Communication & Leadership
Career Accolades
- 2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022-23)
- 1x SEC All-Tournament Team (2024)
- 1x SEC Preseason Watchlist (2024)
- 1x Big 12 All-Tournament Team (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/25/23)
- 1x College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2023)
2024, Senior
SEC All-Tournament selection ... SEC Preseason Watchlist ...
2023, Junior
Big 12 All-Tournament Team ... one-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week ... finished her third season on the Forty Acres with four goals and four assists for 12 points in 1,652 minutes of match time in all 24 matches of the Texas season ... after starting the Longhorns' season-opening match at Long Beach State (8/17), went on to start the final 16 matches of the season, including all three matches in UT's run to a Big 12 postseason conference tournament championship and all three matches in the NCAA Tournament ... recorded a brace in Texas' 4-2 win against TCU at Mike A. Myers Stadium (10/23) ... also scored a goal in UT's conference-championship clinching match against BYU (11/4) ... netted her first goal of the season at Baylor (9/14) ...
2022, Sophomore
Played in 21 matches with 18 starts for a total of 1,395 minutes ... registered three goals for six points on 30 shots (14 on frame) ... managed at least one shot in 15 separate contests and multiple shots in nine matches ... played in nine Big 12 Conference matches (eight starts) ... was on the pitch for all 90 minutes of match-ups against West Virginia (Big 12 Championship semifinal - 11/3), at Iowa State (10/20) and at West Virginia (10/13) ... scored her first career match-winning goal by finishing a deflection near the right post at 25:16 of the 4-0, Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship-quarterfinal win over Kansas State (10/30) ... knocked home a three-yard tap-in at the 41:00 mark to deadlock Texas’ eventual 1-1 tie at No. 12 TCU (9/22) ... joined the scoring party by rattling an eight-yard shot off the left post and into the twine during the 37th minute of the 8-0 rout of Texas Southern (9/15) ...
2021, Freshman
Scored one goal and dished one assist for three total points on 28 shots (12 on frame) ... started all 22 matches as a freshman while playing 1,406 total minutes ... managed at least one shot in 15 matches and a shot on goal in 10 contests with a high of four shots (at Rice - Sept. 5) and two SOG (at Rice - Sept. 5 & vs. UTRGV - Sept. 12) ... scored her first collegiate goal at the 18:28 mark of the 3-0 rout of SIUE (Sept. 19) by leaping to volley home a deflection off the crossbar from five yards out ... earned her first career assist after delivering a cross from the left wing that was volleyed home by Lexi Missimo at 55:02 of the 2-0 shutout of Kansas in Lawrence ... played a season-high 100 minutes during the 0-0 (2OT) tie against West Virginia (Oct. 21) ... was on the pitch for 238 total minutes over four postseason matches including 81 in the 5-2 Big 12 Championship quarterfinal win over Oklahoma and 76 during the 0-0 double overtime tie in the semis against West Virginia (11/4) ...
Club
Played alongside former Longhorns Julia Grosso, Emma Regan and Teni Akindoju with the Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite REX club program ... prior to her time with the Whitecaps, Ward played with Mountain FC, helping her club to a win at 2018 Canadian Nationals (assisted on both goals in the finals) while being named the team’s Most Valuable Player ...
International
Named to Canada's 21-player roster for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup that was held from Aug. 10-28 in Costa Rica ... scored four goals (including the match-winning penalty kick to beat Panama in the quarterfinals) and dished an assist during Canada's run to a third-place finish at the CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship in the Dominican Republic (February - March 2022) ... was called up to Canada Under-20 National Team camps in January and July 2022 ... part of three Canadian Under-17 National Team Camps (May 2019, Sept. 2019, Dec. 2019) ... started and played in a pair of friendlies against Mexico during the December Excel camp in Mexico City ... received an unofficial invite to the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team camp in Aug. 2019 ... made the Canadian U-17 Women’s National Team roster for World Cup qualifying at the canceled 2020 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship, but the official squad was never released because of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
High School
Did not play sports at Burnaby Central Secondary School ...
Personal
Daughter of David Ward ... has two siblings: Owen and Tessa ... her father played soccer at Trinity Western University (1987-92) ...
