2024-2025: Appeared in 30 games and started in 20 … Averaged just over 20 minutes per game scoring 2.7 points … Grabbed 75 rebounds on the year and tallied 36 assists and 38 steals … Scored season high 16 points in 36 minutes against Marshall as well as making and attempting the most twos and threes of any game.
(2023-24): Appeared in all 32 contests, starting 11 ... Averaged 5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, while averaging 21.4 minutes per game ... Started her first game of the season vs Nicholls, clocking 13 minutes ... Started the final seven games of the season ... Finished the season with six double-figure games ... Totaled a season-high 15 points at Marshall (Jan. 4) ... Clocked a career-high 40 minutes in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament first round vs Coastal Carolina ... Totaled a season-high 4 assists and 4 steals at James Madison ... Led the team in rebounding vs Louisiana ... Credited with 28 assists, 1 block and 29 steals ... Made a career-high 10 free throws at Marshall, going 10-12 from the stripe ... Finished the season shooting 32.6% from the field, 29.3% from deep and 63.9% from the free throw line.
(2022-23): Appeared in 30 contests as a sophomore, starting 27 … Averaged 7.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per game … Credited with 58 assists and 41 steals, both are second on the team … Totaled 10 double-digit games, which ranked third on the team ... Recorded a season-high 15 points at Mercer (Dec. 4) … Made a career-high eight free throws at Mercer … Totaled a career-high nine assists and six steals in the win over Florida A&M (Nov. 11) … Recorded her first career double-double (15 points/10 rebounds) against Arkansas State (Feb. 16) … Her 10 rebounds at Arkansas State are a career high … Clocked a career-high 38 minutes against Georgia Southern … Started the season with three straight double-figure games: 11 vs Spring Hill, 12 vs Auburn, 13 vs New Orleans … Matched her career high (15 pts) at Arkansas State … Finished the year with a .316 field goal percentage … Shot .243 from behind the arc and ended the year .594 from the free throw line.
(2021-2022): Appeared in 26 games in her first season at the collegiate level … Made 19 starts … Averaged 8.3 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game while averaging 22.7 minutes per game … Was also credited with 37 steals, 71 rebounds and 26 turnovers … Totaled 217 points during the 2021-22 season … Scored a career-high 23 points against Nicholls in her second start of the season … Played six minutes and scored three points in her collegiate debut against Mobile … totaled 590 minutes during the season … Led the team in made field goals against Nicholls with ten … Ended the season with a .402 field goal percentage and a .200 percentage behind the arc … Played a season-high 35 minutes against Little Rock … Was 43-69 in free throws
At Grayson High School: Lettered three years at Grayson High ... Recorded averages of 15.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.2 steals per game her senior season ... Part of a Ram team that won its first-round game in the state 7A tournament ... Injured her knee while playing with the Finnish national team the summer before her junior year and missed the 2019-20 season ... As a sophomore, averaged 11.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per contest, adding 84 assists and 98 steals to help GHS win its first-round state tournament game while finishing 26-3 overall ... Scored in double figures on 21 occasions — including each of the last five games — that year ... Posted a season-best 20 points in postseason victory over South Forsythe HS ... Pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds in a three-point win over North Gwinnett High during the regular season as well ... Credited with five or more steals on five occasions, and handed out five-plus assists twice also ... Recorded 4.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per outing, 27 assists and 53 steals her freshman year as the Rams ended up 17-11 after winning their opening-round contest in the state tournament ... Reached double figures in the scoring column three times during the final month of the season while pulling down 11 boards — her highest total of the year — in a November defeat of Valdosta High ... Was recruited by Purdue, Florida International, Georgia State, Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman and UNC Asheville as well.
Personal: Full name is Nadia Johanna Howard ... Born July 2, 2003, in Grayson, Ga. ... Daughter of Joe and Tanja Howard ... Is the youngest of four children, and the only girl in the group ... Older brother, Joe, played basketball for two seasons at Middle Georgia State ... Likes to watch documentaries ... Favorite book is “Rich Dad Poor Dad” ... Favorite professional sports team is the Atlanta Hawks ... Favorite player is Moriah Jefferson ... Favorite musical artists are Cameo, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Giveon, Gunna, SZA and Brent Faiyaz ... Favorite foods are ribs, fried chicken, chocolate and seafood ... Favorite subjects are calculus and computer science ... In her free time likes to sew and make clothes ... Would like to own multiple businesses in the future ... Is a Computer Science major.
