2017 Baseball
Roster
Bryce Ward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Jenks, Okla.
- High School:
- Jenks HS
HONORS
All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2015)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2017)
Opening Day starter after missing all of 2016 due to injury ... Appeared in 14 games (one start) with 1-3 record and 4.84 ERA (22.1 IP, 12 ER) ... 13 strikeouts to nine walks and opponents hit .244 against him ... Did not allow a hit in four outings and did not allow an earned run in six appearances ... Held opponents to one of fewer hits in nine outings ... Season-high three strikeouts in Opening Day loss vs. Ohio State (2/17) ... Earned only victory of season in first game of doubleheader with New Mexico on April 18, tossing two innings and allowing one earned run ... Twice had three straight outings without allowing an earned run ... Stretch of seven games allowing one or fewer hits and earned runs from April 14-May 12.
SOPHOMORE (2016)
Did not pitch (redshirt)
FRESHMAN (2015)
All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... One of the top relief options for the Wildcats in his first collegiate season, Ward finished the year 1-1 with a 2.56 ERA (9er, 31.2ip), 14 strikeouts, 9 walks and a .254 batting average against in 18 games (1 start) ... In his 17 relief appearances, he posted a 1.91 ERA (6er, 28.1ip) with a save and .234 batting average against ... Over his final 9 relief outings, he had a 1.20 ERA (2er, 15.0ip) and 10 hits allowed ... Allowed just 5 extra-base hits all season ... Of his 12 inherited runners, only 3 scored (25%) ... Did not allow a run for a season-high 10 2/3 innings from April 10-26 ... Struck out a season-high 3 in each of his first 2 appearances of the season (Feb. 14 vs. George Mason and Feb. 21 vs. Washington) ... Recorded his first career save on March 27 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State ... Threw a career-high 6 1/3 innings in a relief appearance on April 26 at Baylor, allowing just 1 run and 3 hits to help K-State clinch its first ever series win in Waco … Used a season-high 78 pitches in the outing ... His last appearance of the season was his first career start, a 3 1/3-inning outing in which he allowed 3 runs on 5 hits on May 3 vs. Arkansas State.
2014 SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the Rossville Rattlers of the Mid-Plains League (MPL) ... Recorded a 3.67 ERA (11er, 27.0ip) with 26 strikeouts and 4 walks in 5 games (4 starts) ... Opponents hit .240 against.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Jenks (OK) High School ... Four-year letterwinner in baseball, playing under Danny Morgan ... Named to Tulsa World All-Metro Second Team and All-Region 7 Team in 2014 after compiling an 8-3 record and 1.86 ERA ... Also selected as a Tulsa Metro Baseball Coaches All-Star after his senior season ... As a junior, he went 7-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 47 innings, helping the team reach the Class 6A state tournament.
PERSONAL
Born on April 30, 1996 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ... Parents are Mark and Beth Ward ... Has an older sister, Rhianne ... Majoring in sociology-criminology ... Wants to be a detective ... Invited to USA Baseball 2014 18-and-under National Team Trials.
| Season | ERA | W-L | G-GS | CG | SH/CB | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | HBP |
| 2015 | 2.56 | 1-1 | 18-1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 | 31.2 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | 4.84 | 1-3 | 14-1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 22.1 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| Career | 3.50 | 2-4 | 32-2 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 | 54.0 | 51 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 9 |
