2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Chandler Howard
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Concord/North Wilmington, Del.
As a senior (2015):Started 47 games at left field ... named a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ... selected as an initial candidate for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award ... finished her career ranked third in program history with 211 hits and tied for third with 638 trips to the plate ... held an eight-game hit streak to open the first eight games of the season ... registered a double in her first at bat this season, including one run and one walk in the contest at Santa Barbara (Feb. 13) ... notched two hits, one run and in the 4-0 shutout of Saint Mary's (Feb. 27) ... registered 3-for-4 showing, including one double and two RBIs in the 12-1 win over Santa Barbara (Feb. 28) ... recorded a career-high three walks in the win over Bakersfield (Mar. 7) ... registered at least one hit in each of the five games at the Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament ... posted two RBIs on a double in the win against UW-Green Bay (Mar. 13) ... recorded a season-high three runs in the win over UMass (Mar. 13) ... registered two hits and one run in a career-high five at bats in RU's first-ever Big Ten victory at Indiana (Mar. 20) ... notched two hits for the second straight game at Indiana (Mar. 21) ... recorded her first home run of the season in the 5-0 shutout of Purdue (Mar. 28) ... posted two hits, two runs, and two RBIs in the second of two at Purdue (Mar. 28) ... crushed her second homer of the year in the 6-5 win against Michigan State (Apr. 4) ... registered two hits, two RBIs, three runs, and two walks in the 22-17 victory over Michigan State (Apr. 4) ... led RU with a 3-for-3 performance at the plate against Seton Hall (Apr. 4), including a home run and a career-high four runs ... tied the game with her lone run in the seventh inning of RU's 6-5 win over Maryland (Apr. 21) ... registered a home run, two RBIs and two runs in the 11-3 win over UMD (Apr. 21).
As a junior (2014): Named to the NFCA Division I All-Mideast Region First Team and All-American Athletic Conference Second Team after hitting .389 with 63 hits, nine doubles and nine home runs ...her 63 hits were the third-most in single-season school history ... tied for the team lead with nine home runs ... finished second on the team with 29 RBIs and a .623 slugging percentage ... posted hitting streaks of 12 and 13 games ... went 4-for-10, had two RBIs, one home run, and one run in a three game series against Connecticut (April 26-27) ... batted .500 (6-for-12) with four runs, six RBIs, and two home runs including a walk-off homerun in the eighth inning in the first of a three game series against Memphis (April 18-19) ... hit .583 (7-for-12), had two runs, two RBIs and a home run in a three game series against Temple (April 12-13) ... had a 13-game hitting streak snapped at UCF (April 5) ... set a new single-game high with a 4-for-5 effort at Villanova, scoring a run and recording an RBI (April 3) ... batted .700, tallying seven hits, three runs and two RBIs in the three-game series against Louisville (March 22-23) ... was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll after leading RU with a .455 batting average, four doubles and a home run in a 6-0 weekend in Clearwater, Fla. (March 14-16) ... had two multi-hit games in RU's opening weekend at the UTSA Roadrunner Classic (Feb. 14-16) ... went 2-for-3 against Colorado State, tying her career-high with three runs while also knocking in two runs (Feb. 16).As a sophomore (2013): Led all sophomores with a .305 batting average and was second on the team overall ... tied for second with 11 doubles and finished third on the team with 33 RBIs ... recorded a 14-game hitting streak and 24-game reached base streak early in the season ... scored three runs in a 2-for-3 effort against Villanova (April 10) ... went 2-for-3 and tied her season-high runs total with three in a win over Hartford (March 27) ... notched her best game of the season in a win against Boston College, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs (March 17) ... went 2-for-4 in Scarlet Knights' 9-2 win against Boise State (Feb. 17) ... hit safely in all but one game for RU at Patriot Classic, going 6-for-14 with eight RBIs and a home run.
As a freshman (2012): Started 44 of 49 games and finished third on the team with a .278 batting average ... registered a .368 slugging percentage, good for third on the team ... was fifth on the team in on-base percentage (.324) and had 37 hits, the fourth-most on the club ... led the team in sac bunts with four ... finished the season with a perfect stolen base percentage ... had a career game against Seton Hall (March 28), as she went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs on the day.
Prior to Rutgers: Four-year varsity starter at Concord HS ... an all-state second team recipient during her freshman and sophomore seasons ... first team all-state recipient during her final two seasons ... four-time first team all-conference honoree ... served as team captain ... led the Raiders every season in batting average, on-base percentage and stolen bases ... selected to the 2011 Delaware Blue/Gold High School All-Star Team and was awarded the MVP ... represented the state of Delaware in the 2010 High School Carpenters Cup ... awarded the Most Improved Spring Sport Athlete award in 2008 ... helped her team to the state championship tournament during her freshman campaign ... was a four-time honor roll recipient and Athletic All-Conference High Academic Award honoree ... also competed in crew and winter track at Concord ... a member of the Sportsmanship Committee and Vice President of the Future Farmers of America ... a 2010-11 team captain of the NJ Breakers Gold ... helped the team to two undefeated Gold National Qualifiers ... played and started in three Gold National Championships, including the ESPN Rise Premier National Championship.
Personal: Daughter of John and Kathleen ... has a younger sister, Casey, and an older brother, Chad ... plans to major in psychology, looking to pursue her master's in education.
