Bucknell University Athletics
Aubrey Rowe Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
4/28/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 28, 2009
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 batting 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 Conference Rookie of the Year in 2006.
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.
