Brittany Howard
Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-3
Weight: 155
Hometown/Residence: Los Altos, California/Los Altos, California
Birth Date: June 15, 1994
Club Team/Coach: Vision Volleyball Club (Los Gatos, Calif.)/Will Yuen
High School/Grad Year: Mountain View High School (Mountain View, Calif.)/2012
College Status: Uncommitted
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2010 – NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship (Gold).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2010 – Led U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team to the gold medal at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship after starting all five matches and scoring 47 total points for 10th place among all players…Scored match-high 19 points in gold-medal match versus Mexico on May 2...Selected for U.S. Girls' Youth Olympic Team. 2009 – Attended U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in December…Selected to U.S. Girls’ Select Team that competed in Women’s Junior International Division of the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships. 2008 – Played on U.S. Girls’ Select Red Team which won the silver medal in the Girls’ Youth International Division of the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Named to the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships 16 Open Division All-Tournament Team while playing for Vision 16 Gold, which finished fifth in the 16 Open Division…Named SCVAL First-Team All-League and Outstanding Sophomore while playing for Mountain View High School in California…Selected San Jose Mercury News First-Team All-County and Sophomore of the Year…Tabbed as a finalist for PrepVolleyball.com National Sophomore of the Year...Honored as co-captain of Mountain View High School. 2008 – Helped Vision 14 Gold to a bronze medal in the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships 14 Open Division..Won gold medal at the Santa Cruz USA Volleyball Junior Beach Tour stop in the 14-and-Under Division…Selected SCVAL First-Team All-League and Most Outstanding Freshman…Chosen as a finalist for PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year...Tabbed San Jose Mercury News Second-Team All-County and Freshman of the Year. 2007 - Led Vision 13 Gold to a ninth-place finish in the 13 National Division of the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships. 2006 - Helped Vision 12 Gold to a fifth-place finish in the 12 National Division of the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships. 2005 – Started playing club volleyball for Vision 12 Blue.
PERSONAL: Born Brittany Anne Howard on June 15, 1994, in Mountain View, California… Parents are Steve and Eileen Howard… Father Steve played basketball at the University of the Pacific from 1979-1983…Mother Eileen played volleyball at the University of the Pacific from 1981-85 and later went on to compete for the U.S. Women’s National Team from 1985-86, including earning a bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games. She later went on to play for the San Jose Goldiggers of Major League Volleyball from 1987-89…Brother is Brad (1992) and Sister is Chloe (1997)…Hobbies include ceramics, beach volleyball, hanging out with friends…Played beach volleyball for the past three years…Favorite foods are steak and baked potatoes…Favorite book is The Giver…Favorite music type is pop…Favorite musician is Taylor Swift… Favorite professional team is the Los Angeles Lakers…Favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh…Most admired people are her mom and dad because “they have always encouraged me to do my best and they have always been there for me.”
