2019: Named the Division III National Pitcher of the Year by D3baseball.com ... Named to the D3baseball.com All-America First Team ... Named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings All-America First Team ... Named UAA Pitcher of the Year on May 8 ... Selected to all-UAA First Team ... Named to D3baseball.com All-American Preseason honorable mention list ... Finished the year with an 11-1 record, one save, pitching 87.2 innings, allowing 67 hits and striking out 100, holding opponents to a 1.23 ERA and 0.92 WHIP ... Led the UAA in ERA (1.23) which was seventh in DIII ... Led the UAA in strikeouts (100) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.69) which ranked 11th and 12th in DIII respectively ... Finished with DIII's fourth most victories (11) ... Held opponents to a 0.92 WHIP which ranked 21st in DIII ... Named the UAA Pitcher of the Week on March 4, March 11, March 25 and April 22 ... Academic All-UAA.
2018: D3baseball.com All-America honorable mention ... D3baseball.com All-Central Region Pitcher of the Year ... D3baseball.com All-Central Region First Team ... Named the UAA Pitcher of the Year in addition to earning all-UAA First Team honors ... Finished with a 1.01 earned run average, the fourth lowest mark in Division III ... Allowed one or less runs in 11-of-12 appearances on the season ... Totaled 71.1 innings pitched, striking out a personal-best 63 batters while holding opponents to 58 hits and 14 walks for a 1.01 WHIP (walk+hits per inning) ... Finished the season 6-3 ... Selected as the Stanley and Ann Rosen Junior Award recipient as presented by the W Club ... UAA Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 19, March 26 and April 23 ... Team captain ... Selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District 5 Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) ... Academic all-UAA.
2017: Started 8 of 13 games on the mound ... Posted a 2.73 ERA with a 4-3 record and 37 strikeouts ... Threw seven scoreless innings with a career high seven strikeouts against Brandeis (4/23) and Chicago (5/13).
2016: Appeared in three games as a freshman and posted an 11.57 ERA with four strikeouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year team captain and four-year letterwinner at Clayton High School ... Finished his career with a 19-16 record with eight saves and 13 complete games in 65 appearances, posting a 2.16 ERA with 327 strikeouts ... Four-time first-team all-conference ... Perfect Game All-America Midwest Honorable Mention in 2015 ... Perfect Game All-America Honorable Mention in 2014 ... 2015 Third-team All-Metro pitcher ... Post-Dispatch Preseason Players to Watch in March 2014 ... STL Today/Post-Dispatch Athlete of the Week in May 2013 ... Helped Clayton to three straight district titles and a state quarterfinal appearance in 2015 ... National AP Scholar ... Clayton High School Alumni Association Community Service Award.
PERSONAL: Double major in history and marketing ... Son of Bill and Jayne Howard.
