FIU Athletics

Awards
Second-Team All-Conference USA (2016)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2015)

2016 (Sophomore) – Earned second-team All-Conference USA after finishing third on the team with a .390 batting average. one of four players with more than 60 hits... Finished second on the team with nine home runs and 36 RBI, while tied for third with 32 runs scored... Second on the squad in slugging (.616) and on-base (.446) percentage... One of two players to start and play in all 56 games, all games at shortstop... She has only missed one FIU game in her two seasons in Miami... Her nine multiple-RBI games were tied for second-most on the team... Only Panther to collect four hits in a game more than once (did it twice) and tied for the team lead with five games collecting three hits... Set career high and secured the team season high with four runs scored at WKU on 3/20... Tied the team season high with four hits, including two home runs, six RBI and 10 total bases in road win at North Texas on 4/3... Finished that week 7-for-10 with three home runs and eight RBI to capture C-USA Offensive Player of the Week... Hit two home runs in a single game, the team season high, three times... Led Panthers with a .414 batting average in the 24 league games... Also led the team with six C-USA homers and was second with 16 RBI in league games only... Her 17 runs scored in C-USA games was tied for second on the roster... Drew 17 walks, third-most on the squad... Only player to record over 100 putouts and 100 assists defensively...

2015 (Freshman) – Was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team...Made her collegiate debut against Houston and hit a double in her first career at-bat, which drove in her first career RBI.. Stole first base in Sand Dollar Classic versus Eastern Kentucky... Hit first career home run, a grand slam, versus LIU Brooklyn in FIU’s home-opening weekend and drove in a career-high four RBI... First career three-hit game came versus the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats during the Felsberg Invitational on 2/27... Had a stand-out weekend at the plate during the tournament, posting a .527 batting average with four doubles, two of which game versus Michigan State on 3/1, serving as her first career two-double game ... A staple in the infield, also turned two double plays during the weekend... Tallied two hits and an RBI on 3/9 versus Marshall as part of a nationally televised game on FOX Sports...Finished the season with the third-most doubles on the roster with 11...Started all 53 games in which she played.

Prep: A four-year letter winner with American Heritage High School, she's a three-time First-Team All-State candidate (2011-13)... A two-time state champion (2012, 2014), she led Patriots in every statistical category as a senior, en route to being named the state of Florida's Class 5A Player of the Year.
 
Personal: Born September 22... Daughter of Marcus Howard and Joanna Belans... Was also recruited by Florida Atlantic.