Kate Howard
Kate Howard

Player Profile
Class:
RS Freshman

Hometown:
Carmel, Calif.

High School:
York School

Height:
5-8

Position:
Back

Has not yet declared a major but is planning on journalism with a pre-med track ... Also plays intramural soccer at UNC

2005: Did not see action and will count the year as a redshirt season

At the York School in Monterey, Calif.: Lettered four years in field hockey ... Also played soccer and ran track ... In soccer, honored as Monterey County Herald Athlete of the Week and twice named to the league all-star team ... In track, three-time team MVP and all-league selection ... Recipient of the York Cup as her school's top female athlete in 2004 and runner-up for the award in 2005 ... Also on the newspaper staff and president of the Haiti Club ... Rides and trains horses ... Attended the American School in London her senior year and played field hockey for the Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club in the Premiere League ... At ASL, set a school record in the shot put

Personal: Born Kate Renee' Tamba Howard on Aug. 26, 1987, in San Jose, Calif. ... Daughter of Jeanne Howard and Bradley Zeve

More on Howard: Favorite pastimes are laughing, being with friends and dancing ... Favorite pregame meal is peanut butter and honey on wheat bread ... Favorite movies are Coach Carter and Jerry Maguire ... Favorite book is High Fidelity ... Favorite sports besides field hockey are horseback riding, soccer and dance ... Favorite bands are The Fray, John Mayer, U2 and Jamie Cullum ... Last summer, interned in the editorial department at the Monterey County Weekly, where her writing was published in each issue ... After college, hopes to be a trauma surgeon, an anchorwoman for 60 Minutes or a journalist/editor/publisher ... Dream job is to be a stunt woman or a hurricane pilot ... Drinks a cup of green tea or an EmergenC before every game ... Wears jersey No. 21 because it's her father's favorite number (because it was worn by Roberto Clemente) ... During the offseason, focused improving her defensive skills ... Highlight of her athletic career has been medaling in all five track events in which she competed for American School in London ... Something few people know about her is she lived West Africa, Cameroon, for the first few years of her life ... Some of the talents she has are doing the splits all three ways and making a mean chicken burrito ... Talent she wishes she had is the ability to fly