A multi-sport star who lettered in football, basketball, golf, track, and baseball while attending Breckenridge High School in Breckenridge, Texas, Owen Woodward was named District 7-3A Newcomer of the Year in his freshman year, was a All-District and Texas Sportswriters Association All-State selection in his junior year, and while his time on the diamond was abbreviated in his senior year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was named to the All-District 3-3A First Team Offense and the All-District 3-3A First Team Defense due to his outstanding play as a football quarterback and outside linebacker and was named to the All-District 7-3A Second Team in basketball as well.