Personal

Father is Orin P. Howard and mother is D'Rilla ... father played football, baseball, basketball and ran track for BYU in the 1920s and then played baseball for the San Francisco Seals.

Before BYU

All-America honorable mention in basketball at Highland High ... was all-state.

1982 Hall of Fame Inductee

Following in a father's footsteps is tough enough as it is. Doug's effort was compounded by the fact his father, Orin P. Howard, had been a star at BYU and several years ago was named to the BYU Hall of Fame.

Yet fill them he did-and then some. Many athletes are blessed with the skills to play several sports well-few have the ability to excel. Doug excelled. While at BYU, Doug donned the blue and white Cougar uniforms of baseball and basketball and earned honors in both.

As a first baseman for BYU, Doug was named First Team All-America in 1970. He was All-WAC Northern Division from 1968 to 1970. He also was named to other All-America teams in 1969 and 1970.

He had a career batting average of .378 and hit .427 the year he was selected to the All-America squad. He had 70 hits in 46 games his senior year and batted in 52 runs. During his career on the Cougar diamond, Doug set seven school records.

In basketball, Doug was known as "Mr. Steady" and when Coach Stan Watts needed a consistent, heads-up player, Doug got the call. In basketball, Doug was Second Team All-WAC his junior and senior year and All-WAC Academic in 1969.

After completing play for BYU, Doug was drafted by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA and the California Angels of the American League. Doug chose baseball and inked a contract with the Angels. He played professional baseball for seven years before hanging up his cleats in 1977.

Summary

Played parts of five seasons in major league baseball, played basketball for BYU ... inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982, his father was also inducted in the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.

Stats

Year    Avg.   G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    TB   BB   SO
1968   .330   47  178   32   56    9    3    7    25    92   16   25
1969   .396   44  169   38   67   15    2    7    41   107   11   12
1970   .427   46  164   51   70    7    3    9    52   111   31   10