User talk:Katie Ward

Katie Renee Ward, born October 14, 2981 in Moore, Oklahoma, is currently employed by the Department of the Air Force as a Military Satellite Communications Logistician and Program Manager. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Acquisition and Procurement from Webster University, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She currently resides in Colorado Springs, CO working at Peterson AFB.

The athlete: Katie was an athelete from the beginning. At the age of 4, she started playing softball in her local community. She played softball on a National Softball team called the Drillers and ended up taking 2nd place in the World Softball tournament at the age of 12. From the ages of 12-14, she played on a softball team called the Lady Rebels and finished her slow pitch softball career as a young and able athlete ready to move on to a higher level of softbll. Katie and her softball team, the Drillers, were inducted to the softball hall of fame, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1994. Katie understood that her days of playing slowpitch softball competitively would come to an end. From the ages of 14-18, Katie joined her local junior high Highland East Junior High in Moore, Oklahoma and Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma in the school's tennis league. Her ability to pick up the sport of tennis easily made her a pick for future college for recruitment. She would later receive an offer of scholarship for tennis from Oklahoma Baptist University. At the age of 17, Katie missed softball and wanted to play again. Never playing fastpitch softball, Katie knew that the only way for her to play softball again would be to play fastpitch at her high school. She spent the summer of her senior year working with the head coach every morning learning how to hit a fastpitch and learning the rules and regulations of the sport. Katie later went on to be the starting first baseman for the team. During the end of her senior year, she was offered a scholarship from the Western Oklahoma State College. She played one year there and then decided to come back to Moore, Oklahoma to finish her schooling.

The student: After spending one year at Western Oklahoma State College, Katie returned to Moore, Oklahoma to finish up her schooling at the University of Oklahoma. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Business Management and Leadership. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Acquisition and Procurement at Webster University located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. AFter graduating from the University of Oklahoma, Katie got a position as a PALACE Acquire intern for the Department of the Air Force. After three years of the internship, Katie will travel back home to live in hopes of working at Tinker Air Force Base implementing her knowledge of acquisitions at this highly acquisitioned Air Force base.

Her family: Katie's mother and step-father currently reside in  Moore, Oklahoma where they both work for the United States Postal Service. Katie has a half brother, half sister, and three step brothers. She has two nieces and five nephews.

Her passion: Katie loves spending time with family and the two laboradors within the family. Katie spends time with her boyfriend when she is home, and spends time scrapbooking, cooking, shopping, and playing softball when she goes home.