2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess
Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Athletics

Abigail Howell

  • Position Diving
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School East Ridge
  • Hometown Clermont, Fla.

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team 
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll  
  • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2019-20 (Redshirt Senior)
NCAA Diving Zones

  • Qualified for all three events, finishing 23rd on the platform, 25th on the 3-meter and 38th on the 1-meter

Regular Season

  • Recorded a personal-best 3-meter tally of 301.35 on Senior Day against Auburn 
  • Set a season-best against Georgia on the 1-meter (265.73) 

2018-19 (Redshirt Junior)
NCAA Diving Zones

  • Finished 29th with a tally of 221.50 on the 1-meter
  • Placed 32nd on the 3-meter with a score of 228.75
Regular Season
  • Notched a season-high score of 270.30 on the 1-meter against FAU
  • Tallied a mark of 293.25 on the 3-meter for a season high against Ohio State and Kentucky
  • Produced a tally of 198.50 on the platform at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
2017-18 (Junior)
  • Competed at the All-Florida Invitational before being sidelined for the season due to injury
  • Posted scores of 252.08 (1-meter) and 261.38 (3-meter) during the meet
 
2016-17 (Sophomore)
  • Competed at the 2017 SEC Championships, placing 10th on platform (261.10), 15th on 3-meter (299.70) and 31st on 1-meter (230.75)
  • Posted four zone-qualifying scores on 3-meter, one on 1-meter and one on platform
 
2015-16 (Freshman)
SEC Championships:
  • Competed from all three boards and gathered her top finish in the Platform event, diving to a 16th-place finish on a score of 220.05
  • Also finished 28th off the 1-Meter on a score of 233.25 and 33rd on the 3-Meter with a 247.00
  • Participated in seven regular-season meets and earned season-best marks on the 1-Meter against Georgia on Oct. 30, with a 248.48, on the 3-Meter against Florida State on Jan. 2, with a 278.48, and off the platform against Indiana on Oct. 16, with a 223.50            
 
Career-Best Dives at Florida:
1-meter 270.52 Florida Atlantic Jan. 6, 2017
3-meter 301.35 Auburn Jan. 25, 2020
platform 261.10 SEC Championships Feb. 18, 2017
 
Prior to Florida
  • During Howell’s time at East Ridge High School, she was a two-time regional champion and three-time district champion on her way to the Florida state meet, where she won the gold medal in 2012, placed third in 2013 and finished runner-up in 2014 all on the one-meter dive
  • Nationally, Howell has been a member of the YCF Diving National Team for four years and racked up a 12th-place finish in the three-meter synchronized dive and a 7th-place mark on the platform in national competition

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Diving
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

    Diving