Mihaylia Howell
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| Born |
11 March 2006 Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Brisbane Blaze | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Australia U–21 | 19 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Australia | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mihaylia Howell (born 11 March 2006)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2]
Howell hails from Narangba, a suburb just north of Brisbane, Queensland.[3]
She is a scholarship holder at the Queensland Academy of Sport.[4]
Career
Domestic
In Hockey Australia's premier domestic league, the One Active Hockey One, Howell represents HC Melbourne.[5] She made the move to the Victorian side for the 2025 season, having previously been a squad member of her home state's representative team, the Brisbane Blaze.[6]
Under 21
Howell made her debut for the Australian U–21 side, the Jillaroos, in 2025.[7] She made her first international appearances during the Junior Oceania Cup in Auckland, where she won a gold medal.[8] She continued representing the side during the year, travelling to Europe for an international tour, as well as featuring in a test series against India in Canberra.[9][10] She finished out 2025 with an appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, helping the Jillaroos to a seventh-place finish.[2]
She remains a member of the national junior squad.[11]
Hockeyroos
She made her international debut in 2026 during season seven of the FIH Pro League.[12] She earned her first senior cap during a match against Spain in Hobart, scoring a goal on debut.[7] Following a standout performance on debut, she was called into the squad for the 2026 FIH World Cup Qualifiers in Santiago.[13]
