2019: Did not play this season.
2018: CAC All-Academic Team.
Shippensburg (2017): Played for Nicole Miller ... Notched three points (2g, 1a) during fall ball ... Saw action in five games as the goalkeeper after volunteering for the position ... Made collegiate debut at Wilmington (Del.) (Feb. 25) ... Picked up first career start vs. Bloomsburg (Mar. 18) ... Finished with a 1-1 record ... Posted a 9.19 GAA in 169:41 minutes ... Recorded 17 saves ... Season-best eight stops and first career ground ball vs. Bloomsburg (Mar. 18).
Gerstell Academy: 2016 graduate ... Two-sport athlete (soccer, lacrosse) ... Lacrosse: Coached by Josh Gochnauer ... Tallied approximately 135 goals and 100 assists during her career ... Member of the Gerstell, Spanish, and History honor societies ... Academic first or second honors all four years ... Won President's Summer Challenge (Community Service and Leadership Studies) all four years ... Finalist for Norm Smith Leadership Award (highest leadership honors) ... Vice President, Diversity Club ... Theater Club ... Special Olympics volunteer ... Interned at middle school.
Personal: Delaney Rosemary Ballard ... Dean's List (Fall '16; Spring '17) at Shippensburg ... Scholar-Athlete Award (Shippensburg) ... Born January 11, 1998 in New Windsor, Md. ... Daughter of Bob and Nichole Ballard ... Father played two years of lacrosse at Maryland ... Grandfather (Jim McGregor) played football at Moorhead State and is in the Mount St. Joseph High School Hall of Fame for football ... Has a sister, Keeley.
Future Aspirations: Non-profit organization that does research and advocacy for people unproportionately affected by climate change and other environmental issues.
Why St. Mary's?: The atmosphere: everyone seemed like they could be my friend, the team and coach, academics, the campus - Everything!
