2016 Baseball
Nigel Ward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 165
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Servite HS
- Experience:
- HS
Expected to be a middle reliever out of the bullpen at Cal Poly this spring.
High School — Earned first-team All-Trinity League honors as a senior under head coach Shawn Gilbert at Servite High School in Anaheim after compiling 5-2 record and 2.20 ERA ... struck out 30 batters in 55 innings ... pitched in 12 games with nine starts ... … played in Orange County All-Star Game … compiled a 4-4 record and 1.08 ERA as a junior … earned Trinity League honorable mention praise and threw a no-hitter against Laguna Hills High School on April Fool's Day, 2014, with eight strikeouts and one walk … struck out 36 batters in 46 2/3 innings … member of Principal’s High Honor Roll all four years at Servite … recruited by UCLA, UC?Santa Barbara, Oregon and California, Ward chose Cal Poly "for all it has to offer. I?love the area and facilities as well as the challenging nature of the academics; the coaches of the baseball team also played an integral role in my choosing of Cal Poly." … played summer ball for San Luis Obispo Blues, posting 1-1 record and 3.78 ERA … allowed two earned runs in five innings with a pair of strikeouts for win against California Expos.
Personal — Son of Douglas and Suzanne Ward … two brothers, Ian and Liam Ward … wants to play professional baseball or become an impactful scientist … born January 23, 1997, in Bellflower, Calif., … majoring in economics.
