2021 Softball Roster
Devyn Howard
- Class:
- Junior
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Tarpon Springs, Fla.
- Position:
- UTL
- Prev School:
- Tarpon Springs HS (Coll. of Central Florida)
2022 (Sr.)
• Played in and started all 62 games (40 – SS, 18 – 3B, 4 – 2B); started 40 games at shortstop after only starting two games at short in 2021
• VaSID All-State first team
• ASUN All-Conference first team
• Batted .316 (59-for-187) while leading the team with 37 walks and 53 runs scored, recording 10 doubles, eight homers, 32 RBI, a .417 on base percentage and .497 slugging percentage
• Recorded 11 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI contests
• Had Liberty’s longest hitting streak (12 games) and reached base safely streak (20 games) of the season
• Led the ASUN in walks and ranked second in the conference in runs scored
• Reached base safely in 11 straight at bats from Feb. 25 through March 1, a program record which is just two shy of the national record
• Her 37 walks and six sacrifice flies were both the second most in a single season in program history, while her 53 runs scored were tied for fifth
• Enters her senior season tied for fourth in program history in career sacrifice flies (7) and
• Went 3-for-3 against Charleston Southern on Feb. 25 before going a career-best 4-for-4 versus Maine the next day
• Homered in back-to-back games against Arkansas and Illinois, March 10 and 12
• Batted 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI at Clemson (March 14)
• Hit a game-winning extra-innings homer in a 9-7 win at Louisville (March 30), part of a three-RBI game
• Batted .333 (3-for-9) with two RBI during the NCAA Durham Regional, homering in an elimination game against Georgia
2021 (Jr.)
• Played in 40 games, starting 34 times (31 – 3B, 2 – SS, 1 – RF)
• Batted .312 (29-for-93) with 10 doubles, one triple, two homers, 16 RBI, 16 runs scored, a .375 on base percentage and .505 slugging percentage
• Recorded 11 multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI contests
• Went 2-for-4 with a double, first Liberty homer, three RBI and three runs scored against Villanova (Feb. 27)
• Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, a career-high four RBI and one run scored against Longwood (March 6)
• Went 2-for-2 with two doubles and two runs scored on April 2 against Kennesaw State, and then batted 2-for-3 with a double in the series finale
• Batted 2-for-3 with a double, homer, three RBI and one run scored against North Alabama (April 10)
• Posted 2-for-3 game at Kennesaw State in ASUN Final (May 21)
• Recorded a .385 average (5-for-13) and .429 on base percentage during NCAA Knoxville Regional
• Went 2-for-4 with a double in NCAA Regional debut against James Madison and All-American pitcher Odicci Alexander
• Batted 2-for-3 with a run scored in elimination game win over Eastern Kentucky (May 22)
Previous School
• Played for College of Central Florida for two seasons
• Led all of NJCAA with 59 RBI in 2020, batting .491 with seven homers and 14 doubles
• Helped Central Florida end 2020 season with 30-1 record and No. 1 national ranking in NJCAA Division I
• Batted .393 with 18 doubles, 10 homers and 56 RBI as a freshman
• During 2019 season, Central Florida went 58-11 while finishing third at the NJCAA Division I Softball Championship
• 2019 FCSAA State All-Tournament MVP
• 2019 First team all-conference
Prep
• Graduated from Tarpon Springs High School
• Four-time all-conference selection
• Improved in batting average all four years, from .348 as a freshman to .404 as a senior
• Named team’s offensive MVP all four years
• Played club softball for Next Level Softball and Lady Bombers
• Also competed in track & field, swimming, volleyball and basketball in high school
Personal
• Daughter of Roger and Peggy Howard
• Majoring in nursing
• Birthday is Aug. 4
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