Western New England University

2016 (Junior Year): Co-WNE Coca-Cola Male Athlete of the Year...USILA All-America Honorable Mention...All-North Region First Team...All-ECAC Second Team...All-NEILA First Team...CCC Offensive Player of the Year...First Team All-CCC...USILA/Lids Division III North  Offensive Player of the Week 4/27...CCC Offensive Player of the Week 4/25...Appeared in 19 games,starting 18, totalling 87 points (56 goals and 31 assists) and 35 ground balls.

2015 (Sophomore Year): Earned USILA Honorable Mention All-America, and CCC All-Conference first team honors in his first year with the program after leading the conference in goals (63) and points (87)...ranked 25th nationally with 4.35 points per game...recorded seven points (5G, 2A) in his Western New England debut, a 17-16 win over Keene State (2/25)...scored a season-high six goals in a 16-13 victory against St. Lawrence (3/16)...totaled 27 points (20G, 7A) over the final five games of the season, including a six-goal, three-assist effort (season-high nine points) in the Golden Bears 14-13 victory over Alfred in the ECAC Championship (5/10).

Before Western New England: Had an impressive freshman season at AIC as he was named the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year, to the all-conference first-team and was all-rookie started in all 16 games, registering a team-high and school-record 60 points off 37 goals and 23 assists and he won 17 faceoffs grabbed 33 ground balls and caused 11 turnovers four-time NE-10 Rookie of the Week (3/24, 3/31, 4/14, 4/21) scored four goals and tallied two assists against Roberts Wesleyan (2/21) in his collegiate debut struck for two goals and an assist against Bentley (3/15) netted a hat trick at No. 2-ranked Adelphi (3/18) tallied two goals against No. 8 Merrimack (3/22) registered three goals and two assists in an 8-6 win over Saint Rose (3/25) scored the game’s final four goals in the last five minutes, tallying seven total points at Franklin Pierce (3/29), while notching eight ground balls and six face-off wins recorded four goals and two assists at Assumption (4/5) notched his second seven-point game off four goals and three assists in a 14-10 win over Dominican (4/9) had two goals and registered four assists against Saint Michael’s (4/18) ranked 17th in NCAA II points per game (3.8)...AIC single-season ranks include third in goals and second in assists.

High School: Coached by Mark Cavilon as a member of the lacrosse team at Westfield...selected all-league and all-state in 2004...served as a team captain his senior year...2006 prep All-American by US Lacrosse...twice was named team's Most Valuable Player (2005-06)...also played four seasons of football at running back and defensive back...graduated in 2006.

Personal:  Son of Kevin Bard and Valendz Liptak...served in the Armed Forces.