Chris Ward
2/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Chris Ward
6-1 175 Punter
Fayetteville, Ga. Starrs Mill HS
Served as the punter for two years under Coach Mike Earwood at Starrs Mill High School ... Won the best punter award with an average punt of 42.7 yards and average hang time of 4.17 seconds at the prestigious Southern Kicking Invitational ... As a senior, averaged 42 yards per punt and was 7-9 on field goals... A 2008 all-region first-team punter for the region 5-AAAA and a Class 4A first-team all-state selection his senior year... Named an all-region and all-county punter his junior year... Named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Georgia Top 150 ... Averaged 41.6 yards a punt in 2007 ... Named to the All-Southeast Region class of 2009 by Prep Star... Has played football just two years, he was a goalkeeper in soccer and an assistant principal talked him into going out for football.