Bushnell University

2009: Played in 16 games, making 15 starts as a senior...collected 16 hits and batted a .372 batting average...hit two homeruns on the season.

2008: Played in and started all 43 games for the Beacons as a junior...batted .283 with 34 hits, 14 runs and a school-record 25 RBI...hit four home runs and seven doubles...led team with a .971 fielding percentage.

Previous Collegiate Experience: Played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Clackamas for coaches Paul Fiskum and Denise Nasuta...earned second-team All-NWAACC Southern Division as a freshman...earned First-Team honors as a sophomore...helped lead the Cougars to a pair of second-place finishes at the NWAACC Championship tournament...batted .400 for her career, averaging 41 RBI per season.

High School Experience: Played four years on varsity at Thurston High for coach Jim Patrick...as a senior, earned Second-Team All-Midwestern League honors, was the team MVP, was the Most Inspirational player and was named the Thurston High School Female Athlete of the Year...also played volleyball for the Colts, earning First-Team All-League honors as a senior.

Personal: Born on August 6, 1987 in Bakersfield, CA...daughter of Kathy and Derek Howard...enjoys learning...participates in charity walks...loves small pleasures in life like crunching leaves and puddle jumping...aspires to own her own counseling practice and wants to travel to areas in need and help to build education programs...majoring in psychology.