Dillon Ward
| Dillon Ward | |
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| — Lacrosse player — | |
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| Born |
March 28, 1991 Orangeville, Ontario |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 200 pounds (91 kg) |
| MSL team | Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks |
| NLL team | Colorado Mammoth |
| MLL Team | Denver Outlaws |
| Nationality | Canada |
| NLL Draft | 3rd overall, 2013 Colorado Mammoth |
| Pro career | 2014–present |
| Shoots | Right |
Dillon James Ward (born March 28, 1991) is a professional lacrosse player (goalie) for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League and the Denver Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse.
Ward was born in Orangeville, Ontario to Kent (minister with the United Church of Canada) and Patricia (lawyer). He is a graduate of The Hill Academy, (Vaughan, Ontario) and has a Communications degree from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ward played for the Orangeville Northmen Jr. A from 2008 to 2012. During that time the Northmen went to the provincial finals all five years, won four provincial championships and three national championships (Minto Cup). He was named Junior Goalie of the Year and Junior Player of the Year in 2010 by Inside Lacrosse. magazine, received the Robert Melville Memorial Award as top Junior A goalie in 2008, 2009 and 2011, and won the Most Valuable Player of the Minto Cup Tournament in 2012.
In 2009 he played for Team Ontario at the U19 Canadian Field Championships (First Nations Cup). Ontario won the title and Ward was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
In the 2013 Major Series Lacrosse entry draft he was selected forth overall by the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks and played for them in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
Ward played in net for the Bellarmine Knights from 2010 to 2013 in NCAA Division One lacrosse. He played in fifty-three games, starting in forty-three. During the 2013 season he recorded an NCAA Division One leading save percentage of .662 earning him a Tewaaraton Trophy nomination and was named an All American (third team). That same season, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) unanimously named him Goalie of the Year
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