2016 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 33 matches for the Lady Tigers, making 24 starts … Selected as the setter for the All-SWAC Second Team … Handed out 485 assists during the season, which led the team and ranked eighth in the SWAC (4.49 per set) … Recorded 196 digs, which ranked second on the team behind libero Allison Woods … Handed out 15 or more assists in a match 16 times during the season … Turned in a career-high total of 31 assists (in addition to 10 digs) in a four-set win over Alabama A&M (Oct. 4).
 
2015 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 35 matches as a freshman, making seven starts … Handed out 475 assists (4.17 per set) as the team’s second setter … Reached double-figures in assists in 29 out of 35 matches … Dug 193 opposition attacks during the season … Made her first collegiate start and tallied her first career double-double in the second match of the season when the Lady Tigers faced Marist (Aug. 28) … Tallied a career-high 13 digs in the match against Marist in Beaumont, Texas.
 
BEFORE TSU: Was a two-year letterwinner at Ellison High School under head coach William DeGracia … Earned all-district first team accolades and led the Lady Eagles to UIL playoffs in each of her two years at Ellison … Named Ellison’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … Earned academic all-district honors three times – twice at Ellison, and as freshman at Jourdanton High School … Also lettered in track and field … Played club volleyball for Austin Juniors in Cedar Park, Texas, for coaches Lauren Bohling and Amy Farber Knowles.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Asia Ebony Howard … Daughter of David Howard, Jr. … Born in Fayetteville, N.C. … Has a sister, Isabella … Has a half-sister, Destinee Farris, and a half-brother, Marvin Farris … Is of Korean, Japanese, and African-American descent … Participated in marching band in high school … Has served as a club volleyball assistant coach … Is majoring in accounting.
 
FAVORITES
Team: San Antonio Spurs
Athlete: Manu Ginobali
Food: Korean – particularly Japchae, a noodle dish
Movies: Pitch Perfect 1 & 2, Roll Bounce
Sports Movies: Remember the Titans, We Are Marshall
TV Shows: Vampire Diaries
Actor: Will Smith
Musical Artists: John Legend, The Wanted
Book: The Fold
Vacation Spot: Panama City Beach, Fla.
Most Influential Person in Her Life: Her Dad
Favorite Moments as an Athlete: Helping lead Ellison to the UIL playoffs in 2013; helping to lead the Lady Tigers to the SWAC championship match in 2016