Naya Howard

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Great Bridge
Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.
Prev School:
Georgia

2025 (at Georgia): Competed 10 times on beam and seven times on vault and bars… Notched a season high 9.850 on vault at Florida … Hit a season high 9.875 on bars twice - at the Denver Quad Meet and against Arkansas … Matched a career high 9.900 on beam twice- at Missouri and against Oklahoma … Won one event title on beam and two on vault… Compiled an NQS of 9.770 on vault, 9.810 on bars, and 9.850 on beam.

2024 (at Georgia): Came back from an injury in the off season to compete three times on vault, eight times on bars, seven times on beam, and once on floor and all-around… Notched a season high 9.900 on vault, bars, and beam to finish the season at regionals… Averaged a 9.825 on vault, 9.763 on bars, and 9.850 on beam… Was Georgia’s top scorer on vault at regionals and on beam at Michigan… Named to UGA’s J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics honor roll in the fall.

2023 (at Georgia): Competed on vault, bars, and beam in all 13 meets… Competed on floor and all-around 12 times… The first GymDog freshman to compete all-around since 2017 and in the most meets since Courtney Kupets in 2006…All-around score of 39.475 against Kentucky is the best all-around score from a GymDog since the 2019 Regional Finals, which she notched again against Alabama… Scored a season-high 9.925 on vault and bars… Scored a season-high 9.900 on beam and floor… Notched eight combined 9.900s or better in her rookie season… Was named SEC Co-Freshman of the week after the meet against Arkansas where she finished second overall in the all-around, received her high score on bars and ranked 11th overall in the conference and second all-around freshman… Received SEC All-Freshman honors after being the top freshman all-around finisher in the first session of the SEC Championship… Was Georgia’s top finisher seven times on vault, five times on bars, twice on beam, and eight times in the all-around… Took home two vault and all-around titles- both against Kentucky and at the Metroplex Challenge, and one beam title in the Georgia Quad Meet… Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics fall honor roll.

Prior to Georgia: Trained at Ocean Tumblers…2018 National Bar Champion on top of being a national team member in 2018 and 2021… Took second place on beam at nationals in 2021… A USAG national qualifier from 2017-2021… The first gymnast from Ocean Tumblers to make the Region 7 All-Star team member in 2018, which she then was a member of in 2019 and 2021.