BrittanyHoward_CareerStats17 
PEPPERDINE 2017: Played for Pepperdine for one season as a graduate student in her fifth year of eligibility … Volleyball Magazine All-American second team … All-WCC first team … Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete … won bronze at the USAV Collegiate Beach Pairs Championship with partner Corinne Quiggle …
Ranked No. 15 in the DiG Magazine Collegiate Beach Pairs rankings with Quiggle … WCC Pair of the Month twice with Quiggle (March, April) … NCAA All-Tournament Team for the No. 2 position … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze’ honors … Posted a 28-3 record from the No. 2 position with Quiggle for a team-best .903 winning percentage … Posted a 16-3 record against nationally ranked teams and went 58-11 in sets played … In home matches (stats only kept at home), marked 6.19 kills/set, 0.71 blocks/set and 1.05 aces/set for the Waves … Led the Waves to a NCAA Championship runner-up finish and a second-consecutive West Coast Conference Championship title … Won four-of-five matches played at the NCAA Tournament with one going unfinished … Defeated USC’s Sophie Bukovec and Allie Wheeler 21-18, 16-21, 15-13 in the NCAA final … Downed Hawai’i’s Ka’iwi Schucht and Nikki Taylor 21-17, 21-15 in the NCAA semifinal to help send the Waves to the championship bout.
STANFORD BEACH CAREER: Also played beach volleyball for the Cardinal in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons … Tallied a 25-20 overall record after three seasons at Stanford.
STANFORD INDOOR CAREER: Played four years at Pac-12 Stanford under John Dunning … Finished career with 3,638 attack attempts, which ranked eighth all-time in Cardinal history … Collected her 1,000 career kill at Arizona State (10/2), becoming the 17th player in school history to accomplish that feat …
Recorded her 1,000 career dig at Utah (10/16), becoming just the 10th player in Cardinal history to amass both 1,000 career kills and digs … Posted a career-high 22 kills at UCLA (11/27/15) … Amassed a career-high 62 attack attempts against USC (10/30/13) … Tallied a career-best four aces vs. Army (9/13/13) … Totaled a career-high 31 digs vs. Washington (11/8/12), five assists against Illinois (9/7/14), seven blocks against UCLA (11/1/13) and .800 hitting percentage (8-0-10) cs. Air Force (9/12/13).
STANFORD INDOOR 2015: AVCA All-American third team, AVCA All-Pacific North Region, All-Pac-12 as a senior … Earned a spot on the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge All-Tournament Team … Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/30) … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Started in all 30 matches as an outside hitter … Averaged a career-high 3.05 kills/set and 3.56 points/set, along with 1.98 digs/set and 0.63 blocks/set … Tallied 10 double-doubles … Amassed 12 kills on a .478 attack output with three blocks in the season opener vs. Texas A&M (8/28) … Hit a match-high .462 (14-2-2) and added two solo blocks in the Pac-12 opener at Cal (9/22) … Recorded 16 kills and a season-high five blocks in a win at #14 Arizona (9/30) … Posted 17 kill on a .429 clip and tied her season-best five blocks vs. #25 Oregon (10/11) … Picked up a season-high 15 digs along with 10 digs for a double-double at #3 Washington (11/12) … Totaled a career-high 22 kills on a .404 hitting percentage in a five-set win at #13 UCLA (11/27).
STANFORD INDOOR 2014: As a junior, helped Stanford reach the NCAA Championship semifinals and was a member of the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team … All-Pac-12 honorable mention … Preseason All-Pac-12 … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Amassed a career-high five assists against #9 Illinois (9/7) … Posted a season-high three aces in a sweep over Cal (9/23) … Recorded 11 kills, including the 700th of her career, and two solo blocks at #18 Arizona State (10/12) … Registered a season-high six blocks in a win over #17 UCLA (10/24) … Posted a season-high 16 digs and her 200th career block against #20 Arizona State (11/5) … Collected a season-high 16 kills and nine digs against #16 Arizona (11/7) … Recorded a team-high 13 kills, nine digs and three blocks in the NCAA semifinal loss to Penn State (12/18).
STANFORD INDOOR 2013: As a sophomore, All-Pac-12 honorable mention … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Played in 111 sets, averaging 2.74 kills/set, 2.65 digs/set and 0.71 blocks/set … One-of-five Cardinal players who averaged at least 2.72 kills/set … Recorded a double-double with 14 kills and a season-high 17 digs at #6 Texas (9/8) … Hit a career-best .800 (8-0-10) in a sweep over Air Force (9/12) … Posted 17 kills and 16 digs against USC (10/30) …Tallied her 500th career kill at Utah (11/10) … Amassed 11 kills and tied her season high with 17 digs against Oklahoma (12/6) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
STANFORD INDOOR 2012: As a freshman, earned All-Pac-12 honors and garnered a spot on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (11/5, 11/12) and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (11/12) … Competed in 121 sets, starting all 34 matches … Tallied 2.36 kills/set and 2.73 digs/set … Posted eight double-doubles on the season … Tabbed 12 kills and 19 digs for her first collegiate double-double at Penn State (8/31) … Went 12-0-29 for a .414 clip vs. USC (10/10) … Collected 21 digs in a five-set victory over UCLA (10/12) … Added 12 kills and a career-high 31 digs, tying for the third most in program history in a single match, against Washington (11/8).
USA VOLLEYBALL/CLUB: A member of the U.S. Youth National Team … Earned a gold medal at the 2010 NORCECA championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala … Earned a Women’s International Junior Division gold medal at the 2010 High Performance Championships in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. … Attended the 2009 USA Youth National Holiday Camp in Colorado Springs and competed at the High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with USA A1 Select Team … Won a silver medal at the 2008 USA A1 Select Team High Performance Championships in Tucson, Ariz. … Also played for Vision Volleyball Club from 2005-12 … A three-time USAV Junior National/Olympic medalist … A two-time USAV Junior National/Olympic All-Tournament selection … 13-time USAV Junior National/Olympic Qualifier medalist … Seven-time USAV NCVA regional champion.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mountain View High School in Mountain View, Calif. in 2012 … Lettered four seasons as an outside hitter in the SCVAL under Head Coach Jason Trip … Captained her team as a sophomore, junior and senior … Helped lead the team to a semifinals appearance in the state championships in 2009 … Three-time MVP and listed at No. 12 on PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Ace list in 2012 … Earned ESPN and PrepVolleyball High School All-American honors in 2011 … Four-time Santa Clara Valley Athletic League first team selection and league MVP in 2011 … Garnered All-State first team honors in 2010 and 2011 … Named four-time All-County and All-Area performer … San Jose Mercury News Freshman of the year in 2008 and Sophomore of the Year in 2009 … PrepVolleyball National Freshman of the Year finalist in 2008 … Three-time All-Daily News first team honoree … Holds the all-time career kills record at MVHS … Was a four-time MVHS scholar-athlete and PrepVolleyball High School Academic All-American first team in 2011.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Stephen and Eileen Howard … Has two siblings, Bradley and Chloe … Plans to pursue a Masters of Science in Global Business from Pepperdine … Has aspirations of working in international business in marketing and branding or swimwear design … Her father Stephen played basketball at Saint Mary’s (1978-79) and University of the Pacific (1980-82) … Her mother Eileen was a three-time AVCA All-American middle blocker at the University of the Pacific (1981-84), and was a member of the U.S. National Team (1985-86) … Her brother Brad played men’s volleyball at Princeton.
FAVORITES: Favorite professional athlete is Andre Agassi … Favorite pro team are the San Francisco Giants … Favorite book is The Giver by Lois Lowry ... Favorite movie is Ace Ventura Pet Detective … Favorite TV show is Scandal … Favorite musical artist is Drake … Favorite foods are chicken and mashed potatoes … Favorite sport other than volleyball is tennis.
