As a Senior (2015) | Match-By-Match Statistics

  • AVCA All-America third team
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 30)
  • Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge All-Tournament team
  • Started all 30 matches as an outside hitter
  • Finished her career with 3,638 attempts, ranked eighth all-time in school history
  • Averaged a career-high 3.05 kills and 3.56 points per set, along with 1.98 digs and 0.63 blocks
  • Tallied 10 double-doubles on the year
  • Totaled 12 kills on a .478 attack percentage and three blocks in the season opener versus Texas A&M (Aug. 28)
  • Hit a match-high .462 (14-2-26) and recorded two solo blocks in the Pac-12 opener at Cal (Sept. 22)
  • Registered 16 kills and a season-high five blocks in a win at No. 14 Arizona (Sept. 30)
  • Collected her 1,000th career kill at Arizona State (Oct. 2), becoming the 17th player in school history to accomplish that feat
  • Had 17 kills on .429 hitting and tied her season-best with five blocks versus No. 25 Oregon (Oct. 11)
  • Recorded her 1,000th career dig at Utah (Oct. 16), becoming just the 10th Cardinal player to amass 1,000 career kills and digs
  • Turned in a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs, hitting a season-high .565 at Oregon (Nov. 5)
  • Tallied a season-high 15 digs to go with 10 kills for a double-double at No. 3 Washington (Nov. 12)
  • Hit .550 and posted 12 kills and 10 digs in a sweep over Utah (Nov. 20)
  • Recorded her 10th double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs on Senior Night versus Cal (Nov. 25)
  • Poured in a career-high 22 kills on .404 hitting in a five-set win at No. 13 UCLA (Nov. 27)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Junior (2014) | Match-By-Match Statistics

  • Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Tallied a career-high five assists against No. 9 Illinois (Sept. 7)
  • Posted a season-high three aces in a sweep over Cal (Sept. 23)
  • Had 14 digs in a sweep over Oregon State (Oct. 4)
  • Recorded 11 kills, including the 700th of her career, and two solo blocks at No. 18 Arizona State (Oct. 12)
  • Registered a season-high six blocks in a win over No. 17 UCLA (Oct. 24)
  • Turned in her first double-double of the season with 14 kills and 11 digs at Oregon State (Oct. 31)
  • Posted a season-high 16 digs and her 200th career block against No. 20 Arizona State (Nov. 5)
  • Collected a season-high 16 kills and nine digs against No. 16 Arizona (Nov. 7)
  • Hit a season-high .450 (10-1-20) to go with six digs and five blocks at No. 18 UCLA (Nov. 13)
  • Tied her season-high with six blocks against CSU Bakersfield in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5)
  • Turned in her second double-double of the year with 12 kills and 10 digs against Michigan State (Dec. 6)
  • Totaled 14 kills and 12 digs for her second straight double-double in the regional semifinal win over Oregon State (Dec. 12)
  • Recorded a team-high 13 kills, nine digs and three blocks in the NCAA semifinal loss to Penn State (Dec. 18)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Sophomore (2013) | Match-By-Match Statistics

  • All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention
  • Played in 111 sets, averaging 2.74 kills, 2.65 digs and 0.71 blocks per set
  • One of five Cardinal players who averaged at least 2.72 kills per set
  • Recorded a double-double with 14 kills and a season-high 17 digs at then-No. 6 Texas (Sept. 8)
  • Hit a career-best .800 (8-0-10) in a sweep over Air Force (Sept. 12)
  • A season-high four assists against Colorado (Oct. 12)
  • Led the team with 12 kills and a career-high seven blocks against UCLA (Nov. 1)
  • Recorded her 500th career kill at Utah (Nov. 10)
  • 11 kills and tied her season-high with 17 digs against Oklahoma (Dec. 6) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Freshman (2012) | Match-By-Match Statistics

  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
  • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Nov. 5 & Nov. 12)
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 12)
  • 2.36 kills and 2.73 digs per set
  • Eight double-doubles on the season
  • Seven kills and eight digs in her collegiate debut against Saint Mary's (Aug. 24)
  • 12 kills and 19 digs for her first collegiate double-double at Penn State (Aug. 31)
  • Went 12-0-29 for a .414 attack percentage versus USC (Oct. 10)
  • Collected 21 digs in a five-set win over UCLA (Oct. 12)
  • 12 kills and a career-high 31 digs, tying for the third-most in program history in a single match, against Washington (Nov. 8)
  • Hit .316 with nine kills, six digs and two blocks in her first NCAA appearance against Jackson State (Nov. 30)

High School

  • A 2012 graduate of Mountain View High School in Mountain View, Calif.
  • Captained her team as a sophomore, junior and senior
  • Team reached the semifinals of the state championships in 2009
  • A three-time team MVP, she was listed at No. 12 on PrepVolleyball.com's Senior Ace list
  • A 2011 ESPN and PrepVolleyball High School All-American
  • A four-time Santa Clara Valley Athletic League first team selection and the league MVP in 2011
  • A first team all-state pick in 2010 and 2011
  • A four-time all-county and all-area performer, she was the San Jose Mercury News Freshman of the Year in 2008 and Sophomore of the Year in 2009
  • A 2008 PrepVolleyball National Freshman of the Year finalist
  • A three-time first team All-Daily News pick
  • She is the all-time career kills leader at MVHS
  • A four-time MVHS scholar-athlete, she was a first team PrepVolleyball High School Academic All-American in 2011

Club Competition

  • 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

National Team Experience

  • Secured a bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Cup in the Dominican Republic with the U.S. National Team 
  • A member of the U.S. Youth National Team
  • A gold medalist at the 2010 NORCECA championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • A Women's International Junior Division gold medalist 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 the USA A1 Select Team
  • Won a silver medal at the 2008 USA A1 Select Team at the High Performance Championships in Tucson, Ariz.

Personal

  • Daughter of Steve and Eileen Howard
  • Has an older brother, Brad, and a younger sister, Chloe
  • Steve played basketball at Saint Mary's (1978-79) and the University of the Pacific (1980-82)
  • 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)
  • Brad played men's volleyball at Princeton
  • Full name is Brittany Anne Howard

Career Highs

Kills 22, at UCLA (11/27/15)
Attempts 62, vs USC (10/30/13)
Aces 4, vs. Army (9/13/13)
Digs 31, vs. Washington (11/8/12)
Assists 5, vs. Illinois (9/7/14)
Blocks 7, vs. UCLA (11/1/13)
Hitting Percentage .800 (8-0-10), vs. Air Force (9/12/13)