Thomas Howard Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Pitched his first collegiate season at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois, after redshirting at Louisville during the 2023-24 school year
• 2025 Great Rivers Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year
• Also an all-region and all-conference honoree
• Registered a 2.69 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 73 strikeouts vs. 13 walks in 70 1/3 innings while posting an 8-2 record
• Pitched eight innings of one-run ball, allowing just four hits, in a Region XXIV Tournament victory
• Led JAL to a 49-10 record and 27-3 mark in conference play in 2025

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coaches Eddie Brooks and Sean Coughlin at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington
• First Team All-State as a senior after racking up 66 strikeouts in 51 innings
• Also earned all-region and all-city honors
• Earned five wins while posting a 1.48 ERA as a junior
• Ranked as Kentucky’s No. 3 player and No. 1 righthanded pitcher in his graduating class by Perfect Game
• Also a four-year letterwinner in football and played one year of basketball
• Second Team All-State tight end and all-region honoree was the team’s offensive MVP
• Led FDHS to a perfect 15-0 season as the class 5A state champion in football as a senior
• Rated as a three-star recruit and also received multiple DI offers in football
• Also pitched for the Knights National travel ball team in the summer

PERSONAL
• Major: American Studies
• Full name is Thomas Christian Howard
• Born in Ashland, Kentucky
• Parents are Tucker and Crystal Howard
• Family also includes younger sister Ollie Rose
• Dad played baseball at the University of Louisville