Longwood University Athletics

Prior to Longwood: Played the past two seasons at Mount Olive, where he batted .291 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 59 RBI...Earned D2CCA All-Region honors...Also earned All-Conference Carolinas Second Team honors as a utility player who played 31 games at third base and 18 at first base...Led Mount Olive with 10 home runs...Batted .310 in 184 at bats while driving in 47 runs and adding 14 doubles...Drew 32 walks and scored 43 runs...Had 11 multi-RBI games...In his Mount Olive debut season in 2024, helped the team advance to the Division II NCAA Southeast Regional...Played in 18 games with nine starts in 2024 while hitting .194 in 36 at bats while swatting two home runs...

High School: Played for four years at South Lenoir where he also played football (four years) and basketball (three years)...Two time all-state, all-conference and conference MVP in baseball...Two-year team captain...

Personal: Son of Jerry and Kara Howard...Has two siblings, Jake and Gracie...Mom, Kara, played volleyball at Mount Olive...Dad, Jerry, played basketball at LCC...Grandpa, Jon Whaley, played baseball and basketball at LCC...Uncle, Ryan Whaley, played football at East Carolina...Sister, Gracie, played volleyball at Barton College...Brother, Jake, played baseball at Chowan...Aspires to play professionally and eventually coach...Favorite athlete is Mookie Betts...Hobbies include fishing, hunting, boating, spending time outdoors, and spending time with family watching movies...