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CAREER HONORS
- MIVA Academic All-Conference (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- OSU Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2024 (Redshirt Senior)
- Three matches with 10 or more kills
- Hit .449 on the year with 178 kills and 77 blocks
- Block total was second among teammates in 2024
- Second in hitting percentage at .449 as a senior
- Appeared and started in 30 matches
- For his career, finished with 303 sets played, 392 kills, 21 aces, 108 digs and 216 blocks
2023 (Redshirt Junior)
- Played a career best 31 matches and 114 sets
- Set career season highs in kills (142), assists (11), digs (44), total blocks (87) and points (190)
- Set career match highs in kills (10) and blocks (7) vs. Ball State (4/23/23)
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Missed the majority of the season with injury
- Played in 10 matches and 32 sets
- Hit .361 with 40 kills
- Set career highs with six blocks, eight kills and 12 attacks in win over No. 5 Southern California
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in 14 matches and 40 sets
- Hit .436 for the year with 32 kills on 61 swings
- Totaled 31 blocks, 12 digs, two aces and three assists
2020 (Redshirt)
- Practiced with the team
- Team captain for both Palisades Charter High School and the Pac6 Volleyball Club in 2019
- Two-time All-CIF Los Angeles Team member during back-to-back-to-back city championship seasons
- Led Pac6 VC to a third place finish in the 2018 Junior Nationals
- Competed with the Southern California Volleyball Association (SCVA) International for the 2018 USA Volleyball High Performance Championship Tournament
- SCVA won its first USAV High Performance national title in ’18, lifted by Howard’s match-winning ace to clinch a five-set semifinals victory
PERSONAL
- Son of Nicole and David Howard
- Brother, Spencer, is a forward on the Northwestern University men’s soccer program and is a junior for the 2019 season
- Uncle, Carl Borack, competed in the 1972 Olympics (Munich) as a fencer and was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame in 2012
- Journalism major
