{{short description|American curler (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox curler | name = Thomas Howell | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1994|10|14}} | birth_place = [[Newton, Massachusetts]], United States | Curling club = [[Kettle Moraine Curling Club|Kettle Moraine CC]], <br> [[Delafield, Wisconsin|Delafield, WI]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usacurling.org/national-team|title=USA Curling National Team Athletes|website=USA Curling|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> | Skip = [[Andrew Stopera]] | Third = '''Thomas Howell''' | Second = [[Mark Fenner]] | Lead = [[Lance Wheeler]] | Alternate = | Member Association = {{USA}} | World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2025}}) | Pan Continental Championship appearances = 2 ({{PCCC|2022}}, {{PCCC|2023}}) | Other appearances = [[Curling at the Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]]: 1 ([[Curling at the 2013 Winter Universiade|2013]]),<br>{{WJCC||World Junior Championships}}: 3 ({{WJCC|2012}}, {{WJCC|2013}}, {{WJCC|2016}}) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | [[Curling]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver |[[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|2016 Copenhagen]]|}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Continental Curling Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships|2022 Calgary]]|}} {{MedalCompetition | [[United States Men's Curling Championship|United States Men's Championship]] }} {{MedalGold |[[2021 United States Men's Curling Championship|2021 Wausau]]|}} {{MedalGold |[[2025 United States Men's Curling Championship|2025 Duluth]]|}} {{MedalSilver |[[2018 United States Men's Curling Championship|2018 Fargo]]|}} {{MedalSilver | [[2024 United States Men's Curling Championship|2024 East Rutherford]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2026 United States Men's Curling Championship|2026 Charlotte]] | }} {{MedalBronze | {{USMCC|2023|2023 Denver}}|}} }}
'''Thomas "Tom" Howell''' (born October 14, 1994) is an American [[curling|curler]] from [[Milwaukee]].<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf|title=2025 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> He currently plays [[Third (curling)|third]] on Team [[Andrew Stopera]]
==Curling career==
=== Juniors === As a junior curler, Howell won three [[United States Junior Curling Championships]], in [[2012 United States Junior Curling Championships|2012]], [[2013 United States Junior Curling Championships|2013]], and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mysouthborough.com/2011/01/28/southborough-brothers-curl-for-gold-in-alaska/|title=Southborough brothers curl for gold in Alaska|date=Jan 28, 2011|website=My Southborough|access-date=Apr 29, 2020}}</ref> As such, he played for the United States at three [[World Junior Curling Championships]], notably finishing 5th at the [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships]] and 7th at the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships]].
Howell was a member of the U.S. team at the [[2012 Winter Youth Olympics]], playing second on a team that included [[Korey Dropkin]], [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]], and [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]]. The team finished 5th at the event; after going undefeated in the [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]], they were eliminated in the quarter-final against Italy.
Howell also represented the United States at the [[2013 Winter Universiade]], as the alternate for the [[Chris Plys]]'s team. That team finished in 5th place.
=== Men's === On the [[World Curling Tour]], Howell, as a member of the Dropkin rink, has been a regular at events held in the U.S., playing in his first event at the 2010 [[Laphroaig Scotch Open]] at the age of 16. Howell won his first Tour event by winning the 2014 [[Twin Cities Open]].
From 2016-18, Howell and Dropkin joined the [[Heath McCormick]] rink, with Plys at third and Dropkin at second. During Howell's second season with Team McCormick, he won his first medal at the [[2018 United States Men's Curling Championship|United States Men's Championship]], earning silver when they lost to [[Greg Persinger]]'s team in the final.
In 2021, Howell won his first [[2021 United States Men's Curling Championship|United States Men's Curling Championship]], which was postponed until after that year's Worlds due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The following season, he finished runner-up at the [[2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials]], after losing to the defending Olympic champion [[John Shuster]] rink in the final. As the 2022 US nationals were cancelled due to the pandemic, Dropkin's rink was invited to represent the US at the [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship]], where Howell and the Dropkin rink finished in fourth.
Dropkin and Howell formed a new team in the 2022-23 season, joining former junior teammates Stopera and Fenner. The team had good success, winning a bronze medal at the [[2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships]], and finishing fourth in {{PCCC|2023}}. The rink won their first men's national title together at the [[2025 United States Men's Curling Championship]], representing USA at the [[2025 World Men's Curling Championship]]. At the 2025 Worlds, the team went 4-8 after the round robin, finishing a disappointing 11th place.
==Personal life== Howell is married and is employed as a financial advisor.<ref name="MG"/>
==Teams==
===Men's=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2009–10<ref>{{cite web |title=Field set for 2010 U.S. Junior Nationals |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2010/January/14/Field-set-for-2010-U-S-Junior-Nationals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513221354/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2010/January/14/Field-set-for-2010-U-S-Junior-Nationals |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2016 |website=USA Curling |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 14, 2010}}</ref> | [[Stephen Dropkin]] || [[Korey Dropkin]] || Tom Howell || Ryan McMakin || Cameron Ross || || 2010 [[United States Junior Curling Championships|USJCC]] (4th) |- ! scope="row"| 2010–11<ref>{{cite web |title=CURLING: Field set for 2011 USA Curling Junior Nationals in Fairbanks |url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Field-set-for-2011-USA-Curling-Junior-Nationals-in-Fairbanks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215535/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Field-set-for-2011-USA-Curling-Junior-Nationals-in-Fairbanks |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |website=Team USA |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> | Stephen Dropkin || Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Derek Corbett || Cameron Ross || || 2011 USJCC {{Silver2}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin women, Minnesota men win 2011 Junir Nationals |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2011/February/06/Wisconsin-women-Minnesota-men-win-2011-Junir-Nationals |website=USA Curling |access-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610185910/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2011/February/06/Wisconsin-women-Minnesota-men-win-2011-Junir-Nationals |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | Stephen Dropkin || Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Derek Corbett || Cameron Ross ||Sandra McMakin | [[2012 United States Junior Curling Championships|2012 USJCC]] {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|2012|2012 WJCC}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || [[Mark Fenner]] || [[Alex Fenson]] || [[Connor Hoge]] || Keith Dropkin || [[2013 United States Junior Curling Championships|2013 USJCC]] {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|2013|2013 WJCC}} (7th) |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2013–14 | [[Chris Plys]] || Stephen Dropkin || [[Sean Beighton]] || Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || [[Phill Drobnick]] || [[Curling at the 2013 Winter Universiade|2013 WUG]] (5th)<ref>{{cite web |title=XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/503 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> |- | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner || Alex Fenson || || || 2014 USJCC {{Bronze3}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 USA Junior Men's Championship - Playoffs |url=https://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3340&skin=2&view=Playoffs |website=CurlingZone |access-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527020805/https://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3340&skin=2&view=Playoffs |archive-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner || [[Andrew Stopera]] || [[Luc Violette]] || || 2015 USJCC {{Silver2}}<br/>{{USMCC|2015|2015 USMCC}} (6th) |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner || Alex Fenson || Quinn Evenson || [[Wally Henry (curler)|Wally Henry]] (WJCC) || {{USMCC|2016|2016 USMCC}} (4th)<br/>2016 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|2016|2016 WJCC}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | [[Heath McCormick]] || Chris Plys || Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || || || {{USMCC|2017|2017 USMCC}} (6th) |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Heath McCormick || Chris Plys || Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || || || {{USMCC|2018|2018 USMCC}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Korey Dropkin (fourth) || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner (skip) || Alex Fenson || || || {{USMCC|2019|2019 USMCC}} (4th) |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner || Alex Fenson || [[Joe Polo]] || || {{USMCC|2020|2020 USMCC}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Korey Dropkin || Joe Polo || Mark Fenner || Tom Howell || Alex Fenson || || {{USMCC|2021|2021 USMCC}} {{Gold1}} |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Korey Dropkin || Joe Polo || Mark Fenner || Tom Howell || Alex Fenson || [[Tim Solin]] || [[2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials|2021 USOCT]] {{Silver2}} <br> {{WMCC|2022|2022 WCC}} (4th) |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Korey Dropkin || Andrew Stopera || Mark Fenner || Tom Howell || || [[Mark Lazar]] || {{PCCC|2022|2022 PCCC}} {{Bronze3}} <br> {{USMCC|2023|2023 USMCC}} {{Bronze3}} |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Korey Dropkin (Fourth) || Andrew Stopera (Skip) || Mark Fenner || Tom Howell || || Mark Lazar || {{PCCC|2023|2023 PCCC}} (4th) <br> {{USMCC|2024|2024 USMCC}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Andrew Stopera || Mark Fenner || Chris Plys (WMCC) || Mark Lazar || {{USMCC|2025|2025 USMCC}} {{Gold1}} <br> {{WMCC|2025|2025 WMCC}} (11th) |- ! scope="row"| 2025 | Korey Dropkin || Tom Howell || Andrew Stopera || Mark Fenner || || Mark Lazar || |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Andrew Stopera || Tom Howell || Mark Fenner || [[Lance Wheeler]] || || Mark Lazar || {{USMCC|2026|2026 USMCC}} {{Silver2}} |}
===Mixed=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | [[Korey Dropkin]] || [[Sarah Anderson (curler)|Sarah Anderson]] || Thomas Howell || [[Taylor Anderson (curler)|Taylor Anderson]] || [[Wally Henry (curler)|Wally Henry]] || [[Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team|2012 WYOG]] (5th)<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 – Mixed team |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/437 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> |}
===Mixed doubles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Ying (curler)|Yang Ying]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Howell || [[Li Hongchen]] || [[Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles|2012 WYOG]] (9th)<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 – Mixed doubles |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/YOG/443 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.usacurling.org/athlete-profiles/tom-howell |title=Tom Howell — Athlete Profiles |website=USA Curling |language=en |access-date=2022-04-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220015240/https://www.usacurling.org/athlete-profiles/tom-howell |archivedate=2022-02-20}} * {{cite web |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-dropkin/ |title=Team Dropkin |website=The Grand Slam of Curling |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213202705/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-dropkin/ |archivedate=2021-12-13 }} * [https://www.youngbucksusa.com/team Our Team — YoungBucks USA] * {{twitter|youngbucksUSA|Team Dropkin}} * Video: {{youTube|bu6qYdjHln8|2021 United States Men's Curling Championship, final, Korey Dropkin — Jed Brundidge}}
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