2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

35 Rayah Howell

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Garrison Forest School
  • Hometown Reisterstown MD

Biography

2024 (Freshman): Played in 78 set across 25 matches with 15 starts…Registered 76 kills with .97 kills per set, 27 blocks, and 17 digs…Finished fourth on the team in blocks…Season-high 10 kills with a season-high .400 attack percentage in 3-2 win over Morgan State on Oct. 25, 2024…Season-high five blocks against Coppin State on Sept. 9…

High School/Club: Attended Garrison Forest School…Earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA in high school…Finished her senior season with 151 kills on a .258 attack percentage, 50 aces, 37 total blocks, and 46 digs across 68 total sets…Finished second in her conference and 32nd in the state of Maryland in kills, second in her conference and 33rd in the state of Maryland in Service Aces, first in her conference in total blocks and 22nd in the state in total blocks, and finished second in her conference and 29th in the state in attack percentage during the 2023 high school season according to MaxPreps…Led GFHS Grizzlies to an 18-3 (10-2) record, placing 1st in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) B Conference…Led the Grizzlies to their first Maryland State Championship in school history…Earned All-IAAM Conference First Team honors…Competed in club volleyball for the Columbia Volleyball Academy alongside UMES teammates Jocelyn Rogers and Jaelyn Stewart.

Personal: Exercise Science major at UMES…Plans to become a sports nutritionist for a pro sports team after her time at UMES…Wears #13 because it is her lucky number and her birthday is November 13…In her free time, she loves to swim, go to the beach, travel, and spend time with her family…Favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy…Favorite movies are Dolphin Tale and the Game Plan…Favorite pro sports team is the Baltimore Ravens…Favorite sports figures are Simone Biles and Anna Hall…Her greatest personal sports moment was winning the first volleyball state championship in Garrison Forest history…Chose Maryland Eastern Shore for the community and the great coaching staff. She also loves the diversity on campus while still being an HBCU…Loves playing at an HBCU because, “it means a lot being able to play volleyball at HBCU and playing with girls that look like me and support me.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2024Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    5'10"
    35
  • 35

    2025Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    5'10"
    35