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Junior
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| Hometown:
Thousand Oaks, CA
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| High School:
Westlake HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 185
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| Position:
3B/SS
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| Bats/Throws:
L/R
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At Miami
Enters his third season as the Hurricanes starting third baseman...may also play at shortstop at times during the season...named a Preseason Second-Team All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger...one of Baseball America's higher-rated college players...played this past summer with teammate Kiki Bengochea for the USA Baseball National Team on the Red, White and Blue Summer Tour...was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2001 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic at the Minneapolis MetroDome...was the former Freshman of the Year in 2000 by Baseball America, as well as first-team freshman All-American by BA and Baseball Weeky...was a third-team All-American overall in 2000 from Louisville Slugger...during his freshman season had a highlight on CNN and ESPN's Plays of the Week for a diving double-play at FIU...was the Hurricanes' MVP, Rookie of the Year and Arnold Novins Memorial Award as the most popular player as voted on by the fans in 2000...a veteran of the Cape Cod Summer League...was also a U.S. National Junior Team pick in 1998...was the Los Angeles Times Ventura County Player of the Year out of Westlake High School and was drafted in the 22nd round by the San Diego Padres...has a career .372 batting average with 105 runs scored, 174 hits, 42 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 98 RBI and 19 stolen bases.
USA National Team
Selected to play with USA Baseball following his sophomore season...assisted the team to a 21-7-1 record and won 14 of its final 16 games...was one of the team's top sluggers batting .299 with a team-high 18 RBI...had 12 runs scored, 29 hits, seven doubles, two triples, one home run, nine walks and two stolen bases.
As a Sophomore in 2001
Placed second on the team in batting average (.336) and hits (84) and third in total bases (118)...led the team with 20 doubles...started all 63 games he appeared in...led the team in at bats (250) and games started (63) and placed second in total plate appearances (286) and games played (63)...had the third-most runs scored (55) and fourth-most RBI (46)...season-long hit streak was 11 games...
placed third on the team with 25 multiple-hit games and had nine multiple-RBI games...
among his multiple-hit games were two four-hit efforts and also had two four-RBI games...recorded hits in all six games against Florida State (11-of-24) with seven runs scored, two RBI, four doubles, four walks and one stolen base...
named All-Tournament at the Hormel Foods Classic...went 2-for-4 against Arkansas...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, one RBI and one double at Minnesota...entered the 2001 season as a preseason Third-Team All-American by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball...was also a preseason All-American by Street & Smith's. At the College World Series: Started all four games and batted .375 with three multiple-hit games...hit a home run in the second game against Tennessee that ignited the Hurricanes win...also had six runs scored, a double, seven RBI, four walks and two strikeouts...went 2-for-4 in the title game against Stanford with three runs scored, a walk and an RBI...went 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI in game No. 2 with the Volunteers...went 0-for-3 vs. Southern California...
opened the CWS by going 2-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBI, one double and one walk against UT. At the 2001 Coral Gables Super Regional: Batted .571 in two games vs. Clemson in the Super Regional going 4-for-7 with three runs scored, one double, three RBI and one stolen base...went 2-for-4 with two run scored, two RBI, two walks and a stolen base in game No. 1 vs. Clemson...went 2-for-3 with a run scored, two RBI, a double and two walks in game No. 2 vs. Clemson. At the 2001 Coral Gables Regional: Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, two doubles and a walk in the regional championship game vs. Stetson...went 0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout in the regional game vs. Florida
...went 1-for-5 in the regional opener vs. Bucknell.
As a Freshman in 2000
Led the team with a .413 batting average, 90 hits, 22 doubles and 128 total bases...second with a .478 on-base percentage...fourth on the team with 50 runs scored...third with 52 RBI and a .587 slugging percentage...had a team-best 14-game hitting streak...had recorded a team-high 23 multiple hit games, including two five hit games
...had 14 multiple RBI games, including a seven-RBI game against Long Beach State...went 2-4 against the Florida Marlins with two singles, two RBI and a walk off Jesus Sanchez and Jared Camp...led the team against Long Beach State as he batted .833 on the weekend going 10-12 from the plate with team-highs in runs scored (6), hits (10), at bats (12), doubles (2) home runs (2), RBI (8) and total bases (18)...his two home runs against Long Beach State on April 29 tied Manny Crespo's (1996) freshman record as did his seven RBI in the game...during that Long Beach State weekend, he reached base on 14 consecutive plate appearances, breaking Mike Fiore's (1985) freshman record of 13. At the 2000 Coral Gables Regional: Went 2-5 in the regional championship game vs. FIU, scoring two runs with a double and a walk...went 1-4 vs. FAU with a run scored, an RBI and a walk...went 4-5 vs. Wagner with two runs scored, two doubles, three RBI and one walk. At the 2000 Tallahassee Super Regional: Started all three games...had a hit in each game, including two hits and a RBI in UM's 7-5 win in game #2.
Westlake High School
Coached by Chuck Berrington...
four-year letterman...also lettered in basketball (3) and football (2)...named second team All-League for basketball and football. Senior Year, 1999: Played shortstop...batted .551 with 46 RBI, 12 home runs, 27 stolen bases...earned second team All-American...team captain...named to the All-State, All-County and All-League First Teams by the Los Angeles Times and Daily News...named team MVP. Junior Year, 1998: Played third base...batted .517 with 36 RBI, seven home runs and 10 stolen bases...named First Team All-County and All-League by the Los Angeles Times and Daily News...
named team MVP...assisted team to the conference championship game.
Personal
Born June 25, 1981...full name is Kevin Christopher Howard...majoring in business management...son of Pat and Larry Howard...has two brothers, Sean (29) and Jeff (23) ...led his little league team to a World Series Championship in 1993 and a national title in 1995.
Highs
Hits: 5 (2 times), last at N.C. State, 4/22/00
Runs: 5 vs. C.W. Post, 3/5/00
RBI: 7 vs. Long Beach State, 4/29/00
Walks: 3 (3 times), last vs. Iona, 3/15/00
Strikeouts: 3 (2 times), last vs. Oklahoma State, 2/11/01
Stolen Bases: 2 (2 times), last vs. Stetson, 4/30/01
Totals at Miami
| YR | BA | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR-RBI | SB-SBA | SO | BB | HBP | S-SF | TB-SLUG | OBPct | PO | A | E | FLD |
| 00 | .413 | 57-53 | 218 | 50 | 90 | 22 | 2 | 4-52 | 10-16 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 4-3 | 128-.587 | .478 | 37 | 120 | 12 | .929 |
| 01 | .336 | 63-63 | 250 | 55 | 84 | 20 | 1 | 4-46 | 9-12 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 3-2 | 118-.472 | .406 | 59 | 163 | 13 | .945 |
| Total | .372 | 120-116 | 468 | 105 | 174 | 42 | 3 | 8-98 | 19-28 | 52 | 60 | 1 | 7-5 | 246-.530 | .442 | 96 | 283 | 25 | .937 |
