Thomas Howell (curler)

Thomas "Tom" Howell (born October 14, 1994) is an American curler from Bentleyville, Ohio. He currently plays lead on Team Korey Dropkin.

Thomas Howell
Curler
Born	(1994-10-14) October 14, 1994 (age 30) Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Team
Curling club	Milwaukee CC, Milwaukee, WI[1]
Skip	Korey Dropkin
Third	Andrew Stopera
Second	Mark Fenner
Lead	Thomas Howell
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)
Medal record Curling World Junior Curling Championships 2016 Copenhagen Pan Continental Curling Championships 2022 Calgary United States Men's Championship 2021 Wausau 2018 Fargo 2024 East Rutherford 2023 Denver

Teams

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2009–10[2]	Stephen Dropkin	Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Ryan McMakin	Cameron Ross		2010 USJCC (4th)
2010–11[3]	Stephen Dropkin	Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Derek Corbett	Cameron Ross		2011 USJCC [4]
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)[5]
	Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Mark Fenner	Alex Fenson			2014 USJCC [6]
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
2024–25	Korey Dropkin	Andrew Stopera	Mark Fenner	Tom Howell

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Events
2011–12	Korey Dropkin	Sarah Anderson	Thomas Howell	Taylor Anderson	Wally Henry	2012 WYOG (5th)[7]

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Coach	Events
2011–12	Yang Ying	Thomas Howell	Li Hongchen	2012 WYOG (9th)[8]

References

1. "USA Curling National Team Athletes". USA Curling. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
2. "Field set for 2010 U.S. Junior Nationals". USA Curling. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
3. "CURLING: Field set for 2011 USA Curling Junior Nationals in Fairbanks". Team USA. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
4. "Wisconsin women, Minnesota men win 2011 Junir Nationals". USA Curling. February 6, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
5. "XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
6. "2014 USA Junior Men's Championship - Playoffs". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
7. "1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 – Mixed team". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
8. "1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 – Mixed doubles". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

External links

• Thomas Howell at World Curling
• Thomas Howell at Olympics.com
• Thomas Howell at Olympedia
• Thomas Howell at Team USA (archived)
• "Tom Howell — Athlete Profiles". USA Curling. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
• "Team Dropkin". The Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021.
• Our Team — YoungBucks USA
• Team Dropkin on Twitter
• Video: 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship, final, Korey Dropkin — Jed Brundidge on YouTube