2016 Soccer Roster

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28 Meggie Dougherty Howard

  • Position MF
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School St. Petersburg Catholic H.S.
  • Hometown Largo, Fla.

Biography

2016 All-American
2016 All-SEC First Team
2016 SEC Tournament MVP
2015 All-SEC Second Team

2016: National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America third-team…NSCAA All-South Region and All-Southeastern Conference first team…SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after registering an assist in each tournament match, including on golden goal in final…Also recorded an assist or goal (or both) in each NCAA Tournament match…Started every match at defensive midfield…Led Gators with 12 assists, second in points (28) and tied for second in goals (8) – all collegiate highs…Scored golden goal in 103rd minute at Kentucky…Provided game-winning goal in NCAA First Round versus FGCU and hit penalty kick to open scoring in Wisconsin match…Played the entirety of 15 matches…NSCAA Scholar All-America first team...Attended U.S. Under-23 National Team camp in May, 2016…Part of U.S. U-23 team in Nordic Tournament in England, starting first and final matches…Shared the Washington Spirit Reserves goals lead (5) in this summer’s action…The team won the 2016 Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) East title...Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015: National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region second team…All-SEC second team at midfield….All-SEC Tournament selection…Appeared in every match with 23 starts, playing the entirety of 11 matches…Opened Florida’s scoring with goal at 2:11 of match at Jacksonville…Hit game-winning goal at Mississippi State from 17 yards…Twenty-yard strike scored  first goal in 5-2 NCAA Second Round win versus William & Mary…Recorded assists on first and final goals versus Arkansas…First assist of season came on Savannah Jordan’s goal versus No. 1 Florida State…Provided assist on Liz Slattery’s game-winning goal at Tennessee…Eight assists second among the Gators and fifth in the league…Played for the 2015 USL W-League championship team, the Washington Spirit Reserves, in summer of 2015…W-League Southeastern Conference team selection…Named to the USL W-League All-League team - one of five on all-league team also on a collegiate roster…Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2014: Started every match at defensive midfield, playing the entirety of seven matches… Scored unassisted goal versus Vanderbilt… Provided assist on Savannah Jordan’s goal at Oklahoma and Jordan’s second goal versus Tennessee...Earned an assist on Havana Solaun’s goal versus Missouri and Tessa Andujar’s goal versus Mississippi State… Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2013: Appeared in every match, starting the last 20 at holding midfield… Headed in a corner kick at Florida International for first collegiate goal… Also headed in corner kick versus Jacksonville in NCAA first round… Registered first collegiate assist versus Alabama… Played every minute of double-overtime loss to South Carolina and overtime win at Mississippi State (109 minutes each match)… Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.


High School: Member of St. Petersburg Catholic High School team as a freshman and a senior… St. Petersburg Catholic H.S. reached the 2013 Florida High School Athletic Association Class 2A regional final… Captain of high school team as a senior… All-Pinellas County first team selection in 2013 by the Tampa Bay Times.Club: Attended U.S. Under 15 Girls’ National Team camp in Carson, Calif., at the U.S. Soccer Federation National Training Center in November of 2011… Participated in Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) and US Club Soccer 2012 ECNL / id2 National Training Camp at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore… Member of Tampa Bay United Premier Girls 94 club team, which won the 2011 and 2012 Disney Qualifier… Prior to joining Tampa Bay United, played for boys teams at Strictly Soccer  from 2004-11 and those teams won the Disney Showcase and President’s Day team titles in 2010… Coached by George Fotopoulos at Tampa Bay United.

Major: Received Management degree in December of 2016

Dougherty Howard’s Collegiate Statistics
Year GP/GS Min. Shots G (GW) A Pts.
2013 24/20 1,543 10 2 (0) 1 5
2014 23/23 1,796 21 1 (1) 4 6
2015 24/23 1,944 36 3 (2) 8 14
2016 23/23 2,051 45 8 (2) 12 28
Totals 94/89 7,331 112 14 (5) 25 53

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2013Freshman

    MF
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2014Sophomore

    MF
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2015Junior

    MF
    5'5"
    28
  • 28

    2016Senior

    MF
    5'5"
    28