BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Volleyball head coach Travis Hudson and his staff have announced the addition of Greenwood High School standout, Katie Howard. The outside hitter will join the Hilltoppers' explosive offense on The Hill next fall.
Howard adds more depth to a stacked class of signees joining Callie Bauer, Kelsey Brangers and Kenadee Coyle in the Tops' latest recruiting class.
KATIE HOWARD // ALVATON, KY. // GREENWOOD H.S. // OUTSIDE HITTER
Howard, a hometown kid, played her high school career at Greenwood High School and is the two-time defending Region 4 Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Player of the Year and a two-time Region 4 Kentucky Volleyball Athletic Directors Association Player of the Year.
Recently, Howard and the Lady Gators clinched their fourth-straight district championship. Howard played 45 sets throughout the season, racking up 196 kills on 497 attempts, leading her team in both categories. Along with that, she averaged 4.4 kills per set and a .213 hitting percentage. This coming after her 2019 junior campaign where she played 89 sets, recording 394 kills on 917 attempts, averaging 4.4 kills and a .280 hitting percentage.
Additionally, she was a three-time Region 4 All-Tournament team member. As a sophomore, she was an All-State Honorable Mention. Junior and senior year she was recognized as a first team All-State member. Howard also played high school volleyball as an eighth grader and earned Honorable Mention for the All-State Academic team in 2016.
Howard is set to graduate in spring 2021 after earning seven varsity letters across her career at Greenwood. The 5'11" outside hitter also lettered in track and field for three seasons, in addition to the four she received playing varsity volleyball. Howard also was the team manager for the football and basketball teams at GHS and served as the Outdoors Club treasurer. She also participated in FCA and was a member of the OAR Club. Howard was an All-State Academic team honorable mention from 2016-19 and was awarded All-State Academic first team her senior year.
The daughter of Stacy and William Howard, Katie has two younger siblings, Lofton and Griffin. Katie is undecided on a major at this time.
WHY SHE CHOSE WKU – "It's my family's school. My mom and dad went to Western, my cousins, aunts and uncles went here, it's home."
HUDSON ON HOWARD – "I couldn't be more excited to add Katie to our roster. There are a lot of things that make someone a great athlete, and although she is explosive and athletic, it's her work ethic, competitiveness and determination that stand out to me the most. She is the kind of kid that WKU Volleyball has been built on and I know she will add to our culture both on and off the court for the next several years."
How to Follow WKU Volleyball: For complete information on WKU Volleyball, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUVolleyball and head coach Travis Hudson at @TravisHudsonWKU. The team is also on Instagram and Facebook.
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