Completed Event: Baseball versus (2) Georgia Tech on May 31, 2026 , Win , 15, to, 8
Final
Baseball
15
vs (2) Georgia Tech
8
.png&width=40&height=40&type=webp)
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Ward Maps Future
April 17, 2013 | Baseball
NORMAN, Okla. -- An in-state product and one of the nation's top high school baseball players joined the Sooners' incoming class of freshmen for the 2014 season Wednesday.
Drew Ward, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound infielder from Leedey (Okla.) High School, filed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Oklahoma, head baseball coach Sunny Golloway announced.
"We are very excited to have Drew and his family joining our family here at Oklahoma Baseball," Golloway said. "Drew's outstanding talent speaks for itself on the diamond, but what is even more impressive is the character of this young man. We are honored he will be a Sooner for life."
|
||||
Ward was named to All-America teams by Perfect Game, ESPN and MaxPreps in 2012 and was a consensus top-five prospect before reclassifying as a senior earlier this academic year. He will graduate in May.
The right-handed thrower, lefty batter is hitting .565 with seven home runs and 26 RBIs this spring. He has a .780 on-base percentage and a 1.217 slugging percentage.
In the midst of his third prep season, Ward has a career .571 batting average with 63 home runs, 233 RBIs and 247 walks.
As a freshman, Ward led the Leedey Bison to a state runner-up finish in the fall tournament and set a state record with 88 combined walks during the fall and spring campaigns.
In 2011, Ward was the third youngest player ever to be invited to the Area Code Games. Ward led the Bison back to the fall and spring tournament again in his sophomore year.
 Ward Signs with Oklahoma | 2014 Class | Sooners Add Remillard | New Orleans
in for Weekend Series
|
Twice, in 2011 and 2012, Ward was named to the WWBA World All-Tourney Team and made it to 28-man roster of the USA Baseball 18U National Team Trials.
Ward played for the Midland Redskins in Cincinnati, Ohio, last summer. The team finished the season as runner-ups at the Connie Mack World Series.
The latest Sooner already has a legacy in Norman.
Ward's father, Gregg, grandfather, Bob, and uncle, Mark, as well as cousins Paul McCurtain and John Russell all played baseball at Oklahoma. Ward's, mother, Susan, also competed in track and field for the Sooners.
Ward is the 11th high school player and 15th total to sign with Oklahoma for the 2014 season.
Saturday, July 11
Thursday, June 25
Wednesday, June 24
Monday, June 22
