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Aubrey Rowe Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
LEWISBURG, Pa.
– Bucknell senior Aubrey Rowe (Carlisle,
Pa./Cumberland Valley), a member of the Bison
women’s water polo team, received a special award at the
University’s annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored
by the Bison Club and held at the Elaine Langone Center on Tuesday,
April 28.
Rowe won the Lee S. “Bud” Ranck Award, presented to
senior athletes “for outstanding spirit and contributions to
the Bucknell athletic program.” Rowe shared the award with
Gabriel Heiber of the men’s water polo team, who was the male
selection.
In addition to Rowe, several other student-athletes were honored
at the banquet, including the winners of the Christy Mathewson
Award, given to the most outstanding athletes in the senior
class.
Rowe has claimed a number of career and single-season records in
her four years in the Orange & Blue despite battling injuries.
After setting the single-season mark for steals with 84 last year,
the driver came back in her senior campaign to take the season
marks in points (128) and goals (75). She finished her career with
358 points and 251 steals, both of which rank first in the Bucknell
record book.
Rowe recently earned her second consecutive selection to the
Second Team All-CWPA Southern Division, capping off a career in
which she was named First Team All-Conference and CWPA Eastern
Rookie of the Year in 2006. In addition, she earned All-Eastern
Championship second team honors this season to be recognized as one
of the top players at the league's championship event.
Out of the pool, Rowe is a three-time CWPA and ACWPA All-Academic
Team honoree while double majoring in English/creative writing and
Spanish.
Bucknell is a highly selective, privately endowed liberal arts
institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,500 undergraduate
students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the
Patriot League and has full membership along with American, Army,
Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Bucknell has won
the Presidents' Cup, signifying the Patriot League's all-sports
champion, in 14 of 18 years, including 10 of the last 11.
Recently, 17 Bison programs – the seventh-most in Division I – earned NCAA Public Recognition for having Academic Performance Rates in the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sport. In addition, Bucknell ranks fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 116 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
