Ethan Ward is a high school student at West Beverly High School in the series 90210 . He spends most of his time surfing. Ethan can be described as the nice, popular jock at West Bev. He becomes close friends with Dixon Wilson and Navid Shirazi. Ethan has been linked romantically to three girls at West Beverly High - Naomi Clark, Annie Wilson, and Erin Silver. He's been plagued with a series of bad relationships. He had a longtime on-again-off-again relationship with Naomi but after caught cheating, they were not able to repair their damaged relationship. He began dating Annie shortly after but the two broke up. At the end of season 1, at the after-prom party Ethan professes his love for Erin Silver. When she doesnt respond he leaves in a hurry. Beginning in season 2, it is revealed that him and Silver have been texting throughout the summer but nothing has progressed. In a text Ethan tells Silver that he is not coming back to West Beverly High. He has not returned since.