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Krystal Ward

2002-03 Honorees

? Ani Longoni
? Daniel Patton
? Chris Cureton
? Michael Bourn
? Jamie Falco
? Courtnie Ratliff
? Karine Urbin
? Stanford Routt
? Kevin Hermis
? Brad Sullivan
? Kristen Glowacz
? Louis Truscott
? Lauren Smith
? Nicole Oliver
? Jonathan Pritchett
? Lucile Turpin
? Chandi Jones
? Bryan Shelton
? Kelly Golden
? Jermain Woodard
? Jane Anne Karasek
? Cole Dailey
? Nikki Hawkins
? Joffrey Reynolds
? Donna Sellen
? Ashley Fortenberry
? Jenny Tanneberger
? Barrick Nealy

2001-02 Honorees

? Arelis Ferreris
? Jesse Crain
? Yulia Pakhalina

Krystal Ward
Heptathlon
5-8, So.
Rusk, Texas-Rusk HS

2003- Indoor: Conference USA champion in the high jump with a leap of 5'7 3/4"; was the C-USA runner-up in the league's first-ever pentathlon with 3,726 despite competing with an injured 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.

Personal: Born May 1, 1983, in Las Vegas, Nev.; major is kinesiology at Houston; parents are Terrie and Floyd Franklin and Garrick and Sharon Ward; enjoys playing basketball and dancing; was a member of the National Honor Society; also recruited by Notre Dame, Rice, Texas A&M and Texas.

UH Career Bests

Indoor		Outdoor
High Jump	5-10 (4/20/02)	Heptathlon	5,337 Points (5/30/02)
Long Jump	18-5.75 (4/13/02)	High Jump	144-10 (4/27/02)
Pertathlon	3,726 (2/28-3/1/03)

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