Class: FR
Position: Sprints
Height: 5-6
Weight: 142 pounds
Previous School: Riverdale HS
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn.

2007-08
Indoor: Placed fifth in 55-meters in 6.59 and ninth in 200-meters in 23.25 at MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 16th in 200 in 23.73 at Kentucky Invitational and 16th in 23.65 at Blue Raider Invitational ... Posted personal-best time of 6.54 in 55 prelims and placed 11th in 200 in 23.05 at Middle Tennessee Classic ... Posted time of 7.02 in 60-meter prelims at Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed fifth in personal-best 6.47 in 55 and ninth in personal-best 22.91 in 200 at MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished seventh in 55 in 6.55 at Sun Belt Championships.
Outdoor: Did not participate.

High School: Track letterwinner for coach Rickey Field at Riverdale HS ... Named 2007 Daily News Journal All-Sports Award for running events as well as All-Region, All-Area, All-Midstate and All-State ... Placed fifth in 100-meters and member of fourth-place 4x100-meter relay at 2007 state championships ... Best marks included 10.8 in 100-meters, 21-6 in long jump.

Personal: Chaz James Ward ... Son of James Curtis, Jr., and Janice Marie Ward ... Born October 26, 1988 ... Cousin, Carita Cole, currently a sprinter at Western Kentucky.