Erin Howard

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ITF Class:
Junior
OTF Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lansing, Mich.
High School:
Sexton

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
Shot put: 16.31 meters*
Discus: 52.92 meters
Hammer throw: 45.19 meters

Indoor
Shot put: 16.08 meters*
Weight throw: 17.71 meters
*--program record

2021 (Outdoor): NCAA Woman of the Year nominee … named All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association … qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary (5/26-29) in both the shot put and the discus … placed 42^nd in the shot put at the East Preliminary … placed sixth in the shot put and 10^th in the discus at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/7-8) … won the shot put and finished second in the discus at the Bob Harris Open (5/1) … won the discus and placed second in the shot put at the Gibson Inv. (4/16-17) … placed fifth in the discus and sixth in the shot put at the Louisville Inv. (4/2-3) … won the discus at the Bobcat Inv. (3/25-27).

2021 (Indoor): Finished fourth in the shot put in the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/26-27) … won the shot put in dual with Western Michigan (1/16) … finished second in the shot put at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (1/13) and at the GVSU Big Meet (2/12) … placed third in the shot put at the CMU Jack Skoog Inv. (2/6).

2020 (Indoor): Competed in the shot put in seven meets, winning four times and placing second once … placed seventh (14.93 meters) in the shot put at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28-29) in Akron, Ohio … won the shot put (14.91 meters) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational (2/21) … won the shot put (14.78 meters) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … won the shot put (15.28 meters) at the Eastern Michigan Can Am International (1/25) … won the shot put (15.23 meters) in a dual meet at Akron (1/17) … placed second in the shot put (14.66 meters) in the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

2019 (Outdoor): Finished 19th in the shot put (15.74 meters) to earn All-America honorable mention at the NCAA Championships (6/5-8) in Austin, Texas … Howard joined with teammate Nadia Williams in becoming just the second duo in program history to garner All-America honors in the same season, and the first since 2002 … placed 11th and set the program shot put record of 16.31 meters in the NCAA East Region Preliminary (5/23-25) in Jacksonville, Fla. … finished third and set a personal best (52.92 meters) in the discus and finished fourth in the shot put (15.65 meters) at the MAC Championships (5/9-11) in Muncie, Ind. … placed fifth in the shot put (15.72 meters) and seventh in the discus (48.17 meters) in the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) … finished second in the shot put (16.23 meters) in the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … placed fifth in the Tennessee Relays (4/11) in the discus (50.75 meters) … win the discus (48.61 meters) and placed in the hammer throw with a personal best (45.19 meters) at the Western Michigan Jack Shaw Classic (4/5) … placed second in the shot put (15.44 meters) in the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/29-30) … finished fourth in the discus (47.83 meters) and fifth in the shot put (14.37 meters) in the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (3/22-23).

2019 (Indoor): Finished second in the shot put (15.81 meters) and 13th in the weight throw (17.30 meters) at the MAC Championships (2/22-23) in Kent, Ohio … placed second in the shot put and set a program record with a 16.08-meter toss in the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite (2/9) … placed second in the shot put (15.95 meters) and was ninth with a personal best (17.71 meters) in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/1-2) … placed fourth in the shot put (15.10 meters) at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19) … won the shot put (15.52 meters) and was fourth in the weight throw (16.14 meters) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/11) … won the shot put (14.55 meters) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/7).

2018 (Outdoor): Competed in the shot put and discus in seven meets … in her combined 14 competitions, she placed in the top three seven times … competed in the NCAA East Preliminary in Tampa, Fla., placing 29th in the shot put (15.33 meters) and 36th (46.76 meters) in the discus … placed second in the discus (51.31 meters) and third in the shot put (15.82 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/10-12) in Buffalo, N.Y. … placed second in the discus (52.42 meters) and fourth in the shot put (14.39 meters) at the Ashland Alumni Open (4/27-28) … placed third in both the shot put (15.74 meters) and the discus (50.36 meters) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/20-21) … finished third in the shot put (14.96 meters) and fifth in the discus (48.17 meters) at the Ole Miss Joe Walker Invitational (4/13-14) … finished third in the discus (44.35 meters) and fourth in the shot put (13.87 meters) at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (4/6-7) … finished fourth in the shot put (15.31 meters) and seventh in the discus (48.88 meters) at the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/30-31).

2018 (Indoor): Competed in the shot put in eight meets, posting three victories and never finishing below fourth place … finished fourth in the shot put (15.06 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio … placed third in the shot put (15.45 meters) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational (2/16) … finished fourth in the shot put (15.57 meters) at the GVSU Big Meet Invitational (2/9) … placed second in the shot put (15.14 meters) and fourth in the discus (47.15 meters) at the Akron-College Invitational (2/2-3) … placed first in the shot put (14.89 meters) at the SVSU Jet’s Pizza Invitational (1/26-27) … won the shot put (15.28 meters) at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open (1/19) … won the shot put (15.19) in the CMU Jack Skoog Invitational (1/12).

2017 (Outdoor): Redshirted.

2017 (Indoor): Redshirted.

High School: Placed second in discus and seventh in shot put at the 2016 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 State Finals... took first in discus and second in shot put at the 2016 Greater Lansing Honor Roll Meet of Champions ... Lansing State Journal Girls Track & Field Dream Team and Division 1-2 All-Area selection in 2016 ... three-time All-Capital Area Activities Conference track & field selection ... three-year track & field throws team captain ... holds school records in shot put and the discus ... earned four varsity letters in track & field, two in basketball, and one each in volleyball and softball.