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Lafayette College Athletics

2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Rick Smith
Rick Smith
Rick Smith
Rick Smith

5 Julia Howard

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lafayette
  • Hometown Williamsburg, Va.
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2019: Appeared in 32 matches, getting the start in 25 in her senior season…totaled 661 assists, 34 service aces and 206 digs…lead the team in service aces and assists…named to the Patriot League Volleyball Honor Roll as well as to the Patriot League Volleyball Academic All-League Team

2018: Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 23 in her junior season...selected to the Patriot League All-Academic team...moved into seventh place on the Lafayette career assists list with 1,542 in her career...had 669 assists, sixth most in the Patriot League, matching a team-best 20 service aces with 20 blocks and 149 digs...had a career-high 60 assists when teammate Leanna Deegan broke the Patriot League record for kills in a single match...named team captain her junior season.

2017: Appeared in 28 out of 29 matches, making 23 starts as a sophomore…led the team with 559 assists and a mark of 6.58 assists/set…moved into 9th place in Lafayette history with a career total of 873 assists…recorded season-bests with three kills and 48 assists against Fairleigh Dickinson (9/16)…added 18 service aces.

2016: Made 13 starts in 21 appearances as a freshman setter … finished second on the team with 314 assists while also tallying 98 digs and 11 service aces … had double-digit assists in 13 games including a career best 34 against Saint Peter’s (9/3) and George Mason (9/9) … posted a double-double with 18 assists and 11 digs against Manhattan (9/17) … eclipsed the 20-assist mark seven times.  

At Lafayette: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball, primarily at setter…captain from 2013-2015…garnered Bay Rivers District Honorable Mention in 2012…Second-Team All-Conference in 2013…First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All-Region in 2014…recipient of the Sportsmanship-Integrity-School Spirit Award…club team is Beach Elite Volleyball in Virginia Beach…member of the National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society…earned honor roll every semester…is an AP Scholar with Honor, and is a Lafayette College Marquis Scholar recipient…National Merit Commended Scholar…helped tutor other athletes through the IPASS tutor program…part of the Rambassador program that helps mentor freshmen.

Personal: Daughter of Dee Holmes and Chris Howard…has an older brother, Stephen.

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Historical Player Information

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