Howard University Athletics

Throughout its 50 years of excellence, the program has become one of the top programs in HBCU history:

• Howard was the first team in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) history to participate in the NCAA Tournament in 1982 and is the only team in conference history to have won an NCAA Tournament game, winning the inaugural women's First Four game against Incarnate Word in 2022.
• Howard is the only HBCU with multiple players drafted to the WNBA: Denique Graves (1997); Karen Wilkins (1998) and Andrea Gardner (2002).
• Howard has won 11 MEAC tournament championships, along with eight regular-season championships.
• The program has featured nine different MEAC Player of the Year award winners, three MEAC Coach of the Year award winners and four MEAC Rookie of the Year award winners in its history.
• Former guard Saadia Doyle (2009-13) is the MEAC's all-time leading scorer with 2,310 career points. Doyle also finished her career as the conference's all-time leader in free throws and is eighth in career rebounds.
• Alisha Hill (1994-98) led the NCAA in rebounds during the 1997-98 season with an average of 13.2 per game.
• Andrea Gardner (1999-02) led the NCAA in rebounds during the 2000-01 campaign with 14.2 per game.
• Legendary coach Sanya Tyler (1980-00) coached the most wins in Howard history (over 270), as well as the most MEAC tournament championships (eight) and regular season championships (five). Coach Tyler was the only coach in MEAC and HBCU history to defeat four Power 5 schools: Maryland; NC State; Rutgers and Minnesota