Slippery Rock University Athletics

Personal: Son of Peggy and Royce Howard ... journalism major.

2011: Earned honorable mention All-America honors by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Daktronics … named a first team All-Atlantic Region performer by the NCBWA, Daktronics and the American Baseball Coaches Association … tabbed as the PSAC-West Player of the Year … one of just three SRU players to start all 46 games … ranked fourth among all PSAC hitters and led The Rock in batting average at .401 (63-for-157) … only the 28th player in Rock baseball history to have a single-season batting average of .400 or better … had a team-best 10 doubles and was second on the team in both RBIs (40) and stolen bases (10-of-13) … also scored 36 runs and hit a team-best six home runs … led SRU in both slugging percentage (.643) and on-base percentage (.473) … hit .396 (21-for-53) with runners in scoring position … had a team-high 18 multi-hit games … tallied nine multi-RBI performances … season-long hit streak lasted 11 games … Game-By-Game Statistics

2010: Named a second team Division II All-Atlantic Region performer by the NCBWA … earned first team All-PSAC-West honors … started all 50 SRU contests … hit .395 (75-for-190) with 60 runs scored, four home runs and 27 RBI … also tallied nine doubles and eight triples … Game-By-Game Statistics

Before The Rock: Attended Marist University and Frederick Community College for one year each ... batted .406 with four doubles and five RBIs at Frederick Community College (Md.) in 2009 ... was successful in 16 of 17 stolen base attempts ... Played in 26 of 49 games ... played in 14 games, starting two at Marist in 2008 ... batted .200 with one double, six runs scored and one RBI in 15 plate appearances.

High School: Two-sport athlete ... lettered two seasons each in baseball and track and field ... earned first-team All-Catholic League honor in each sport ... helped lead baseball team to 2005 Catholic League championship and 2007 RBI World Series title.

Season	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
2010	.395	50-50	190	60	75	9	8	4	27
2011	.401	46-46	157	36	63	10	5	6	40
Career	.398	96-96	347	96	138	19	13	10	67