Profile: Tough inside presence the Hawks need...Will be asked to be a big rebounder and low-post scorer in her freshman year.
2008-09: Led the team in scoring and rebounding at 15.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game while shooting 44.4 percent from the field... Finished seventh in the league in scoring and was the league's leading rebounder... Named to the Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team... Seven-time Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week... Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll five times... Finished the season with a league-best 18 double-doubles, the only player in the league to average a double-double and one of only seven players in the Northeast region to do so... Her scoring average is 20th on the Saint Anselm all-time single-season list, while her 10.7 boards per game is eighth all-time... 288 total rebounds is the seventh-highest single-season total in school history... Was 173-for-390 from the field in 27 games... Her 173 field goals made is 10th on the Saint Anselm single-season list, while the 390 attempts is ninth on that list... Finished the season with seven 20+ point games, including a season-best 31-point effort vs. Merrimack on 1-14-09... That performance was the 13th-highest single-game scoring output in Saint Anselm history... Pulled down 19 rebounds at New Haven on 11-25-08, the ninth-best single-game showing in the history of the program.
Previous: 2008 Academic Excellence Award...Athena Award...Lions Club Award Finalist...Spirit of Many Award...Captain of her high school volleyball and basketball teams...Honor Roll Student...Played track and field, volleyball, and basketball in high school.
Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Katherine Howard...Has four sisters,Madeline, Grace, Hannah, and Eleanor and a brother, Peter...Enjoys playing and watching sports, watching movies, and hanging out with friends...A nursing major.
Coach Leazier on Howard: "Megan is tough. She
is certainly not afraid to mix it up under the boards. Megan will
be counted on not only for her ability as a low-post scorer, but
also rebounding on the defensive end."
