Career-High Scores

Collegiate Honors 

• 2020 Second Team All-Big Ten
• 2019 Second Team All-Big Ten
• 2019 Team Hardest Worker*
• 2018-20 Academic All-Big Ten

Senior - 2020

• Won the bars title at the Big Five meet with a score of 9.925.
• Won three titles against Western Michigan, including all-around (39.325), bars (9.900) and her first career beam title (9.850).
• Earned her first event title of the season with a 9.825 on bars at Missouri on January 4.

Junior - 2019 

• During the second round of the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional on April 5, she tied for fifth in the all-around with a 39.200.
• Tied for seventh in the all-around with a 39.375 at the Big Ten Championships on March 23.
• Recorded a career-high 39.400 in the all-around at California Quad Meet. She tied for third with teammate, Mary Jane Otto.
• Placed second and matched a career-high 9.900 on floor twice this season - State of Illinois (March 9), California Quad Meet (March 17)
• Earned a career-high 9.900 on vault and first title on the event vs. Michigan State on Feb. 8.
• Earned a 9.850 on bars vs. Penn State on Feb. 2, capturing her sixth career title on the event and first of the season. 
• Placed second in the all-around with a 39.275 in the all-around at Nebraska on Jan. 26. 
• Returned to the all-around with her first all-around title (39.125) vs. Maryland on Jan. 19.
• Competing on vault for the first time this season, she earned a 9.725 vs. Maryland on Jan. 19.

Sophomore - 2018 

• Hit the program's 10th highest bars score of 9.925 at the Big Ten Championships 
• Earned six individual event titles in 2018 
• Reset her bars (9.925), beam (9.900) and floor (9.900) career-marks 

Freshman - 2017 

• Made collegiate debut at Missouri on Jan. 6 competing in the all-around competition.
• Hit two career-bests on beam (9.800) and on floor (9.850) at the B1G Five Meet, where the Illini notched the program’s second-highest team floor score in program history
• Reset her career-high mark on floor at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.875 and scored a career-high 9.875 on bars to help Illinois to a second-place finish
• Tallied a career-high 39.075 in the all-around at the B1G Five Meet
• Earned first individual title on bars against Penn State with a 9.850
• Competed in all 14 meets on beam and floor, helping Illinois hit the program’s third, fifth, seventh and tenth-highest scores on beam this season

High School/Club

• National Qualifier: 2013-2015
• 2015 National Championships: Bars- 1st, All-Around- 5th, Beam- 3rd
• 2015 Regionals: Vault- 3rd, Floor- 3rd
• 2015 State: All-Around- 3rd, Bars- 2nd, Beam- 3rd, Floor- 3rd
• 2014 National Championships: Bars- 4th
• 2014 Regionals: All-Around- 4th, Bars- 2nd, Beam- 3rd, Floor- 2nd
• 2013 Regionals: Bars- 1st, Floor- 3rd
• 2014 State: Floor-1st, All-Around- 3rd, Vault- 3rd
• 2013 State: Bars- 3rd

Personal

• Born on Dec. 20, 1997
• Parents are Dan and Lisa Howell
• Has one sister, Jennifer
• Majoring in Kinesiology
• Chose Illinois because: “I loved how much I felt welcomed by the coaches and team on my visit. They made me feel like I was already part of the Illini family before I had even committed. I loved the campus and its atmosphere. Everything just felt very comfortable and “right.”