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Career Notes
Finished her career ranked third in career wins (50) and strikeouts (522)…Just the third pitcher in school history with at least 50 wins, 500 victories and 500 innings pitched…Ranked fourth all-time with 566.1 innings pitched and 81 starts, eighth with eight career shutouts and 56 complete games…Career ERA of 2.37 ranked seventh all-time…Just the third pitcher named all-conference in multiple seasons.
2024 Senior Season
Named First-Team All-Horizon League…Set the YSU single-season wins record with 23 after going 23-8 with three saves, 197 strikeouts and a 1.97 earned-run average…Her 197 strikeouts ranked fourth on the single-season list and the 1.97 ERA ranked fourth…Made 37 appearances with 29 starts and 25 complete games…Named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week three times…Became the first YSU player to throw an opening day no-hitter…Fanned six in an opening day 1-0 win over Delaware (2/9)…Fanned 11 in a complete-game win over Valparaiso (2/16)…Fired a one-hit complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts over Purdue Fort Wayne (3/22)…Struck out 11 in a 6-5 win over Green Bay (3/29)…Fanned a career-high 12 batters in a 7-0 shutout over Green Bay (3/31)…Shutout Robert Morris 1-0 and allowed just three hits with five strikeouts (4/9)…Struck out six in a four-hit complete-game shutout against Cleveland State (4/25).
2023 Junior Season
Second-team All-Horizon League selection and was named to the Horizon League All-Tournament team...Pitched in 39 games and 200.2 innings pitched while striking out 173 batters...Struck out eight or more batters six times during the year...Only gave up three home runs on the year...Completed the season with a 2.48 ERA and 17-12 record and added two saves...Had 19 complete games...Pitched at least five innings on 24 occasions and twice went eight innings...at the HL Championships, recorded three victories in five starts, which were all complete games...allowed just five runs in 33 innings for a 1.06 ERA while striking out 22...had a three-hit shutout against RMU and struck out nine while allowing just one run to Green Bay...was a tough-luck 1-0 loser to NKU in the opening game of the HL Tournament and came back later in the day to earn a 3-1 win over IUPUI, scattering six hits and striking out five...Struck out a season-high 11 while allowing just two hits against Arkansas Pine Bluff (3/7)...went eight innings for a win over Robert Morris (4/11)...also earned a win in eight-inning contest vs. Oakland (4/2)...struck out seven in a complete-game win over Cleveland State (4/29)...had eight K's against Lafayette, Norfolk State and Providence...had a five-inning shutout win over St. Bonaventure (3/29)...saved both wins against Niagara on April 6.
2022 Sophomore Season
Made 23 appearances in the circle with 17 starts...Went 7-9 with a 2.28 earned-run average...Ranked third in the Horizon League in ERA...Fired 110.1 innings pitched with 98 strikeouts...Fanned nine and gave up just five hits and one run in a 12-1 win over Towson (2/19)...Fired a three-hitter with nine strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Detroit Mercy (3/11)...Fired first career shutout with a two-hit, complete-game performance with six strikeouts against St. Bonaventure (4/13)...Picked up the victory in a 2-1 win over Northern Kentucky (4/15)...Struck out six and allowed six hits in the complete-game win over the Norse...Struck out eight against Oakland (4/26)...Fanned eight and allowed just one run in a 6-5 win over Robert Morris (5/8).
2021 Freshman Season
Appeared in 13 games and made seven starts...Pitched 56 innings with 54 strikeouts and a 3.62 earned run average...Posted a career-high-tying 11 strikeouts against Green Bay (4/9)...Had six strikeouts and allowed five hits in six innings against Oakland (4/17).
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Champion High School...Led Champion to three straight state championships and was named Honorable Mention All-State in 2019. An NFCA Second-Team All-Region in 2018, Howell is a two-time all-conference selection and owned a career record of 31-2 with a 1.05 ERA and 386 Ks through her junior season.
Personal
Parents are Tania and Terry Howell...Has a sister, Ava, and a brother, Griffin...Major is engineering.
