BLACK KNIGHT BIOS IAN HOWARD
Year .................................................Sophomore Height ........................................................... 6-0 Weight ......................................................... 160 Hometown .................... Spokane Valley, Wash. Club ........................... Avant Couer Gymnastics Events ............................................................FX Career Highs Event............................... Score ............................................... Meet Floor Exercise ...................14.0.............................. Springfield (2011)
Milestone: *Letterman 2011: Appeared in eight meets in floor exercise rookie season ... scored 13.7 for Army’s second-highest score at the West Point Open, helping the Black Knights to a third-place finish ... broke that mark with 14.0 in road match at Springfield ... competed in both matches against Penn State ... turned in Army’s third-highest score (13.8) at the All-Academy Championships ... among the Black Knights’ contingent at the ECAC Championships ... also competed against Temple along with William & Mary ... scored 13.0 to tie for fourth place at the Black Knights’ intra-squad scrimmage this past November.
HOWARD’S 2011 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Meet at Penn State West Point Open at Air Force Springfield at Temple/Penn State Navy All-Academy Champ. at Springfield William & Mary USAG Champ. ECAC Champ.
FX 10.7 13.7 ----12.7 --13.6 14.0 13.7 --11.3
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Club/High School: Competed five years at Avant Couer Gymnastics Club under coach Donnie Gardner ... an Academic All-American ... competed at the Junior Olympics in 2008 as an all-arounder, while regular participant at the Region 2 competition since joining Avant Couer. Personal: Given name is Ian Andrew Howard ... son of Sharon and Mark Howard ... one of three children .. older sister Rachel (21) is in the Air Force and currently stationed in Dover, Del., while younger brother Philip (15) competes locally in racquetball ... favorite athletes are Olympians Jason Gatson and Paul Hamm ... majoring in Information Technology.
2012 Army Gymnastics Media Guide
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