Bridget Ward was named assistant athletic trainer at Fordham in September 2019 after working as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Connecticut College the previous two years. She worked directly with the director of sports medicine at Connecticut College, providing injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation for the school’s 26 varsity sports, working closely with the men’s and women’s soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse programs.
 
Prior to her stint at Connecticut College, Ward served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at St. John’s University where she was responsible for assisting with all aspects of the athletic training department.
 
At St. John’s, Ward was directly responsible for overseeing the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries for the men’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s soccer spring seasons, and men’s and women’s tennis teams. Her duties also included supervising and mentoring athletic training students from LIU-Brooklyn.
 
Prior to her arrival at St. John’s, Ward worked as an athletic training intern at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. In this position, she most notably assisted in providing primary medical coverage for amateur, semi-professional and professional sporting events hosted by the Disney-owned complex.
 
A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Ward received her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from the State University of New York at Cortland in 2014 and a master’s of professional studies in sport management at St. John’s in 2017. At Cortland, she also served as the President of the Athletic Training Club.