Accolades:
All-Region: Second Team (2022)
GNAC All-Academic: 2020, 2021, 2022
All-GNAC: 1st Team (2022)
All-GNAC: 2nd Team (2021)
All-GNAC: 3rd Team (2019)
GNAC All-Tournament Team: 2019, 2021
NESJ All-Rookie Team: 2018
GNAC Player of the Week: 10/17/2022
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 10/22/2018
GNAC Honor Roll: 9/16/2018, 10/14/2019, 10/18/2021, 9/19/2022, 10/31/2022

2022: Started in 19 games as a graduate forward…tallied 16 goals and 5 assists…finished the season with four game winners…scored both goals in a pivotal 2-0 victory over Emmanuel College on September 17…broke two single-game marks in scoring and points with five goals and one assist totaling 11 points in a 9-1 victory against Colby-Sawyer College… received GNAC Player of the Week (10/17/2022), GNAC All-Academic honors, All-GNAC first team, All-Region second team… finished the season with a career high 37 points, totalling 92 career points…finished in the top 10 for goals (54) and points (92) on the all time record books for the program. 

2021: Started in 16 games as a Senior Midfielder…Netting eight goals and five assists… Started and scored both goals leading the team to a 2-1 victory over Albertus Magnus on October 16th…Started and scored the only two goals in the NCAA first-round tournament game against New York University…Received GNAC All-Academic, All-GNAC Second Team, GNAC All-Tournament team, and GNAC Honor Roll…Scored the first goal of the game along with an assist in the 5-0 win over Dean College on October 26th…

2019: Played in 21 games and started 14 as a sophomore midfielder…recorded seven goals and two assists for a total of 16 points…had two game-winning goals…garnered Third Team All-GNAC, GNAC All-Tournament Team and GNAC Honor Roll once…third on the team in points and tied for second on the team in goals and …credited with a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over University of Southern Maine on September 9th…scored a goal in a 4-0 victory over Albertus Magnus on September 21st… netted both goals, one of which was a game-winning goal, in a 2-0 triumph over Suffolk on September 25th…notched a game-winning goal in a 5-0 win over Rivier on October 9th…tallied a goal and an assist in a 4-0 victory over Anna Maria on October 30th.

2018: Played in 21 games as a freshman midfielder…recorded 6 goals and 6 assists for a total of 18 points garnered GNAC Rookie of the Week Honors and GNAC Honor Roll.. scored his first collegiate goal in a 4-0 win over Husson on September 4th…netted two goals in a 7-0 triumph over Rivier on September 12th…credited with a game-winning goal in a 4-0 victory over Regis on September 22nd…tallied two goals and an assist in a 13-0 win over Lasell on October 20th...Listed on the New England Soccer Journal All-Rookie Team.

Why Saint Joseph's? Great academic programs, close knit community, top-20 soccer program with great culture and coaching.

High School: Played soccer, indoor track, and basketball at North Andover High School…MVC Player of the Year (2017), MVC All Conference (2016,2017), Boston Herald & Boston Globe All Scholastic (2017), Eagle Tribune All-Star (2016,2017), All Eastern Mass (2017), MA All State Team (2017)…MA State Cup Finalist w/ Aztec Soccer Club 2016…Played for the Aztec Soccer Club for four seasons - Team Captain for last two seasons…Honor Roll student freshman, sophomore, and senior years.

Community Service: Youth soccer coaching in North Andover, Student Ambassadors - North Andover High School.

Personal: Austin Averill Ward, son of Heather and Matt Ward…Brother to Julia.