Ashlee Ward

Category
2021
About This Inductee

At Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, Ashlee held the High Jump (HJ) Record at 5’6” and the Discus Record of 127’5”. In 2007 she was PIAA D2 Champion in the HJ, 4th in Discus and PIAA State Championships: 8th in HJ.
In 2008, she was PIAA D2 Champion in HJ, 2nd in Discus and PIAA State Championships: 6th in HJ.
In 2009, she was PIAA D2 Championship: 3rd in Discus, 2nd in HJ and PIAA State Championships: 9th in HJ.
In 2010, she was PIAA D2 Champion in Discus (127’5”) and Champion in HJ (5’4”), PIAA State Championships: 2nd in HJ and 4th in Discus. Misericordia HJ Record holder: 1.76m (5’9.25”), Discus Record: 40.83m (133’11”), Indoor MAC HJ Record: 1.70m and Outdoor MAC HJ Record: 1.72m.
She was 2011 MAC Indoor Runner Up in HJ, MAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, MAC Outdoor Champion in HJ, Mac Outdoor Champion in Discus (38.00m), NCAA Outdoor qualifier in the HJ, ECAC Indoor Championships: 6th place in HJ and earned All-ECAC outdoor honors after taking 5th place in the HJ. In 2012, she was MAC Outdoor Champion in the HJ, MAC Indoor Runner Up in HJ, MAC Outdoor Runner Up in the discus, ECAC Outdoor Championships, 5th in HJ and placed 12th at NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships. In 2013, she was MAC Indoor & Outdoor Champion in the HJ (1.63m), MAC Outdoor Champion in the discus (38.46m), ECAC Indoor Championships: 5th place in HJ, ECAC Outdoor Championships: 4th place in HJ and NCAA Qualifier in the HJ. In 2014, she was MAC Indoor & Outdoor HJ Champion, MAC Outdoor Runner Up in Discus (40.12m), ECAC Outdoor Champion in the HJ (1.69m), ECAC Outdoor Championships: 7th in Discus (40.12m), NCAA DIII Indoor Track and Field Champion in the HJ (1.76m), NCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field Champion in the HJ (1.76m), Named NCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field Women’s Field Athlete of the Year Mideast Region, Penn Relay’s Runner Up in HJ (Eastern) jumping 1.75m and Wendy’s Athlete of the Year (2013-2014). She was named the MAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for three consecutive weeks and ECAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
Ashlee is currently a Full Time Occupational Therapist in Nanticoke, PA, volunteer High Jump Coach for Misericordia Track and Field (2017-2018) and a volunteer Running Coach for the Special Olympics (2013).