AnrielHoward

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

• Drafted 24th overall in the 2019 WNBA Draft by Seattle
• Set an NCAA Tournament Record and Texas A&M single-game record in rebounds (27) against Missouri State on Mar. 19, 2016
• Howard set the record in career-rebounds with 1,002 and was the first Texas A&M player to achieve more than 1,000 career rebounds
• Named to the SEC Community Service Team (2017-18)
• 2016 SEC All-Freshmen team

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Holds the career-double-doubles record (32)
• Achieved the Texas A&M single-season rebounding record (439) her junior year, the ninth-most in SEC history,
• Averaged a double-double in her last year at Texas A&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
• Posted 20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals against A&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
• With 12.2 RPG, Howard was ranked seventh in the nation and second in the SEC
• By averaging a double-double in two consecutive seasons, Howard was the first Texas A&M player to do so since Lisa Jordan in 1987-88 and 1988-89
• Holds the third and fourth mark for NCAA rebounding games in Texas A&M history
• Scored 10+ points 22 times and had 10+ rebounds 30 times in 36 games
• 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
• Scored a season-high 30 points shooting 12-of-17 in FGM and grabbed 6 rebounds at Oregon on Dec. 18, 2018
• 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)

PERSONAL:

• Daughter of Che’ Bledsoe and has two brothers, Chance & Brody
• Graduated from Texas A&M in August 2018 with a degree in Telecommunications Media Studies