2017 (Softball) Enhanced Stats
Appeared in 32 games, 21 as the starting catcher for the Regals as a junior…served primarily as a defensive player…threw out five would be base-stealers…recorded 76 putouts and 11 assists behind the plate…earned more at-bats late in the season, making 49 plate appearances…collected 11 hits with two doubles and one triple, which came at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (April 28) during a 2-1 victory…finished with four RBIs and scored four runs…drew in two walks…recorded one sacrifice fly and two sacrifice hits…and was 2-for-2 in stolen bases...inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the third time.

2016 (Softball) Season Stats - Enhanced Stats
Appeared in 24 games, making 17 starts as a sophomore catcher for the Regals…posted a .929 fielding percentage on 29 putouts and 10 assists…she threw out five would-be-base-stealers for a .217 runners caught stealing percentage…offensively, she hit .111 (1-for-9) with two walks…only hit of the season came against Pacific (Feb. 11)…recorded three sacrifices…scored three times overall…inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the second time.

2015 (Softball) Season Stats - Enhanced Stats
Appeared in 21 games while making 15 starts at catcher during her freshman campaign…totaled 14 at-bats…had her first career hit and drove in two runs against La Verne (Feb. 27)…finished the year with three RBIs and two runs scored…had a .951 fielding percentage and threw out one would-be-base-stealer…inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the first time.

Escondido High School
Graduated in 2014…played four years of softball and earned three varsity letters for the Cougars…helped team to a 6-1 league record as a senior. 

Personal
Full name: Abbigael Colleen Howard…born on Oct. 31, 1995 in Escondido, Calif.…parents are Jessica Gatien and Anson Howard and has a step mother Courtney Howard and step father Rodney Gatien…has five siblings Peyton, Bennett, Harrison, Ella and Alyssa…has three dogs named Cooper, Datsyuk and Anna…chose CLU for a private school in California that offered major…majoring in criminal justice and minoring in psychology...aspiring to become a crime analyst then work for the behavioral analysis unit for the FBI.

Favorites
Movies: Labyrinth, Law Abiding Citizen, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
Music Artists: Bon Jovi, Iggy, Lindsey Sterling, Pentatonix
Food: Dark chocolate, white chocolate, Crunch
Sport (other than what you play): Nascar and Hockey
Team: Detroit Red Wings
Athlete: Jimmy Johnson, Megan Willis, Bethany Hamilton
Book: The Grey Wolf series, Graceling
Color: Green
Magazine: Seventeen, People
TV Show: Mentalist, Vampire Diaries, Once Upon a Time
Number: 15
Super Hero: Elastic Girl
Video Game: Just Dance
Quote: “You can’t just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression so they never want to see you again.”
Hobbies/Special Talents: Hiking, riding in the desert, reading.
If you could visit anywhere, where would it be? Why? New Zealand because Lord of the Rings was filmed there, cliff diving, caves, volcanoes, beaches, mountains, scuba diving, horseback riding.