Riley Ward

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Xavier Prep

TFRRS Profile

Honors/Awards
2025-26
Outdoor BIG EAST Champion (Javelin)
All-BIG EAST Outdoor (Javelin)
2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2025-26 (Jr.)
Outdoor BIG EAST Champion (Javelin)
All-BIG EAST Outdoor (Javelin)
Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets ... Won the javelin throw (46.21 meters) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... Won the javelin throw (43.97 meters) at the UW-La Crosse Uncaged Eagle Open ... Won the javelin throw (42.68 meters) at the Joyce Morton-Kief Invite ... Threw a personal-best 47.22 meters in the javelin at the Badger Challenge, also the Marquette school record.

2024-25 (So.)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (April 29, 2025)
Outdoor: Competed in eight events … Set a program record throw of 42.35m at the Uncaged Eagle Open (May 9) … Finished sixth at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (May 17).

2023-24 (Fr.)
Outdoor: Competed in seven events ... Finished third in the javelin throw three times ... Set a PR at Badger Challenge (May 3) with a throw of 39.80m, fifth-longest throw in program history.

Prior to Marquette: A two-year letterwinner in track & field at Xavier College Preparatory…School record holder with a throw of 107-04 ft… Personal best of 17-02.5 ft in the long jump.

Personal: Riley was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Mike and Jenny Ward…Her father played baseball at Santa Clara University…Majoring in Marketing.