Dylan Ward
(September 2003)

Dylan Ward's academic and athletic accomplishments fit perfectly into the IHSS mold of Athlete of the Month. He's intelligent, confident, and has an opportunity to achieve all-state status in THREE SPORTS! This well rounded young man stands out among his peers and makes a positive impact on and off the field.
Congratulations to the pride of Prairie Central!

Dylan John Ward  - The Ward File:

Current High Honor Roll: 93% or above in all classes (English Lit, Eng Comp, Physics, horticulture)

Size: 6’3” 210 lbs

Speed: 4.7 40 yd, 7.1 60 yd and 4.3 pro-shuffle. He grew 5 inches in six weeks the summer between his freshman and sophomore year.

Hobbies: Camping, Golf (7 handicap), Duck Hunting, Art, and listening to music.

Family: Sister Kendra Broquard (25) is expecting first born anytime, Mom (Leigh Ann) and dad (John) are both from the Princeton Ill area. Dylan was born in Peru Ill. Oct 5, 1985. Mother taught Dental Assisting at Illinois Valley community college, Dad works in the technical services group with Caterpillar.

Work Experience: Farm hand for several local farms and coached youth baseball last summer for the 7th grade team, and youth football this fall and summer.

Favorite teacher: Mrs. Ann Hoke 6th grade math.

ACT score:  25, with a 30 in math. Took the exam with out a calculator.

Received the Distinguished Athlete Award for 2002 – 2003 school year: Award is given by the Prairie Central High School athletic director. Also nominated by the high school principal, Dan Schmitt dschmitt@prairiecentral.org, for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award.

Was a 4 year starter in baseball, 3 in Basketball and Football.

Most memorable moments: Winning the 8th grade state baseball championship with the game winning 3 run home run. Pitching at Satchel Page stadium in Kansas City Mo when he was 15 and kicking a 27-yard field goal in 7th grade to win the CIFL championship game.

Dylan gives all of the credit to his three varsity coaches: They have been patient and understanding with Dylan doing all three sports. They are Tim McGuire for Baseball, Allen Dunahee for basketball, and Brian Hassett with Football. They organize themselves so as many kids that want to play all three sports during the summer, can. That is the success of Prairie Central Sports.

Future For Dylan Ward: He wants to be an Architect; He has been offered Scholarships in all three sports, D1 baseball and football. Illinois, Iowa, Northern, ISU, Eastern, and many DIII football schools are recruiting him. SIU, ISU, Bradley, Iowa, and Clemson are recruiting him for Baseball. Lindenwood recruited him for basketball.

Current Football Statistics: (Holds all quarterback records at Prairie Central) All of Dylan’s statistics this year belong to the offensive line, and receivers. They are Brian Hildensperger, Curtis Bunch, Kevin Steidenger, A.J. Diller, Mike Kilgus and the receivers are, Will Barsema, Nathan Wenger, Dustin Stephens, Danny Meiss, and Flying Sammy White.

1575 yards passing with 16TD passes, and holds a 55% pass completion percentage in five games and also has 4 rushing TD's.

Dylan is 8 for 12 in extra point attempts, and also has a  85% conversion ratio (6 of 7) on passing attempts (3 of 3 against Pontiac) for extra points.

Has a 35-yard per punt average and a 50-yard average on kick-offs.

Dylan Wards’ Junior Year Accomplishments During the 2002-2003 school year:
During that year, the varsity Football, Basketball, and Baseball teams finished with a combined 69 – 13 record. Dylan started every game all three sports.

Football: The Prairie Central Hawks football team won the first ever play-off game in the history of the consolidation and went 7-4 for the season.

1st Team All-State Illinois ICA
1st Team All-Conference Quarterback Cornbelt Conference
1st Team All-Area Pontiac Daily Leader
2nd Team All-Area Champaign News Gazette
2nd Team All-Area Bloomington Normal Pantagraph
Lead Bloomington, Normal, Champaign, and Pontiac Area in yards passing with 2100 yards. Also threw 21 TD passes, which was second in the area.

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Basketball: Helped his team to a 25-5 record and a Sectional Final Appearance

1st Team All-Area Cornbeltsports.com –

Only junior to make the team 2nd Team All-Conference Cornbelt Conference Scored 340 points with a field goal percentage over 60%.
Lead the team in scoring 12 times during the season with a 13-ppg avg.
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Baseball: In 2003 his team finished 4th in state and compiled a school best 37-4 won loss record. He was voted team MVP by his teammates.

1st Team All-State Illinois ICA
1st Team All-Area Champaign News Gazette
Bloomington Normal Pantagraph “Player of the Year”
1st Team All-Conference Pitcher Cornbelt Conf.
1st Team All-Conference Shortstop Cornbelt Conf.
Played 3rd base in the Jack Kaiser Memorial All-Star Tournament for the White Sox. As a pitcher, Dylan went 12-1, with an ERA of 1.44, 101 Ks, 78 innings.
Hit .462 with 10 HRs, 40 RBIs, 55 hits, 18 doubles, 2 triples, and an on base % of .676. He hit .590 during the state tournament run. He holds six school records.

Pro baseball scout references: Nate Metzger – Atlanta Braves Jeff Stewart – San Diego Padres Dave Seifert – Oakland As Ron Hunt – New York Mets
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Dylan Ward is a 3 sport IMPACT PLAYER for Prairie Central!!!

Congratulations! Dylan will receive a IHSS Athlete of the Month T-shirt!