[3] After winning the 2010 Ontario Bantam Mixed Championship,[4] Howard found much of her early success in university curling, winning her first Ontario University Athletics (OUA) title in 2014 for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, defeating the Carleton Ravens team, skipped by Jamie Sinclair in the final.

[5] Her team of Cheryl Kreviazuk, Evangeline Fortier and Kerilynn Mathers went on to represent Laurier at the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, where they lost to the same Carleton rink in the semifinal.

The team found some early success together, winning the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic World Curling Tour event in November of that year.

Howard played in her first Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women's championship for Kean in 2016.

[10] Starting in the 2016-17 curling season, Howard joined her cousin Ashley's Regina, Saskatchewan based rink, playing third on the team.

They beat Team Hollie Duncan (skipped by Sherry Middaugh) in the semifinals, before losing to Rachel Homan in the final.