Thomas Howell | |
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Born | October 14, 1994 |
Team | |
Curling club | Bemidji CC, Bemidji CC, Wisconsin |
Skip | Korey Dropkin |
Third | Andrew Stopera |
Second | Mark Fenner |
Lead | Thomas Howell |
Alternate | Ben Richardson |
Curling career | |
Member Association | United States |
World Championship appearances | 1 (2022) |
Pan Continental Championship appearances | 2 (2022, 2023) |
Other appearances | Winter Universiade: 1 (2013), World Junior Championships: 3 (2012, 2013, 2016) |
Thomas "Tom" Howell (born October 14, 1994) is an American curler from Bentleyville, Ohio.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2009–10 [1] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Ryan McMakin | Cameron Ross | 2010 USJCC (4th) | |
2010–11 [2] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Derek Corbett | Cameron Ross | 2011 USJCC [3] | |
2011–12 | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Derek Corbett | Cameron Ross | Sandra McMakin | 2012 USJCC 2012 WJCC (5th) |
2012–13 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Connor Hoge | Keith Dropkin | 2013 USJCC 2013 WJCC (7th) |
2013–14 | Chris Plys | Stephen Dropkin | Sean Beighton | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Phill Drobnick | 2013 WUG (5th) [4] |
Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | 2014 USJCC [5] | |||
2014–15 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Andrew Stopera | Luc Violette | 2015 USJCC 2015 USMCC (6th) | |
2015–16 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Quinn Evenson | Wally Henry (WJCC) | 2016 USMCC (4th) 2016 USJCC 2016 WJCC |
2016–17 | Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | 2017 USMCC (6th) | ||
2017–18 | Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | 2018 USMCC | ||
2018–19 | Korey Dropkin (fourth) | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner (skip) | Alex Fenson | 2019 USMCC (4th) | ||
2019–20 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Joe Polo | 2020 USMCC (5th) | |
2020–21 | Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Alex Fenson | 2021 USMCC | |
2021–22 | Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Alex Fenson | Tim Solin | 2021 USOCT 2022 WCC (4th) |
2022–23 | Korey Dropkin | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | 2022 PCCC 2023 USMCC | ||
2023–24 | Korey Dropkin (Fourth) | Andrew Stopera (Skip) | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | 2023 PCCC (4th) 2024 USMCC |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
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2011–12 | Korey Dropkin | Sarah Anderson | Thomas Howell | Taylor Anderson | Wally Henry | 2012 WYOG (5th) [6] |
Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
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2011–12 | Yang Ying | Thomas Howell | Li Hongchen | 2012 WYOG (9th) [7] |
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