Biography
2016-17 FIRST TEAM ALL-WCC
2015-16 ALL-WCC HONORABLE MENTION
2015-16 & 2016-17 WCC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
2014-15 WCC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HONORABLE MENTION
2013-14 WCC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
2016-17 - SENIOR (18.1 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 38.9 3FG %): Finished her career in 10th place in program history with 1,345 career points... scored her 1,000th career point on a three-pointer at Pacific on Jan. 14, becoming the 22nd USF player to reach that milestone... earned first team All-WCC honors after leading the conference with 18.1 points per game, including a career-high 37 points on Senior Day against Pepperdine, which tied Gonzaga's Jill Barta for the highest single-game total in the conference on the year... also led the conference at 20.8 points per contest in WCC action... tallied 20 points or better in 12 games on the year, including five games in a row and seven of eight between Jan. 14 and Feb. 9... recorded her first 30-point performance of her career when she scored 30 against Seattle on Nov. 15... paced the conference with a 46.4 percent clip from the perimeter in WCC games, while ranking third from three-point range overall (38.9)... her 68 threes made on the year were the second-most in the WCC as she ended her career with 186 triples, good for second in program history... knocked down a season-high six three-pointers on Senior Day against the Waves... ranked among the top-10 in the WCC from the free throw line at 83.2 percent, including matching a program-record by going 14-for-14 from the charity stripe against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 23... tied a program record with 13 three-point attempts against Santa Clara on Feb. 9... finished among the all-time leaders in a number of statistical categories, including career free throw percentage (80.6, 5th), career three-point percentage (38.0, 8th), single season points (562, 5th), single season scoring average (18.1, 10th) and single season three-pointers made (68, 3rd) and attempted (175, 3rd)... earned her second WCC All-Academic honor... took home WCC Player of the Week honors each of the final two weeks of the season, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27... named Jesuit National Player of the Week by the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight on Feb. 21.
2015-16 SEASON - JUNIOR (11.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.7 APG, .410 3FG%): Returned to the court after a season-ending injury in 2014-15, adding 13 points and five rebounds in the start at North Texas ... finished with 15 points and a 3-for-7 effort from three against Cal Poly ... added 17 points and went 5-for-8 from distance at Utah Valley ... led the Dons with 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting, eight rebounds and six assists in one-point win at Sacramento State on Nov. 28 ... added 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting at Nevada on Dec. 1 ... contributed a team-high and career-high matching six assists against UC Riverside on Dec. 4 ... finished with six assists at San Jose State on Dec. 6 ... went off for 26 points on 7-of-10 shooting from three to tie a school record for 3-pointers in a game at Long Beach State on Dec. 8 ... finished with 14 points against Saint Mary’s on Dec. 21 ... scored 11 points at Portland on Jan. 2 ... finished with 11 points, including three triples, against Portland on Jan. 28 ... went off for 29 points on 10-of-12 shooting, and a 6-of-7 effort from three against Pepperdine on Feb. 18 ... added 15 points and six rebounds against Pacific on Feb. 25 ... tallied five games with six assists thus far in the season ... led the Dons with 26 points on .700 shooting and four assists in the quarterfinal win over San Diego on March 3.
2014-15 SEASON – SOPHOMORE (9.3 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 1.5 APG, .407 FG%): Played in 15 contests for the Dons, starting 13 before the season was cut short due to injury … scored a season-high 17 points against Saint Mary’s on Dec. 29, going 7-for-13 from the floor … finished with a season-high four assists against Utah Valley on Nov. 29 … totaled 139 points, 27 rebounds, 22 assists, nine steals and five blocks for USF.
2013-14 SEASON - FRESHMAN (8.7 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.6 APG): WCC All-Freshman team selection ... played in 30 games for the Dons, starting 23 contests ... finished with double-digit scoring output on 11 occasions, including a season-high 20 points against UMKC on Dec. 18 ... paced USF in blocks with 22 on the year, including two games with three apiece (UC Davis on Nov. 29, Loyola Marymount on Jan. 2) ... led USF in 3-point attempts (93) and makes (31).
PREP CAREER: Three-time NorCal champions and three-time state runner-up with the Berkeley HS Yellowjackets ... three-time North Coast Section champions ... first-team all-league and all-metro as a senior ... averaged 15.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a senior ... second-team all-league and third-team all-metro as a junior ... CIF NCS Scholastic Championship Team member as a sophomore ... played club basketball with California Ballaz, coached by Leroy Hurt and John Young ... three-time NCS Scholar-Athlete ... two-year member of Build On Community Service Club.
PERSONAL: Majoring in kinesiology at USF ... daughter of Rodney Howard and Laura Towne Howard ... father played basketball at Albion College (Mich.) ... contemplating a profession in coaching after USF ... born July 13, 1995, in Oakland, Calif.
More on Rachel:
I chose USF because ... I believe this school's team and coaching staff are the best in the country.
Favorite food ... bread
If I could travel anywhere in the world, I would go to ... Sudan, South Africa or Italy.
The best advice I have ever been given is ... to love people.
My hero is ... my mom.
