MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State rifle member
Bryce Ward has earned perhaps the Ohio Valley Conferences' top academic and civic honor - the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award- for the 2021-22 year.
Ward's selection marks the fourth time in the last five years an MSU Rifle athlete has earned Scholar-Athlete honors, joining Amber Schifano (2021-22), Brandon Bryer (2017-18), and Alexa Potts (2018-19). He is also the 30th overall individual to be ever be named Scholar-Athlete from Morehead State.
A native of Hurricane, W. Va., Ward is in his fourth year with the Morehead State rifle team, serving as a team captain.
In 2021-22, he was first on the team in combined score and established a school record for
Smallbore score (589-35x). He earned First-Team
All-OVC Honors in
Smallbore and Second-Team honors in Air Rifle.
In the classroom, he completed his degree in accounting in spring 2022, graduating summa cum laude with a 3.9 grade point average. He is currently pursuing an MBA. Ward has earned multiple OVC Academic Medal of Honors and MSU Dean's List awards.
Ward earned the Eagle Elite Award, an award voted by fellow student-athletes that is given to someone who exemplifies true MSU pride and spirit. He currently serves as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (
SAAC) President and is also an officer with the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society and the Phi Beta Lambda Future Business Leaders of America.
Ward has volunteered with numerous organizations, including the Second Harvest Food Bank, Reading Across America and Build-A-Bed.
