May 19, 2006
Release courtesy of Mark Adkins, Wartburg College sports information director

WAVERLY, IOWA . . . Wartburg College junior second baseman Steph Howe of Clinton garnered third team Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-American honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Thursday evening, May 18.

Howe, the only Iowa Conference player on any of the three honor squads, turned in sparkling numbers in her third season with the Knights, hitting .429 with a team-high 16 doubles, 13 home runs and 56 RBIs. Her fielding numbers were just as impressive as she committed only four errors in 155 chances for a .974 fielding percentage. She led the Iowa Conference in home runs, total bases (126) and runs scored (47) and ranked second in batting average (.429), hits (67), RBIs and doubles. In the NCAA Division III statistics report for games played through May 7, Howe was in the top 50 of slugging percentage, home runs per game and RBIs per game.

Howe is Wartburg’s first playing All-American since former standout Jamie Porter earned first team honors following the 1998 campaign. She is just the fourth Knights’ softball player in school history to garner the honor, joining Porter (1997 and 1998), Kris Kuper (1987) and Cindy Suess (1985).

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