BULLDOGS CAREER PASSING LEADER-HOWE ENTERS THE TRUMAN HALL OF FAME

The all-time passing leader at Truman State University will enter the school’s Hall of Fame as part of homecoming festivities this weekend. Eric Howe threw for 9,097 yards, from 1998-2001, which is over 2,000 more yards than the second place passer. Howe tossed 70 touchdown passes. The Des Moines native credits offensive coordinator Keith Matheny’s up-tempo style for helping him rack up all those yards….

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Without hestitation, Howe’s best Bulldog memory was a 24-23 upset of Northwest Missouri State in 2001. Howe scrambled in from four yards out capping off an eight-play, 75-yard drive with 12 seconds left to stun the record-setting homecoming crowd in Maryville and end the Bearcats’ 41-game conference winning streak in the process…..

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In Division II’s oldest trophy game, the Bulldogs got to dip the Ol’ Hickory Stick in purple during the postgame celebration on the field….

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Howe currently works for a law firm in Minnesota. He will receive induction in the Truman State University Athletics Hall of Fame along with Cassy (Felkerson) Haddox from the volleyball program. She was the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association MVP and first-team AVCA All-American following the 2001 season in which the program set a school record with 37 wins and only two losses. The team won their first outright MIAA title with a 16-0 record, hosted and won their first NCAA South Central regional championship and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight before bowing out in a five-set loss to South Dakota State.

Haddox and Howe will be inducted as part of the Alumni & Friends Banquet on Friday night.