Jason Howard Class: Senior Hometown: Snellville, Ga. High School: George Walton Academy Height / Weight: 6-1 / 150 Event: Free/Fly/Breast Birthdate: 08/31/1984

As a Senior (2005-06): Clocked a then school record and lifetime-best time of 20.36 in the prelims of the 50 freestyle at the ACC Championships to advance to the championship finals, finishing in eighth place ... Qualified for the consolation finals with a season-best time of 1:38.58 in the prelims of the 200 free, finishing in ninth place ... Posted a season-best time of 44.80 as the leadoff person on the 400 free relay that tallied a school record time of 2:59.52 ... Anchored the 200 free relay team that swam a season-best time of 1:21.15 at the ACC meet ... Held Tech's top time for the season in the 100 free and ranked second in the 50 free and 200 free.

As a Junior (2004-05): Held Tech's top times of the season in the 100 and 200 freestyle events ... Clocked a lifetime-best and NCAA 'B' standard time of 44.57 in the 100 free to finish fifth at the ACC Championships ... Posted a sixth-place finish in the 200 free at the ACC meet, after tallying a NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:37.75 in the prelims ... Qualified for the consolation finals of the 50 free with a personal-best time of 20.55 in the prelims, finishing 11th in the finals, at the conference championship ... Swam on all three of the freestyle relays at the ACC Championships that posted NCAA 'B' cut times, leading the Jackets to school records in all three, 200 free (1:20.81), 400 free (2:59.82) and 800 free (6:34.45) ... Co-Recipient of team's Shilo Ayalon Most Valuable Athlete Award.

As a Sophomore (2003-04): Made the `A' finals of the 200 freestyle at the ACC Championships with a lifetime-best time of 1:38.74, finishing eighth ... Tallied his second Top-16 finish for the Jackets at the ACC meet in the 100 free, posting a time of 45.73 to finish 11th ... Swam a leg of the 200 free relay where Tech broke the school record with a time of 1:21.46 at the conference championships ... Ranks third all-time in Tech history in the 100 and 200 freestyle events ... Recipient of the team's Chapman/Hiles Most Improved Athlete for the second consecutive season ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As a Freshman (2002-03): Had a personal-best 50 free time of 21.03 in the prelims at the ACC Championships ... Swam the 100 free at the conference meet in 46.20 to earn 20th place ... swam the 200 backstroke in 2:05.16 against Florida State ... Placed eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.51) against Purdue/Cincinnati ... Placed 23rd in the preliminaries of the 100 butterfly (51.37) at the ACC meet ... Competed in the 200 individual medley at Duke and finished fifth (2:00.06) ... Dean's List for both fall and spring semesters ... Faculty Honors (Awarded for a perfect 4.0 G.P.A) in the fall ... ACC Honor Roll.

High School: Earned one letter at George Walton Academy in Monroe, Ga....Team captain as a senior...Won Georgia state titles in 200 free, 500 free, 200 IM and 100 breast...Earned all-state honors in four events in 2001...Holds county records in 50 fly and 100 free...Member of Key Club, National Honor Society and Beta Club...Graduated fourth in his class...Earned Eagle Scout Award.

Personal: Jason Warren Howard...Born August 31, 1984, in Decatur, Ga....Son of Jerry and Denise Howard...Majoring in international affairs.