Rowe Commissioned As US Army Second Lieutenant

(Pictured L-R: Sam McAdam, Men's Lacrosse; Assistant Field Hockey Coach Kaitlin Kelley; Maureen Coakley, Field Hockey/Softball; Mel Melkonian, Field Hockey/Softball; Erin Murphy, Field Hockey/Softball; Second Lieutenant Katherine Rowe; Meghan Lennon, Field Hockey/Softball; Lorna Lunney, Women's Soccer; Kate Condon, Field Hockey; Lauren King, Women's Soccer; Garrett McAdam, Men's Lacrosse).

Worcester, Mass. – Former Clark University field hockey student-athlete Katherine Rowe (Fort Myer, Va.) was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps in the United States Army along with two other members of the Worcester Consortium United States Army Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) in a ceremony held on Saturday morning at WPI's Higgins House.

For Rowe, the commissioning ceremony was particularly significant, as her father, retired United States Army Major General Richard Rowe presided over the event.

Rowe spent three seasons as a member of the field hockey team at Clark, serving as captain in her senior season of 2010. She helped the Cougars to a pair of NEWMAC Tournament appearances and spent the 2011 campaign as a member of the coaching staff while completing her undergraduate degree in political science.

During her time as a ROTC Cadet with the Bay State Battalion, she earned the Superior Cadet Award and served as the battalion's Executive Officer.

Upon completion of the Signal Corps Basic Officer Leader's Course, which begins in February at Fort Gordon, Georgia, Rowe's first assignment is with the 25th Signal Battalion with service in Afghanistan.