USF Athletics

2008: Utilized a medical redshirt

Sophomore (2007): Played in 14 games, starting in 12 ... Perfect in steals, going 2-for-2 ... When she led off and inning batting, reached base 60 percent of time, which was second highest ...  Posted two multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game ... Got the starting nod in eight BIG EAST games and played in nine ... Tied for fourth on the team with seven walks in league contests ... 1.000 fielding percentage in conference games ... 3/6 vs. Robert Morris (Game Two) - Was perfect at the plate, going 2-for-2 ... Also tallied a sacrifice ... Got the start behind the plate ... 4/7 vs. Louisville (Game Two) - Hit her first-career home run - a two-run blast ... Went 2-for-3 ... 4/13 vs. Pitt (Game One) - Went 1-for-2, scored a run and drew two walks ... Stole her first base of the season ... 4/27 vs. Providence (Game Two) - Drew a bases-loaded walk ... 5/5 vs. St. John’s (Game Two) - Went 1-for-2, drew a walk and scored a run.

Freshman (2006): Played in 14 games and got the start behind the plate 12 times ... Ended the season with a fielding percentage of 1.000 ... Tallied three multi-hit games ... Threw two batters out attempting to steal ... Batted .313 with runners in scoring position ... Drove in four of her five RBI with two outs on the board ... 2/12/06 vs. Western Kentucky - Got her first collegiate start behind the plate ... Tallied her first-career hit and scored a run ... Batted .500 in a 1-for-2 effort ... 2/19/06 vs. FAMU - Got her second-career start behind the plate ... 2/26/06 vs. Siena - Went 2-for-3, tallying two singles for her first-career multi-hit game ... Drove in two runs off one single and another a base hit, recording her first-ever collegiate RBIs ... Also stole her first base as a Bull ... 3/22/06 vs. Towson (Game One) - Registered her second-career multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 ... One of her hits was a bunt-single ... 4/5/06 vs. Stetson (Game Two) - Tallied her third multi-hit game of the year in a 2-for-3 effort at the plate ... Drove in a run off of a single through the left side.

High School: Lettered four years in softball at Lakewood Ranch High ... Named all-county player in 2004 ... Was the team’s defensive player of the year all four years she played ... Batted .391 her senior year ... Helped lead her team to the 2002 and 2003 district championships ... Member of the 2005 squad that went undefeated on the year, 23-0 ... Also lettered two years in volleyball ... Excelling off the field, was named a scholar-athlete freshman through senior years ... Principal picked her as a Legacy Leader, which was a select group of students that helped make important decisions regarding the school.

Personal: Full name is Elizabeth Leigh Howell ... Goes by Liz ... Born on Oct. 24, 1987, in Columbia, S.C. ... Hometown is Bradenton, Fla. ... Daughter of Michael and Billie Havey ... Has two sisters, Rebecca, 26, and Stephanie, 23... Majoring in exercise science.