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2025 UMBC Volleyball Roster

Kushal Kommula
Ellie Lawton
Dave Wegiel
Matt Hawley
Gail Burton/UMBC Athletics
Ian Feldmann/UMBC Athletics
Layla French

16 Hannah Howard

  • Position Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Musselman
  • Hometown Inwood, W.Va.

Biography

2024:

  • Played in 20 matches and 78 sets
  • Recorded 31 assists, 18 service aces, and 182 digs on the season.
  • Picked up first career kill on Nov. 22 vs. New Hampshire
  • Had a season high 15 digs and five assists against UC Davis in the season opener
  • Had four aces against UAlbany on Oct. 6



2023: Starting libero in all 25 matches...America East Libero of the Year...America East All-Conference Second Team...America East All-Rookie Team...Three-time America East Rookie of the Week..Three-time America East Defensive Specialist of the Week...Led America East in digs per set (5.33) in Conference play...Tallied 28 digs in only four sets against Princeton...Had a career-best 10 assists against Howard the following day...Nine 20+ dig matches...Needed only three sets to collect 25 digs in the home sweep of Binghamton...Accumulated 21 digs in the Championship sweep of Binghamton

Background:

  • Named the 99th best player in the Class of 2023 on PrepVolleyball.com's prestigious Top 150 player rankings (The first Top 100 recruit in program history)
  • West Virginia Volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year (2021)
  • 1st team All State (2019,2020,2021,2022)
  • Journal Player of the Year (2019,2022)
  • Max Preps Best Player in West Virginia (2022),
  • 1st team All Eastern Panhandle (2019,2020,2021,2022),
  • West Virginia State Tournament All Tournament Team (2019,2021,2022)
  • 3x State Champion (2020,2021,2022)


Personal:

  • Daughter of Jamie and Eric Howard
  • Valedictorian of her senior class of 384 students. 
  • Secretary of National Honors Society
  • Varsity Club, Student Council, RHO Kappa, and an editor of the yearbook.
  • Siblings are Breanna Howard (23) and Darrien Howard (11)
  • Sister Breanna was a cheerleader at West Virginia
  • Career ambition is to become an accountant

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Freshman

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    16
  • 16

    2024Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    16
  • 16

    2025Junior

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'7"
    16
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