Erin Howard

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Skillman, N.J.
High School:
Montgomery

**2026 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2023, 2024, 2025 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2026: All-BIG EAST Second Team selection… appeared on 47 games for the Pirates, starting 45 of them… finished second on the team with four home runs… tallied a pair of hits in a win over Winthrop (2/28)… notched two hits, two runs and two RBI against Creighton (3/6)… collected a three-run home run, her first of the season, against Rutgers (3/24)… threw out three runners against Providence (3/28)… added another home run, alongside two RBI and a single against Villanova (4/10)… recorded a solo home run against St. John’s (4/24)… recorded a three-run home run in the BIG EAST finale against St. John’s (4/26).

2025: Appeared in 30 games for the Pirates, starting 22 of them… drove in a run during the season-opening win over Louisiana (2/6)… knocked a two-run home run in a victory over FGCU (2/14)… collected two hits and scored a run against Virginia (2/28)… drove in a run and smacked three hits against Hofstra (2/28)… hit a two-RBI double in a doubleheader win over Army (4/2)… demolished a go-ahead grand slam to complete a seven run comeback win over Rutgers (4/16).

2024: Started all 50 games… Batted .295 with three home runs, five doubles, and 22 RBI… Tallied three hits against Drexel (4/23)… Hit first career home run and recorded three RBI against Georgetown (3/17).

2023: Appeared in 20 games and made 14 starts as a freshman in 2023… Batted .313 and drove in nine runs… Collected a pair of base hits and an RBI in the season opener against Southern Miss (2/10)… Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Apr. 3 after going 2-for-3 with three RBI against Monmouth (3/28) and collecting three hits and three RBI in a pair of wins over St. John’s (4/1-2).

Before SHU: Played both softball and basketball at Montgomery High School… Named team captain of each team as a junior and senior… Batted .408 over her softball career with seven home runs… Named All-Conference as a freshman, junior and senior… Named All-State as a junior and senior… Earned All-County recognition as a senior… Daughter of Timothy and Sharon Howard… Has two siblings, Kyle and Sara… Born July 8, 2004.