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2013-14 SEASON (Junior): 2013 Summit League Defensive Player of the Year ... also named an All-Conference performer ... won back-to-back Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 21 and 28 after helping the Jaguars to four straight wins from Oct. 18-26 ... posted her second 30-plus dig effort of the season with 31 digs vs. Valparaiso (10/15) ... added 17 digs in a three-set win over Western Illinois (10/4) ... named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week for the first time on Sept. 16 after averaging 6.00 dps for the week ... registered 29 digs at Denver (9/27) that tied for 10th in school history for most digs in a four-set match ... posted a season-high 33 digs in a loss to Southeast Missouri State (9/14), tying for the 10th most digs in a five-set match in school history ... reached 1,000 career digs with 20 at Indiana State on Sept. 10 ... also added six assists against the Sycamores ... added 24 digs against Morehead State (9/7) ... posted 25 digs against inner-city rival Butler (9/3) ... started the season with back-to-back 20-plus dig efforts against Illinois State and VCU ... an Academic All-Summit League selection ... named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List both semesters ... named to The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2012-13 SEASON (Sophomore): Played in all 32 matches and all 119 sets at libero ... ranked fifth in the Summit League in all games averaging 4.96 dps ... her 5.33 dps average in Summit League-only matches ranked fourth ... her 590 total digs rank fifth on the IUPUI single-season charts ... put up 24 digs in a five-set win over Fort Wayne (11/10), helping the Jags to a regular-season conference championship ... notched 24 digs in a four-set win over Western Illinois (11/3) ... recorded 23 digs at Eastern Illinois, her 10th 20-plus dig effort of the season ... registered 24 digs in a four-set win over North Dakota State, her eighth 20-dig performance of the season ... recorded seventh 20-plus dig performance at Kansas City with 20 digs (10/14) ... posted second 30-plus dig performance at NDSU with 32 digs, helping IUPUI pick up first win ever against the Bison (9/22) ... reached 20 digs for the fifth time with 27 digs in program’s first win at SDSU (9/21) ... notched back-to-back 20-plus dig performances with 27 digs and 24 digs in wins over Kansas City (9/14) and South Dakota (9/15) ... set a career-high with nine assists vs. North Texas (8/31) ... named to the Thunder Invite all-tournament team after collecting 71 digs in three match ... recorded first career 30-plus dig performance with a career-high 35 digs in a five set loss to Marshall (8/25) ... named IUPUI Sahm’s Female Athlete of the Month for August ... named to the IUPUI Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters..

2011-12 SEASON (Freshman): Saw action in 31 matches, making 11 starts ... averaged 2.41 dps in a defensive specialist role ... fell just shy of her second 20-dig performance of the season with 19 against South Dakota (10/29) ... notched first 20-plus dig performance with a career-high 24 digs against North Dakota State (10/14) ... reached double-figure kills for the seventh time digging up 16 balls in a five-set win over Oakland (10/11) ... tied a then-season-high for the third time with 14 digs at UMKC (10/2) ... put down a season-best three kills at South Dakota (9/30) ... posted fifth double-digit dig effort with 14 digs at North Dakota State (9/17) and also set a new career mark with four aces ... reached double-digit digs for the third time with 13 digs vs. William and Mary (9/9) ... also recorded first career ace against the Tribe ... reached 14 digs in a four-set loss to Eastern Michigan (9/4) ... reached double-digit digs for the first time in her career in the second match of the IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational against Marshall (9/3) ... named to the IUPUI Academic Advisors List for the fall and spring semesters ... an Academic All-Summit League Distinguished Scholar for the fall semester.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped Carroll High School claim the 2010 sectional and regional championships, marking the school’s first regional championship since 1989 … accumulated 28 digs, which moved her single-season school-record digs total to 530, in the regional final match … owns the career digs record with 1,798 in her four-year stint with the Chargers … four-year volleyball letterwinner and three-time first-team all-conference performer … first-team all-Northeast Indiana performer during her senior campaign … played on the North squad in the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association (ICGSA) 3A/4A Senior All-Star Game.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Lyle and Debbie Howard ... born March 6, 1993 ... health sciences major.