2008 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Rowan, Katie

Jersey Number 21
Katie Rowan
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Bethlehem Central
- Hometown:
- Delmar, N.Y.
Bio
Notables: Syracuse’s all-time leader in points (396) and assists (164) and ranked fourth on the NCAA Division I career scoring list and third on the career assists list
Senior Year: IWLCA All-America First Team selection … IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team … Soladay Award winner … Syracuse Female Athlete of the Year...WomensLax.com Attacker of the Year … WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com All-America First Team honoree … BIG EAST Co-Attacker of the Year … All-BIG EAST First Team selection … BIG EAST All-Tournament Team selection … Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week … Tewaaraton Trophy Watch nominee ... Scored four goals against Le Moyne ... Reached 300 career-points mark against California ... Scored hat trick against Virginia ... Became the BIG EAST all-time leading scorer against Connecticut ... Scored 200th career goal at Connecticut ... Reached double figures in points for the sixth time in her career against the Huskies (5g, 5a) ... Dished out five assists at Towson ... Had nine points (3g, 6a) against Louisville ... Scored hat trick against Cincinnati ... Had six assists against Loyola, Cornell and Rutgers ... Tallied four goals against Notre Dame … Recorded 11 points (5g, 6a) against Boston University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … The 11 points tied for second on the tournament single-game record list … CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team … CoSIDA District I Academic All-America First Team … BIG EAST Scholar Athlete institutional winner … Member of the U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the World Championship … BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence winner … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor in both the fall and spring semesters.
Junior Year: IWLCA/US Lacrosse First Team All-American … Tewaaraton Trophy and Honda Award finalist … BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year … Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Named to the All-Northeast Region First Team … Earned WomensLax.com Attacker of the Year … WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com All-American … Led the nation in scoring with 142 points, 28 points ahead of the next-highest scorer … Tied the NCAA single-season record with 69 assists … Also ranked first in the NCAA in points per game (6.76), second in assists per game (3.29) and 12th in goals per game (3.48) … Set NCAA Championship and school single-game record with 13 points and eight assists against Towson in the first round … Had a goal and two assists in the final 10 minutes against North Carolina as the Orange overcame a one-goal deficit … Finished with two goals and four assists against the Tar Heels … Set BIG EAST Championship records with 10 points and six assists in semifinal versus Rutgers … Earned the BIG EAST Championship MVP award after setting a tournament record with 13 points and six assists in two games … Scored 11 points on four goals and seven assists against Georgetown during the regular season … Earned the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, and the WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com Division I Player of the Week awards for her performance against the Hoyas and Albany (four goals, four assists) … Broke her own single-season school scoring record at Rutgers when she tallied 10 points on four goals and six assists … Became Syracuse’s all-time leading scorer against Colgate … Recorded 10 points on seven goals and three assists against the Red Raiders … Named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for her performance against Colgate and Loyola (three goals, four assists) … Tied her career highs with four draw controls and four ground balls against Cincinnati … Posted six goals and nine points against Canisius and Cincinnati … Also had nine points against Hofstra on five goals and four assists … Tallied four goals against Notre Dame and Towson during the regular season … Posted hat tricks against Virginia, Connecticut, Loyola and Georgetown (BET) … Dished out four assists against Binghamton, Hofstra, Connecticut, Albany and Loyola … Voted to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-America Second Team and All-District First Team … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the fall and spring semester.
Sophomore Year: First-team IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-American … Inside Lacrosse second-team All-American … WomensLacrosse.com first-team All-American … Named to the IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team … Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Led the team and set school records with 86 points and 59 goals … Recorded 27 assists, the third-highest total in school history … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and ninth nationally with 4.53 points per game … Ranked third in the conference and 12th in the NCAA with 3.11 goals per game … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and 30th in the NCAA with 1.42 assists per game … Posted at least one goal and two points in all 19 games, becoming the third player in SU history to score a goal in each contest during a single season … Tallied 14 hat tricks, including a string of 11-consecutive games from March 24 to May 13 … Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after matching school records with 10 points and seven goals against Rutgers … Recorded eight points on four goals and a career-best four assists against Loyola … Registered five goals against Towson and Vanderbilt … Earned Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week accolades for her performance against Vanderbilt, leading the Orange to its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory … Recorded six points on four goals and two assists against Cornell … Tallied a hat trick against Albany, Virginia, Connecticut, Harvard, Northwestern, Colgate, Penn and versus Rutgers and Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament … Registered three assists against Notre Dame and two assists versus Dartmouth, Virginia, Penn and in the NCAA Quarterfinals against Northwestern … Posted game-winning goals against Notre Dame, Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship and Vanderbilt in the NCAA First Round … Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
Freshman Year: Earned IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team accolades, the only freshman selected to the team … Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team … Led the team with 56 points (46 goals and 10 assists), the sixth-highest single-season total in school history … Ranked fifth in the BIG EAST and 43rd in the NCAA with 3.50 points per game … Ranked sixth in the conference and 26th nationally with 2.88 goals per game … Her 46 goals are the sixth-highest single-season total in the program’s history … Tied for the team lead with 10 assists and finished 10th in the BIG EAST with 0.62 assists per game … Tied for first in the conference with four game-winning goals (against Towson, Connecticut, Colgate and Rutgers) … Scored a season-best six goals at Rutgers … Also recorded six points against Albany (four goals and two assists) and Connecticut (three goals and three assists) … Tallied four goals in first collegiate game against Harvard, and against Georgetown and Colgate … Registered a hat trick against Binghamton, Towson and Pennsylvania … Posted two goals and two assists against Northwestern and Loyola … Scored at least two goals in 15-of-16 games … Picked up 20 ground balls, including a career-best four against Binghamton … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
High School: Named a US Lacrosse All-American and earned Academic All-America honors as a junior and senior … Honored as the Times Union Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 … Scored 56 goals and tallied 76 assists as a senior captain … Notched 71 goals and 62 assists as a junior… Bethlehem Central had a record of 77-7 in her four seasons and was Section II champions in all four of her years … Bethlehem Central advanced to the state semifinals in 2002 and 2004, and advanced to the finals in 2003 and 2005 … Named MVP of the team in her senior season … Also played basketball for four years.
Personal: Born April, 1987 … Daughter of Martin and Susan Rowan … One brother and one sister … Dual major in inclusive education and sociology.
Senior Year: IWLCA All-America First Team selection … IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team … Soladay Award winner … Syracuse Female Athlete of the Year...WomensLax.com Attacker of the Year … WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com All-America First Team honoree … BIG EAST Co-Attacker of the Year … All-BIG EAST First Team selection … BIG EAST All-Tournament Team selection … Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week … Tewaaraton Trophy Watch nominee ... Scored four goals against Le Moyne ... Reached 300 career-points mark against California ... Scored hat trick against Virginia ... Became the BIG EAST all-time leading scorer against Connecticut ... Scored 200th career goal at Connecticut ... Reached double figures in points for the sixth time in her career against the Huskies (5g, 5a) ... Dished out five assists at Towson ... Had nine points (3g, 6a) against Louisville ... Scored hat trick against Cincinnati ... Had six assists against Loyola, Cornell and Rutgers ... Tallied four goals against Notre Dame … Recorded 11 points (5g, 6a) against Boston University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … The 11 points tied for second on the tournament single-game record list … CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team … CoSIDA District I Academic All-America First Team … BIG EAST Scholar Athlete institutional winner … Member of the U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the World Championship … BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence winner … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor in both the fall and spring semesters.
Junior Year: IWLCA/US Lacrosse First Team All-American … Tewaaraton Trophy and Honda Award finalist … BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year … Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Named to the All-Northeast Region First Team … Earned WomensLax.com Attacker of the Year … WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com All-American … Led the nation in scoring with 142 points, 28 points ahead of the next-highest scorer … Tied the NCAA single-season record with 69 assists … Also ranked first in the NCAA in points per game (6.76), second in assists per game (3.29) and 12th in goals per game (3.48) … Set NCAA Championship and school single-game record with 13 points and eight assists against Towson in the first round … Had a goal and two assists in the final 10 minutes against North Carolina as the Orange overcame a one-goal deficit … Finished with two goals and four assists against the Tar Heels … Set BIG EAST Championship records with 10 points and six assists in semifinal versus Rutgers … Earned the BIG EAST Championship MVP award after setting a tournament record with 13 points and six assists in two games … Scored 11 points on four goals and seven assists against Georgetown during the regular season … Earned the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, and the WomensLax.com and Womenslacrosse.com Division I Player of the Week awards for her performance against the Hoyas and Albany (four goals, four assists) … Broke her own single-season school scoring record at Rutgers when she tallied 10 points on four goals and six assists … Became Syracuse’s all-time leading scorer against Colgate … Recorded 10 points on seven goals and three assists against the Red Raiders … Named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for her performance against Colgate and Loyola (three goals, four assists) … Tied her career highs with four draw controls and four ground balls against Cincinnati … Posted six goals and nine points against Canisius and Cincinnati … Also had nine points against Hofstra on five goals and four assists … Tallied four goals against Notre Dame and Towson during the regular season … Posted hat tricks against Virginia, Connecticut, Loyola and Georgetown (BET) … Dished out four assists against Binghamton, Hofstra, Connecticut, Albany and Loyola … Voted to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-America Second Team and All-District First Team … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the fall and spring semester.
Sophomore Year: First-team IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-American … Inside Lacrosse second-team All-American … WomensLacrosse.com first-team All-American … Named to the IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team … Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Led the team and set school records with 86 points and 59 goals … Recorded 27 assists, the third-highest total in school history … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and ninth nationally with 4.53 points per game … Ranked third in the conference and 12th in the NCAA with 3.11 goals per game … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and 30th in the NCAA with 1.42 assists per game … Posted at least one goal and two points in all 19 games, becoming the third player in SU history to score a goal in each contest during a single season … Tallied 14 hat tricks, including a string of 11-consecutive games from March 24 to May 13 … Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after matching school records with 10 points and seven goals against Rutgers … Recorded eight points on four goals and a career-best four assists against Loyola … Registered five goals against Towson and Vanderbilt … Earned Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week accolades for her performance against Vanderbilt, leading the Orange to its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory … Recorded six points on four goals and two assists against Cornell … Tallied a hat trick against Albany, Virginia, Connecticut, Harvard, Northwestern, Colgate, Penn and versus Rutgers and Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament … Registered three assists against Notre Dame and two assists versus Dartmouth, Virginia, Penn and in the NCAA Quarterfinals against Northwestern … Posted game-winning goals against Notre Dame, Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship and Vanderbilt in the NCAA First Round … Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
Freshman Year: Earned IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team accolades, the only freshman selected to the team … Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team … Led the team with 56 points (46 goals and 10 assists), the sixth-highest single-season total in school history … Ranked fifth in the BIG EAST and 43rd in the NCAA with 3.50 points per game … Ranked sixth in the conference and 26th nationally with 2.88 goals per game … Her 46 goals are the sixth-highest single-season total in the program’s history … Tied for the team lead with 10 assists and finished 10th in the BIG EAST with 0.62 assists per game … Tied for first in the conference with four game-winning goals (against Towson, Connecticut, Colgate and Rutgers) … Scored a season-best six goals at Rutgers … Also recorded six points against Albany (four goals and two assists) and Connecticut (three goals and three assists) … Tallied four goals in first collegiate game against Harvard, and against Georgetown and Colgate … Registered a hat trick against Binghamton, Towson and Pennsylvania … Posted two goals and two assists against Northwestern and Loyola … Scored at least two goals in 15-of-16 games … Picked up 20 ground balls, including a career-best four against Binghamton … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
High School: Named a US Lacrosse All-American and earned Academic All-America honors as a junior and senior … Honored as the Times Union Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 … Scored 56 goals and tallied 76 assists as a senior captain … Notched 71 goals and 62 assists as a junior… Bethlehem Central had a record of 77-7 in her four seasons and was Section II champions in all four of her years … Bethlehem Central advanced to the state semifinals in 2002 and 2004, and advanced to the finals in 2003 and 2005 … Named MVP of the team in her senior season … Also played basketball for four years.
Personal: Born April, 1987 … Daughter of Martin and Susan Rowan … One brother and one sister … Dual major in inclusive education and sociology.
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