2011: Appeared in 43 games with 41 starts…hit .386 (54-140) with 15 runs, three doubles, two home runs and 28 RBI…also posted a .450 slugging percentage and a .415 OBP…ranked third on the team in batting average…notched a program-record 29-game hitting streak as a rookie…posted 12 multiple-hit efforts and added five multi-RBI performances…collected Second Team All-GNAC honors...went 3-4 with a run, an RBI and a double in her first collegiate contest – a 9-1 win over UMass.-Dartmouth on March 14th…was 3-4 with two runs, two RBI and her first NCAA home run versus Emerson College on March 26th…rapped five hits in six at bats in a GNAC twinbill versus Rivier College on April 9th…knocked in a career-high three runs versus Johnson & Wales the next day…was 3-4 with an RBI against Mount Ida on April 14th…scored two runs and went 3-4 versus Suffolk University on April 16th…was 4-8 with a run and three RBI in a GNAC doubleheader sweep over Lasell College on April 22nd…added four hits and three RBI in a two-game set with Norwich on April 26th…was 2-4 with two runs and a solo homer in a GNAC Tournament victory over Rivier on April 30th…saw her 29-game hitting streak come to an end the following day in the Monks’ GNAC Championship victory over Rivier.

High School: Played four years varsity softball for Sheila Colson at Spaulding High School, earning Class L All State and Foster's Dream Team junior and senior year...captained the team junior and senior year...recognized by the Rochester Athletic Association as Player of the Month and earned Women's Scholar Athlete honor as a senior...two-time All-State recipient...collected Foster’s Dream Team and Concord Monitor Dream Team honors her junior and senior years.

Personal: Jill Marie Howard, born on December 13, 1990 in Rochester, NH...daughter of Russell and Susan Howard...majoring in Nursing.

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