; ▁aver aging ▁ 3 3 . 5 ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁tournament . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁s oph om ore , ▁Ward ▁aver aged ▁ 2 7 . 5 ▁points ▁and ▁ 9 . 5 ▁reb ounds . ▁He ▁was ▁co ached ▁by ▁Jo el ▁Bo one . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ▁season ▁Ward ▁was ▁hon ored ▁by ▁Cl inton ▁High ▁School ▁ret iring ▁his ▁number ▁ 3 2 ▁j er sey . ▁ ▁He ▁signed ▁with ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁and ▁compr ised ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁highly ▁tout ed ▁Fab ▁Five ▁II ▁that ▁included ▁Tra vis ▁Con lan , ▁M ace o ▁Bast on , ▁Will ie ▁Mitchell , ▁and ▁Maurice ▁Taylor . ▁Though ▁pl ag ued ▁by ▁inj uries ▁at ▁Michigan , ▁Ward ▁ranked ▁fifth ▁in ▁career ▁three - point ▁field ▁goals . ▁ ▁The ▁six ▁foot ▁nine ▁in ch , ▁ 2 3 5   l bs ▁forward ▁ ▁has ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁Grand ▁Rap ids ▁Ho ops ▁of ▁the ▁C BA , ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 – 9 9 , ▁he ▁aver aged ▁▁ 1 4 . 9 ▁points ▁and ▁ 5 . 9 ▁reb ounds ▁per ▁game ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁to ▁the ▁C BA ▁All - R ook ie ▁team . ▁He ▁also ▁played ▁for ▁C B ▁Gran ada ▁in ▁Spain , ▁C ib ona ▁Zag reb ▁( C ro atia ) ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Toronto ▁R apt ors ▁training ▁camp ▁in ▁ 2 0 0