Will Sword

Height:
6-0
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cary, N.C.
High School:
Thales Academy

2026: Saw 1 start in 13 appearances…Pitched 30 innings adding 27 strikeouts…Tallied six strikeouts in four innings pitched in game against Cornell (Mar. 21)...Recorded win against Penn (Apr. 18) striking out four and allowing one earned run in four innings…Pitched an inning of work with no runs to earn the save against Rider (Apr. 15).

2025: Did not pitch due to injury.

2024: Appeared in 12 games, making seven starts … Had a 6.52 ERA in 48 1/3 innings, adding 43 strikeouts … Earned at Navy, allowing three runs in 4 2/3 innings … Quality start vs. Harvard (Apr. 13) with nine strikeouts over six frames, giving up two earned runs … Another quality start vs. Penn (Apr. 20) with two earned runs in six innings, corralling nine punch outs … Went eight innings and allowed three runs at Dartmouth (Apr. 27).

2023: Saw action in 10 games, making six starts … Struck out 18 in 31 2/3 innings … Scoreless outing at Georgia (Feb. 24) … Punched out five in six innings at Rutgers.

Before Princeton:
Thales Academy Apex: Three-time captain who was All-Stat and All-Conference four times …. Named Conference Player of the Year twice … Had .8 ERA as a senior and hit .650 as a junior … Team MVP twice and earned Player Coach Award … Team won the 2022 NCISAA crown … Lettered in basketball … National Honor Society … Dean's List.

Personal: Son of Judith and Bill Sword … Has a sister, Sara … Father, Bill, played baseball at ECU … Uncle, Neal, played baseball at Rutgers.