2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Started 18 matches and played in 29...Saw time in the middle earlier on before settling in at an outside hitting spot...Posted double-digit kills in five matches, leading the team in three...Stood third on the team with 2.11 kills per set...Landed 15 aces and posted 0.39 blocks per set, both third on the squad...Her best match came in the win over Georgia (11/20), where she tallied a career-best 16.5 points on a season-high 14 kills and six digs...Also had six digs and a season-high four block assists in the win over Auburn (11/18)...Landed a career-high three aces at LSU (11/13)...Hit a season-best .524 with 12 kills and added two aces and four block assists in the win at Mississippi (10/16)...Named to the Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2010 (FRESHMAN): Played in 10 matches, starting seven, before a knee injury cut short her season...Received a medical redshirt for the season...When she went down, she ranked third on the team in kills and hitting percentage...Twice posted 15 kills during the Carolina Challenge...Tallied 10 digs to go with 15 kills in the five-set contest against College of Charleston (9/4)...Followed that with a career-best five blocks and 15 kills against Winthrop (9/4)...Had nine kills on a .667 hitting percentage in the win over South Carolina State (9/10)...Had two kills in her SEC debut before going down with the knee injury at No. 18 Tennessee (9/17)...Earned placement on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
High School/Club: Played three years at McKinney Boyd High School for coaches Courtney Robertson, Patti Hayes and Kelly Quinn...Served as team captain as a senior while claiming the District 8-5A MVP award...Named the district's best blocker as a junior...Earned district newcomer of the year...Named to the Tyler All-Tournament Team twice and the Pearland All-Tournament Team once...Also set the school's high jump record...Played club with the Skyline Roshambo club, coached by Tony Kille...The team was ranked first in the region and second in Texas in 2009...Helped her group finish ninth in the open division during the 2009 junior Olympics...Led the team in blocks in 2009....A member of the National Honor Society...Named Student of the Month for the city of McKinney for Dec. 2009.
Personal: The daughter of Mike and Christy, her full name is Cara Lynn Howley...Has one brother, Alex...Chose South Carolina over LSU, Rice and Denver...Says Mia Hamm is her favorite athlete and John Mayer is her favorite singer...Says her greatest athletic thrill was winning district MVP and signing NLI in the same week...Majoring in international business.
HOWLEY'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 15, 2x, last Winthrop (9/4/10) Attacks: 36, LSU (10/7/11) Hitting Percentage (Min. 12 Attacks): .667, South Carolina State (9/10/10) Assists: 2, 2x, last Alabama (10/14/11) Service Aces: 3, LSU (11/13/11) Digs: 10, College of Charleston (9/4/10) Block Solos: 1, 2x, last Lipscomb (9/11/10) Block Assists: 4, 6x, last Auburn (11/18/11) Total Blocks: 5, Winthrop (9/4/10)
