PROFESSIONAL

2025 (Gotham FC): Delivered a career-best season, scoring four regular-season goals — her first-ever goals in NWSL regular-season play — and finishing with five goal contributions after entering the year with just three in her career. Played in all but one match and logged 2,246 minutes, the second-most in club history. Ranked first in the NWSL in fouls drawn, third in duels (340) and second in duels won (214), while also finishing fourth in aerial duels (101) and aerial duels won (69). Recorded a run of three goals across seven matches and earned a return to the U.S. Women’s National Team on the strength of her performances in both the regular season and playoffs.

2024 (Seattle Reign/Racing Louisville): Started the 2024 season with Racing Louisville before being traded to Seattle in August.

2023 (Racing Louisville): Named club captain and started 19 of her 21 appearances. Received the Nationwide Community Impact Award for her work with Down Syndrome of Louisville.

2022 (Racing Louisville): Selected No. 2 overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft out of Florida State.

COLLEGE

From 2018 to 2021, Howell enjoyed one of the most decorated collegiate careers in the country while anchoring Florida State’s midfield. As a freshman in 2018, she played in 26 matches and ranked third on the team in minutes (2,152) while helping the Seminoles capture the national championship. She started all 23 matches she played in 2019, earning All-ACC First Team honors and a spot on the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list. In 2020, she started every match of the season, guiding FSU to another national championship appearance while winning her first MAC Hermann Trophy and earning All-ACC First Team and ACC Midfielder of the Year honors. She capped her collegiate career in 2021 by captaining Florida State to its second national title in four seasons, winning the Honda Sport Award and a second MAC Hermann Trophy, and being named a United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American, All-ACC First Team selection and ACC Midfielder of the Year.

INTERNATIONAL

Howell has earned five caps and scored one goal with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Following strong club performances, Howell earned a call-up to the USWNT in October 2025, her first since October 2022. She was named to the Best XI at the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Championship.