2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Anriel Howard
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School/Previous School:
- Westlake HS/Texas A&M
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, GA
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2019 First Team All-SEC (AP & Coaches)
- 2019 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2019 AP All-American Honorable Mention
- SEC Community Service Team (2017-18)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2015-16)
- SEC Co-Player of the Week (12/13/16)
- Ranked 2nd among active SEC players, 6th in Division I, in career rebounds (1,291).
- Ranked 2nd in SEC, 12th among active players in Division I, in career double-doubles (45).
- Was 6th active SEC player in career scoring (1,491), tied for 10th in steals (146).
- Averaged 15.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in conference play.
- Tallied 8 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocked shots at Virginia.
- Named SEC Player of the Week for the 2nd time in her career after averaging 19.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg vs. Lamar and Coppin State.
- Claimed her first double-double as a Bulldog vs. Lamar, the 34th of her career.
- Put in 15 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against Coppin State.
- Notched her 1,000th-career point in an 11-point, 7-rebound showing against Jackson State.
- Knocked down 6-of-11 FG attempts for 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds at Little Rock.
- Matched her career-high with three blocks at Texas while scoring 7 points and collecting 9 rebounds.
- Set career highs in points (29), field goals (13) and field goal attempts (18) in the win over Marquette.
- Scored a career-high 30 points at Oregon while going 12-of-17 from the field.
- Turned in 16 points and 7 rebounds at Washington.
- Recorded her third double-double of the season against Kentucky with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
- Scored 18 points and recorded a season-high 4 steals against Georgia.
- Put up 21 points, 17 in the first quarter, on 10-of-14 shooting at Florida.
- Recorded her 37th career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Ole Miss.
- Scored 24 points to lead all scorers at Alabama.
- Had 16 points and 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the year against Tennessee.
- Led the team with 21 points against Missouri.
- Picked up her 39th career double-double with 19 points and 13 boards at Texas A&M.
- Led MSU with 21 points and 10 rebounds at Ole Miss for her 40th double-double.
- 1 of 3 MSU players with 20+ points against Vanderbilt, marking first time since 1999 with 3 players scoring 20.
- Recorded a double-double against Missouri in the SEC semifinals.
- Led all scorers with 23 points in the NCAA Tournament opener against Southern.
- Recorded a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds against Clemson, making a career-high 9 free throws.
- Scored double figures in 13 straight games, averaging 19.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg, with 8 double-doubles.
- Set the Texas A&M career record with 1,002 rebounds, the first Texas A&M player with 1,000+ career rebounds.
- Owns TAMU record for career rebounding average (9.8 rpg).
- Claimed Aggies’ career double-doubles record (32).
- Tabbed to the SEC Community Service Team.
- Set the Texas A&M career record with 1,002 rebounds, the first Texas A&M player with 1,000+ career rebounds.
- Claimed the Texas A&M single-season record with 439 rebounds, ninth-most in SEC history, as she helped the Aggies to a 26-10 record, 11-5 SEC mark, and the NCAA Sweet 16.
- Averaged a double-double for the second-straight season (the first TAMU player to do so since 1987-88 and 1988-89) with 12.1 ppg and 12.2 rpg.
- Ranked 7th nationally, 2nd in the SEC, with her 12.2 rpg.
- Collected 20 of her Texas A&M career-record 32 double-doubles in her junior season.
- Tallied 22 double-digit scoring games.
- Collected 10+ rebounds in 30 of the Aggies’ 36 games.
- Posted five games of 20+ points and 10+ rebounds
- Tied for the 10th-most rebounds in NCAA Tournament history with 14.3 rpg.
- Made 44.1 percent from the field and 75.2 percent from the free-throw line.
- Knocked down 12 3-pointers (made one in her first two seasons combined)
- Averaged a double-double with 10.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
- Ranked 22nd nationally, 3rd in the SEC, with her 10.4 rpg.
- Tallied 354 boards, 2nd-most in TAMU history.
- Recorded 13 double-doubles, 34th-most in the country for the year.
- Notched 18 double-figure scoring games and 23 double-digit rebounding contests.
- Had a run of 10-straight games with 10 or more rebounds.
- Hit the winning layup against LSU.
- Named SEC Co-Player of the Week after tallying 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, the first SEC player with that stat line since Candace Parker (Tennessee) in 2008.
- Played in 32 games and started 17 times, including 15 of the final 17 games.
- SEC All-Freshman Team selection after averaging 4.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
- Claimed the most rpg by a TAMU freshman since 1996-97.
- Topped all SEC freshman and T14th overall with 103 rebounds in SEC games.
- Registered 10+ rebounds five times and a pair of double-figure scoring games.
- Averaged 20.0 rebounds and 8.5 points in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
- Set the NCAA Tournament Record and a Texas A&M single-game record with 27 rebounds against Missouri State (Mar. 19) in the First Round, becoming the first Aggie with 20+ rebounds in a game since 1988.
- Grabbed 13 rebounds against No. 17 Florida State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
- Made the game-tying put-back with 5.2 seconds left against No. 23 Tennessee.
- Was also a triple jumper for the Aggies’ track and field team.
- Finished 38th at the NCAA Regional meet in the event (39-10).
- Took 14th at the SEC Championship with a leap of 41-0.5.
- Three-star recruit who was rated the Class of 2015’s No. 16 wing by ESPN.
- McDonald’s All-American nominee.
- Three-time First Team All-Georgia selection who scored over 2,000 points and collected more than 1,000 rebounds in her career at Westlake HS.
- Two-time All-Metro Atlanta (2013-14 and 2014-15) by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club, the presenters of the Naismith Award.
- Averaged a double-double her last three years in high school, including 25 points and 17 rebounds per game as a senior.
- Set Westlake’s single-game scoring record (44 points) as a senior and the rebounding record (30 rebounds) as a junior.
- Also record a Westlake record with a 15-for-15 effort at the free-throw line.
- Played AAU basketball for the Douglasville Lady Tigers.
- Won the 6A state title in the triple jump in both 2014 and 2015.
- Part of three state championship track and field teams at Westlake.
- Also lettered in volleyball and cross country.
- Born May 6, 1997 in Atlanta, Ga.
- Daughter of Che’ Bledsoe and has two brothers, Chance & Brody.
- Named Westlake’s homecoming queen.
- Earned spots on the Principal’s Honor Roll and a National Honor Society, and served as editor of Westlake’s yearbook.
- Graduated from Texas A&M in August, 2018 with a degree in Telecommunications Media Studies.
- Plans to pursue a career in sports broadcasting.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | Sam Purcell Media Session - 6/17/25
Tuesday, June 17
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | Second Round Post Game Press Conference vs. USC 03/24/25
Tuesday, March 25
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | Second Round Preview Press Conference vs. USC 03/23/25
Sunday, March 23
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | First Round Post Game Press Conference vs. California 3/22/25
Saturday, March 22
