| Krystal Ward |
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2006
Indoor: Did not compete.
2005
Indoor: Won the pentathlon at the Conference USA Championships with 3,878 points...was the runner-up in the high jump at C-USA meet after 1.74 meters (5-8.50)...had a season-best jump of 1.75 meters (5-8.75) at the Tyson Invitational. Outdoor: NCAA qualifier in both the high jump and heptathlon...won her third C-USA heptathlon with a NCAA automatic qualifying score of 5,537 points...finished in third place at the Texas Relays and 21st at the NCAA Championships...tied for third place in the high jump at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships...cleared a season-best 1.80 meters (5-10.75) in the prelims of the NCAA Championships and in the heptathlon at the C-USA meet.
2004
Indoor: Won the pentathlon at the Conference USA Championships...finished tied for second in the high jump at the Houston Indoor Opener. Outdoor: Won the heptathlon at the Conference USA Championships and the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational...finished eighth at the C-USA Championships in the javelin...finished 10th in the shot put at the Tom Tellez Inviational with a throw of 37-8.50.
2003
Indoor: Won the high jump and finished second in the pentathlon at the Conference USA Championships...won the high jump with a season-best mark of 5-7.75...scored 3,726 points in the pentathlon...had a season-best mark of 18-2.50 to finish seventh in the long jump at the Houston Invitational. Outdoor: Sat out season with the stress fracture in her foot.
2002
Indoor: : Won the high jump with a season-best leap of 5-8 at the Leonard Hilton Memorial...also was the high jump winner at the UH/RunSport All-Comers meet...finished 10th in the high jump at the Conference USA Indoor: Championships...finished seventh in the long jump at the Southwest Invitational and Leonard Hilton Memorial...Outdoor: : Earned All-American honors with a sixth-place finish in the heptathlon with a season-best 5,337 points at the NCAA Championships...won the heptathlon at the Conference USA Championships and finished second at the Texas Relays...won the high jump at the LSU Team Invitational...finished ninth in the high jump at the C-USA Outdoor: meet.
High School
A state champion in the high jump in 1999 and runner up in 2000...was the District 20-3A girls High Point scorer in 1999 and 2000...an invitee to the Golden Key Invitational...she was also a TGCA Track All-Star...went to the cross country regional qualifier in 1998...was named first team All-District in volleyball in 2000 and 2001...in basketball she was named first team All-Region and third team All-State.
Personal
Academic All-America selection who graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors with bachelor's degree in pre-med and exercise science... born May 1, 1983, in Las Vegas, Nev.... daughter of Terrie and Floyd Franklin and Garrick and Sharon Ward...inducted into National Society of Collegiate Scholars in 2003...inducted into National Collegiate Scholars and National Golden Key Honor Society in 2004...inducted in to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society in 2004...member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority...serves as the chair of the Omicron Delta Kappa...member of Phi-Theta Lambda in 2002...named to the National Dean's List...member of Allied Health Professions Society, Mu-Delta Pre-Med Society, Wesley Foundation and the Lilly Grove Young Adult Choir...serves as a mentor in the FUUSA Rescue and Lilly Grove Tutorial Ministry...volunteer for St. Joseph's Hospital, March of Dimes and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Run...was on the 2004 UH Homecoming Court...was a Dean's List finalist during the fall semester in 2004...enjoys playing basketball, singing, attending church and performing volunteer work...also recruited by Notre Dame, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU.
