Howard Joe

Height:
6-3
Weight:
220
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Letters:
3
Hometown:
Dunwoody, Ga.
High School:
Holy Innocents HS

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2015 Academic All-SoCon Team
2015 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 4
2015 Preseason All-SoCon Second Team

SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at Mercer: Made 37 appearances and 14 starts, primarily at first base and designated hitter … Batted .164 in 55 at-bats … Recorded nine hits including two home runs … Scored six times and knocked in eight … Drew seven walks and posted a .273 on-base percentage … Logged a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 80 putouts and five assists … Started first six games of the season before moving into backup role … Had season-high two hits against Georgia (Feb. 24) … Blasted home runs against Savannah State (March 29) and Furman (April 23).

2015 at Mercer: Stepped into the full-time starting role at first base during sophomore campaign … Started all 58 games for the Bears in 2015 … Set a Mercer single-season record and led the SoCon with 526 putouts … Hit .275 on the season with 14 multiple-hit performances … Finished third on the team with 63 hits … Put together a career-high eight-game hitting streak … Ranked fourth on the team with 36 RBIs … Notched nine multiple-RBI efforts … Tallied 18 extra-base hits with six home runs, 11 doubles and one triple … Scored 34 runs … Posted a .410 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .335 … Also recorded 34 runs scored and 19 bases on balls … Owned a .991 fielding percentage … Played a part in a SoCon-leading 39 double plays in 2015 … Had a career-best four hits in a win at VMI (May 3) … Drove in a season-high four runs against Florida A&M (Mar. 11) … Had a season-best two doubles in the Bears’ triumph over Georgia (Mar. 17).

2014 at Mercer: Played in 30 games during redshirt freshman campaign with 16 starts primarily at designated hitter … Hit .220 with nine runs scored … Tallied five extra-base hits (three home runs and two doubles) … Notched three multi-hit performances … Drove in 11 runs on the year … Recorded a .407 slugging percentage … Drew two walks and stole one base … Went 2-for-4 with first career home run and a pair of RBI in a 10-2 win over Florida A&M (Feb. 19) … Plated a career-high four runs thanks to a grand slam in an 8-3 defeat of Evansville (Feb. 22) … Clubbed a pinch hit home run to lift Mercer past Jacksonville, 6-3 (Mar. 23) … Finished with a season-high three hits in a 10-3 triumph over Northern Kentucky (Apr. 19).

2013 at Mercer: Redshirted during first year on campus.

High School: Was a two-sport star at Holy Innocents High School, lettering in football and baseball ... Led the team in home runs as a senior and was rewarded by being named an All-State first team selection ... Helped lead lead the Golden Bears to back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in the Georgia State Finals as a junior and senior.

Personal: Son of Howard and Melinda Joe ... Has one younger sister, Sarah, 15 ... Born on December 29, 1993 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Plans to major in business at Mercer ... Lists Evan Longoria as his favorite athlete and the Atlanta Braves as his favorite sports team.