Biography
AS A SENIOR IN 2020
Chosen as the 39th-best hitter in college baseball by D1Baseball.com before the 2020 season … chosen as the 48th best outfielder by D1Baseball.com before the 2020 season … rated as the 50th best hitter by D1Baseball.com over the 2019 and 2020 seasons combined … was one of 36 players from across the nation named to the watch list for the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award … 2020 OVC Preseason Player of the Year … preseason All-OVC selection … started all 14 games in right field … hit .351 with two home runs, 14 runs scored and 16 RBIs … had five doubles and one triple … was 6-for-7 on stolen base attempts … drew seven walks and had a .433 on-base percentage … posted a .579 slugging percentage … ranked fifth in the OVC in stolen bases … was 1-for-3 with an RBI in EKU’s 2-0 Friday night win at No. 11 LSU … went 3-for-4 with a run and three RBIs against Siena College (Feb. 28) … drove in three and scored twice against Siena College (March 1) … finished 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs against Norfolk State (March 8) … one of six to receive the 2019-20 OVC Scholar-Athlete Award, the highest individual academic/athletic honor a student-athlete can receive ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2019
First team All-OVC outfielder … first team 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) ,,, first team Google Cloud Academic All-District® Team … was third in the OVC with a .474 on-base percentage, third with 46 walks, fifth with a .353 average and tied for fifth with 16 stolen bases … ranked 43rd in the nation in walks and 47th in on-base percentage … led the team in batting average … played in and started all 59 games … finished the season with 48 runs scored, 11 home runs, 12 doubles, 45 RBIs and 123 total bases … hit three home runs and drove in eight while finishing 3-for-4 at the plate against Kentucky State (March 13) … was 3-for-4 with a run and four RBIs at Northern Kentucky (April 10) … had a 2-for-4 day with three RBIs at Southeast Missouri (May 11) … drew three walks in a game three times … preseason All-OVC by coaches and communications directors … preseason All-OVC by Rawlings and Perfect Game … chosen to the second team All-Canadian College Team before the season ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018
Third team selection to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) … earned second team All-OVC honors … was chosen to the OVC All-Tournament team … appeared in 60 games and started in 58 … hit .333 with 13 doubles … was second on the team in home runs with 10, RBIs with 50, and stolen bases with 17 … ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.533) and on base percentage (.420) … went 3-for-5 with one home run, five RBIs, and one run at Tennessee-Martin (March 30) … was 3-for-5 with one double, one home run, four RBIs, and three runs against Southeast Missouri (May 18) … went 4-for-7 with one double, three RBIs, and one run against Jacksonville State (May 25) … was named OVC Player of the Week (April 2) … in five OVC tournament games, batted .500 (10-for-20) with six walks, five runs, four RBIs, three doubles and one home run … posted an .800 slugging percentage and a .615 on-base percentage in the OVC Tournament … among all players in the tournament, had the second-most hits, was tied for first in doubles, tied for first in stolen bases, second in total bases (16) and fourth in average ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017
Named to the OVC All-Rookie Team … played and started in all 56 games … had a .290 batting average … hit eight home runs with 41 RBIs … had 61 hits on the year with a team high 14 doubles … went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBIs against Chicago State (March 18) … was 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs at Eastern Illinois (April 21) … went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and a run against Tennessee Tech (May 12) … had an eight-game hitting streak during the year … earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
IN CANADA
Hit .418 last season with 31 RBIs and 44 runs scored … in 2014 he had a .391 batting average with 23 RBIs and 41 runs.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Anthony Howie … son of Terry and Stacey Howie … majoring in finance.
