University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2009 (Junior): Howard is coming off one of the most prolific years in USC Aiken history ... He led the team in his first full season as a Pacer in seven categories including batting average (.384), slugging percentage (.694), hits (98), home runs (19), runs batted in (103), and total bases (177) ... His 103 runs batted in ties the PBC record and was one under the NCAA DII record of 104 ... Howard is atop the NCAA DII in runs batted in and runs batted in per game ... He is in the top 100 in DII in 11 different categories and in the top 10 in the Peach Belt Conference in 10 categories ... Named the PBC Player-of-the-Week three times (Mar. 17, Mar. 23, and May 4) ... Named to the 2009 PBC All-Conference, NCBWA All-Region, Daktronics and NCBWA All-American and first teams.

USC Salkehatchie: Hit .382 with 10 home runs during sophomore campaign.

Timberland High School: Played at Timberland High School in St. Stephen, S.C.

Personal: James Travis Howard is the son of David and Gwen Howard ... He is majoring in Business Administration.