Kevin Howard




Kevin Howard is a former professional baseball player and currently a hitting coach for the Akron Rubberducks.




Contents






  • 1 High school


  • 2 College career


  • 3 Professional career


    • 3.1 Player


    • 3.2 Coach




  • 4 References





High school


Howard attended Westlake High School (California). In 1999, his senior campaign, Howard was named the Los Angeles Times Ventura County Player of the Year.[1] Howard also played football at Westlake.[2] Howard committed to attend the University of Miami.[3]



College career


In 2001, Howard played in the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where Miami was the tournament's champions. Howard faced off with former high school team Scott Dragicevich, who played for Stanford, in the World Series.[4] In 2001, Howard was named to the United States national baseball team.[5]



Professional career



Player


Howard was a fifth-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft.[6] Howard's professional baseball career lasted 10 seasons in the minors with 14 different teams and two seasons playing in an independent league.[6] When he retired after the 2014 season, Howard had a career minor-league average of .284 with 93 home runs and 540 RBI.[7]



Coach


After his professional baseball career, Howard returned to the University of Miami to finish his degree in business management.[6] While there, he was coaching at Division II Barry University when the Cleveland Indians contacted him about becoming a coach in their organization.[6] He joined the Indians’ player development staff in 2015 as hitting coach for the short-season Single-A Mahoning Valley Scrappers.[7]



References





  1. ^ Sondheimer, Eric. "Player of the Year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Henson, Steve. "Hit and Run". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


  3. ^ Henson, Steve. "Westlake Infielder Howard Commits to Attend Miami". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


  4. ^ Klein, Gary. "From Side by Side to Opposite Sides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


  5. ^ "2001 U.S. National Team Roster". usabaseball.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


  6. ^ abcd Potkey, Rhiannon. "Howard's career remains rooted in baseball". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


  7. ^ ab Glasier, David. "Hitting coach Kevin Howard says hitters 'fit my personality'". News Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2016.









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