Bridget Ballard

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Los Angeles, CA
High School:
Harvard-Westlake

Co-Captain

Nominee for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award …2008: Named Second Team All-NEWISA and Second TeamAll-Ivy at the conclusion of the season … Also earnedAcademic All-Ivy and Second Team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine AcademicAll-District … Started all 17 games at center midfield,playing all but just 15 minutes of Brown’s season …Named to the All-Tournament Team at the UConn Classic after Brownwent 1-0-1, defeating #9 Penn State, 1-0, and tying #1 UCLA, 0-0… Finished the year with four points, scoring one goal andassisting two others … 2007: Playedin 13 of 17 games, starting all 13, while missing four due toinjury … Scored one goal against Yale … NamedHonorable Mention All-Ivy … 2006: Startedall 17 games at center midfield, playing nearly every minute ofevery game … Had five points on the season (1g, 3a), secondamong Brown rookies … Named Ivy Rookie of the Week afterearning three points in Brown’s season-opening win over UNH… She assisted the game-tying goal and then scored thegame-winner as the Bears defeated the Wildcats … Named tothe SoccerBuzz Northeast Regional All-Freshman Squad at theconclusion of the season … Before Brown: Afour-sport athlete at Harvard-Westlake, Ballard was also a memberof the swim team, the cross country team, and the track team inaddition to the soccer team … A captain of the soccer teamas a senior, Ballard was named the Division I Player of the Year in2006 … Earned two First Team Mission League selectionsduring her career and one Second Team Division I CIF selection… Named to the North/South California All-Star team …Named a CIF Division I vs. CIF Division II All-Star … Holdsthe school record in the 100 back and was a CIF Division I Championas part of the 200 free relay team … Also a Mission LeagueChampion in the 50 free … Also played club soccer for SoCalUnited and Santa Clara United … Enjoys Art and Surfing… Personal: The daughter of Kathryn andCharles Ballard, Bridget has three brothers, Matthew, Jason, andChristian, and two sisters, Heather and Gretchen … Also amember of the Brown swimming team … Concentrating inNeuroscience.