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Niagara University Athletics

2024 Baseball Roster

James P. McCoy
James P. McCoy
Craig Strobeck
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Sam Beall
Samuel Wallace
Samuel Wallace

39 Matt Ward

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Mississauga, ON
  • Prev School Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
  • Major Finance

Biography

2024 (Graduate)
Played 48 games with 40 starts…started 36 games behind the plate and four as the DH…hit .271 with four homers and 30…scored 30 runs ad drew 27 walks and was hit twice for a .396 on base percentage…had a .983 fielding percentage with 326 putouts and 31 assists…threw out 15 base stealers…named MAAC Championship MVP as he went 7-10 with two homers, five RBI, a slugging percentage of 1.300 and an on base percentage of .769…named to the MAAC All-Academic Team

2023 (Redshirt-Junior)
Played in all 47 games while making 44 starts…hit .271 with three homers and 31 RBI…had a .388 slugging percentage and a career best .379 on base percentage…had 14 multi hit games…notched nine multi RBI games…threw out 14 runners while notching 373 putouts and 40 assists…had a .983 fielding percentage…named Preseason All-MAAC…named to the MAAC All-Academic Team…named to CSC Academic All-District Team

2022 (Junior)
Played in 50 games and started in 46… Had a .289 batting average and a .411 slugging percentage… Had a team high three triples… Added 52 hits, 26 runs, 25 RBIs and four homeruns....Was selected to the MAAC Baseball Championships All-Tournament Team… Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team

2021 (Sophomore)
Played in eight games...Had one hit, one run scored and two RBIs

2020 (Freshman)
Did not compete during the 2020 season. 

Before Niagara
Ward competed at the club level with the Ontario Terriers and got a chance to play against his future Purple Eagle teammates in 2018 when NU hosted the Terriers for a fall game. Ward helped lead his high school team to its first ever ROPSSA Championship game. Ward competed at the Perfect Game Underclassmen Championship and was named to the All-Tournament Team after batting .444 with a .600 on-base percentage.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2020Freshman

    C
    5'11" 175 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    C
    6'0" 185 lbs
    36
  • 39

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    C
    5'11" 175 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2023Redshirt Junior

    C
    6'0" 190 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2024Redshirt Senior

    C
    6'0" 205 lbs
    39