2011: Named to the All-Freedom Conference second team … took the field in 33 of 34 games as a senior co-captain, including 28 appearances (26 starts) in the circle … completed her stellar four-year career second all-time in strikeouts (389) and innings pitched (542.2), third in wins (41), and fourth in ERA (2.36) and complete games (69) at Manhattanville … posted a 14-13 record and 2.14 ERA with 136 strikeouts in 183.1 innings in 2011 … ranked near the top of most pitching categories in 2011, ranking second in the Freedom Conference in strikeouts, innings pitched and wins as well as fourth in ERA … ranked second on the school’s single-season punchout list and third in innings pitched … also had a career year at the plate, batting .289 (28 for 97) with five home runs, 16 RBIs and 11 runs scored … went 3 for 4 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored against Ripon (3/15) … named the Freedom Pitcher of the Week after holding preseason favorite DeSales to two runs in 14 innings in a doubleheader sweep (3/26) … tossed a complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts against King’s (3/30) … went 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs at the plate versus Union (4/3) … had nine strikeouts and allowed just one unearned run in a win at Eastern (4/10) … struck out 11 batters in a career-high 11 innings of work and also launched a three-run homer against Misericordia (4/16) … tossed eight shutout innings and struck out eight in an extra-inning win over the Cougars (4/25) … concluded her career with a seven-game hitting streak, hitting two homers and driving in five runs over that span.
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2010: Appeared in 23 games in her junior season, including 22 appearances and 17 starts in the circle … led the Freedom Conference with a 1.86 ERA and posted a 9-10 record and 75 strikeouts in 124.1 innings of work … ranked third in the conference in innings pitched and fourth in strikeouts … also hit .222 with a homer, three RBIs and six runs scored at the plate … started the team with a five-inning shutout against Northland (3/13) … struck out seven in opening the conference slate with a win over Misericordia (3/27) … scattered four hits in a complete-game shutout of Hunter (4/21) … allowed just three earned runs and struck out a season-high eight batters in a program-record 11-plus innings of work against DeSales (4/24) … tossed another complete-game shutout and also launched her first career homer in a 2-0 win over King’s (5/1), helping her to Freedom Pitcher of the Week honors … gave up just one unearned run in 9.2 innings in the Freedom Conference Tournament loss to King’s (5/7), then allowed one run in 4.2 innings of relief in the Tournament finale against Misericordia (5/8) … allowed only one earned run in her final 31.1 innings of the year.
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2009: All-Freedom Conference second-team selection … appeared in all 38 games as a sophomore, including 21 starts in the circle and 11 at designated player … led the team with a 13-10 record and a 2.13 ERA in 144.1 innings … struck out 108 batters on the season, fifth-most in a single season in school history … ranked second in the conference in opposing batting average (.223), third in ERA and fourth in wins … also hit .250 with 15 RBI and nine walks at the plate … earned her first win of the team with eight strikeouts in 5.1 innings of relief against Penn State-Behrend (3/8) … tossed back-to-back shutouts against Wisconsin Lutheran (3/11) and Briarcliffe (3/17), giving up a combined six hits … earned Freedom Conference Player of the Week honors (4/6) after an incredible stretch in which she pitched 34.2 innings and allowed only five earned runs in six games … won five consecutive decisions between April 4-10 … tossed 10 innings and allowed three earned runs while striking out a career-best nine on the way to a win over Western Connecticut (4/23) … went 10 innings again against Misericordia (4/25), ceding just two runs.
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2008: Made a team-high 20 appearances in the circle in her first collegiate season, including 14 starts … led the team in innings pitched (90.2), strikeouts (70) and complete games (12) … went 5-10 on the year with a 3.86 ERA … earned her first collegiate win by giving up only one run and striking out six in a complete-game effort against Merchant Marine (4/6) … tossed her first shutout by scattering seven hits versus Arcadia (4/12) … struck out a season-high nine batters in a 5-2 win over Farmingdale State (4/13).
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High School: A 2007 graduate of John Jay High School … a four-year softball letterwinner for the Patriots … selected as a member of the All-League and All-State teams in 2006 and 2007 … played in the Empire State Games in 2006 … helped the Patriots capture the Section Championship and reach the state tournament in 2005.
Personal: Daughter of Michael and Audrey Howe … a history and education double major … born January 27, 1989 … chose Manhattanville because she “liked the school and the girls on the softball team.”
