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Anriel Howard

HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 176
BIRTHDATE: May 6, 1997
BIRTHPLACE: Atlanta, GA
HOMETOWN: Atlanta, GA
COLLEGE: Mississippi State
HIGH SCHOOL: Westlake HS
WNBA EXPERIENCE: Rookie
DRAFTED BY: Seattle, 2019, Second Round (#24)
HOW ACQUIRED: Drafted by Seattle in 2019
PRONUNCIATION: Ann-Ree-El
TWITTER HANDLE: @Lashes5_
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
<ul>
<li>Drafted 24th overall in the 2019 WNBA Draft by Seattle</li>
<li>Set an NCAA Tournament Record and Texas A&amp;M single-game record in rebounds (27) against Missouri State on Mar. 19, 2016</li>
<li>Howard set the record in career-rebounds with 1,002 and was the first Texas A&amp;M player to achieve more than 1,000 career rebounds</li>
<li>Named to the SEC Community Service Team (2017-18)</li>
<li>2016 SEC All-Freshmen team</li>
</ul>
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Holds the career-double-doubles record (32)</li>
<li>Achieved the Texas A&amp;M single-season rebounding record (439) her junior year, the ninth-most in SEC history,</li>
<li>Averaged a double-double in her last year at Texas A&amp;M averaging: 12.1 PPG and 12.2 RPG. Helped her team to a 26-10 record, 11-5 in SEC play and to the NCAA Sweet 16</li>
<li>Posted 20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals against A&amp;M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 10, 2016, the first SEC player with those stats in a single game since Tennessee’s Candace Parker in 2008</li>
<li>With 12.2 RPG, Howard was ranked seventh in the nation and second in the SEC</li>
<li>By averaging a double-double in two consecutive seasons, Howard was the first Texas A&amp;M player to do so since Lisa Jordan in 1987-88 and 1988-89</li>
<li>Holds the third and fourth mark for NCAA rebounding games in Texas A&amp;M history</li>
<li>Scored 10+ points 22 times and had 10+ rebounds 30 times in 36 games</li>
<li>Transferred to Mississippi State University as a grad transfer in 2018-19; averaged nearly a double-double with 8.4 RPG and 16.4 PPG</li>
<li>Scored a season-high 30 points shooting 12-of-17 in FGM and grabbed 6 rebounds at Oregon on Dec. 18, 2018</li>
<li>Competed in outdoor track and field in 2016; Qualified for the NCAA Regional meet with a mark of 39 feet, 10 inches in the triple jump (38th placae); Posted a season-best of 41 feet, 0.5 inches in the triple jump at the SEC Championship (14th place)</li>
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PERSONAL:
<ul>
<li>Daughter of Che’ Bledsoe and has two brothers, Chance &amp; Brody</li>
<li>Graduated from Texas A&amp;M in August 2018 with a degree in Telecommunications Media Studies</li>
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