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{{MedalGold, 2009 Czech Republic} {{MedalGold, 2013 Canada} , show-medals = Kathryn Rowan Thomson (born 1987) is an American professional lacrosse player who currently coaches the Albany Great Danes women's lacrosse, a position she has held since June 2018. She played college lacrosse at

Playing career

NCAA

Rowan Thomson graduated from Syracuse in 2010 as an all-time leader in points (396) and assists (164), while also scoring 232 goals. She ranked fourth on the NCAA Division I career scoring list and third on the career assists list. She was a three-time All-American and two-time

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Attacker of the Year, Rowan Thomson’s teams won the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament game in

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and later reached its first Final Four in

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.{{cite news , last1=Boccacino , first1=John , title=Trailblazing Women's Lacrosse Standout Katie (Rowan) Thomson '09, G'10 Reflects on Jersey Retirement, Teaching Next Generation of Lacrosse Standouts , url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2022/04/19/trailblazing-womens-lacrosse-standout-katie-rowan-thomson-09-g10-reflects-on-jersey-retirement-molding-next-generation-of-lacrosse-standouts/ , access-date=25 December 2022 , work=

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, date=19 April 2022 Rowan earned the 2009 Soladay Award, which is the highest honor bestowed upon a Syracuse University student-athlete.{{cite web , title=Katie Rowan - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory , url=https://cuse.com/staff-directory/katie-rowan/340 , website=

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, access-date=26 December 2022 , language=en In February 2022, Rowan Thomson made history as the first Syracuse Women's Lacrosse player to have her jersey (#21) retired, and the second Syracuse women's athlete to achieve this honor, following basketball legend

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. She was recognized alongside her mentor and former coach,

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, whose #22 jersey was also retired that day.{{cite news , last1=Enslin , first1=Rob , title=Making Orange Lacrosse History , url=https://www.syracuse.edu/stories/katie-rowan-thomson-iconic-no-21/ , access-date=26 December 2022 , work= syracuse.edu , date=June 7, 2022 , language=en Rowan Thomson has also been inducted into the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.{{cn, date=December 2022

USA lacrosse

Rowan Thomson has won gold medals at the

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as a member of the U.S. Women's National Team. She holds the record for the most points scored at World Cups between the 2009 and 2013 tournaments, with a total of 69 points. She also holds the record for the most goals scored in a single game, with 8 goals. Her 35 national team assists are the most for the U.S., and in 2009, when the U.S. won gold, Rowan Thomson scored 35 points in the tournament.{{cite news , last1=Bambini , first1=Cole , title=Katie Rowan Thomson's jersey retirement reflects her decorated career at SU , url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/02/katie-rowan-thomsons-jersey-retirement-reflects-decorated-career-syracuse-university/ , access-date=26 December 2022 , work=

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, date=22 February 2022 Thompson contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal win at the

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. She also helped the U.S. national team secure its second consecutive gold medal at the

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, where she was named player of the match in the final game after setting a program record with 8 goals and 10 points. She was the second-leading scorer for Team USA at the tournament, with 35 points. In her 14 games with the U.S. national team, Thompson scored a total of 67 points, tying her with

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for the most points in U.S. history.

UWLX

Rowan Thomson was selected by the

in the inaugural

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draft in 2016.

Coaching career

After graduation, Rowan Thomson served as an assistant coach at Syracuse and Albany. As an offensive coach with the Orange, she coached three First-Team American attackers:

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and Halle Majorana. From 2016 to 2018, Rowan Thomson was the head coach of the Wagner Seahawks women's lacrosse. During her first season at Wagner, she guided the team to win the 2016

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championship, which was a first for the program. She posted a 31-27 record at Wagner and led the Seahawks to two conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. Rowan Thomson was named the head coach of the Albany Great Danes women's lacrosse in June 2018. In 2021, she was named

Coach of the Year, and the Great Danes finished the season with a 11-7 overall record and 7-2 in the America East conference. She served as the head coach of the Pride, a team in the Women's Professional Lacrosse League, for the duration of the league's existence (2018 and 2019).{{cite magazine , last1=Croston , first1=Samantha , title=Keeping Up With the Alumni: Featuring Katie Rowan , url=https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/lacrosse/keeping-up-with-the-alumni-featuring-katie-rowan , access-date=26 December 2022 , magazine=

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Syracuse Orange , date=21 September 2020 , language=en In August 2019, she coached the

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that played in the

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in Peterborough, Canada. She also served as a coach for the Haudenosaunee team in the Pan-American Lacrosse Association Women's World Qualifiers, which took place in

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, in November 2019. She held the position of head coach for the Haudenosaunee National Senior Team for the World Games, having been officially named to this role on May 1, 2020.

Personal life

Rowan Thomson was born to Martin and Susan Rowan and grew up in

. She graduated from the Bethlehem High School in 2005. She graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees, in 2009 and 2010 respectively, from the

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and the

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. She also has a master's degree from

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. She married UAlbany men's lacrosse coach Merrick Thomson on December 31, 2019, in

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.{{cite web , title=Zola Weddings: Katie Rowan AND Merrick Thomson , url=https://www.zola.com/wedding/katieandmerrick , website=www.zola.com , access-date=26 December 2022

References

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External links

Albany Coach bio

Syracuse player bio

Episode 103: Thomson on 'Cuse Conversations Podcast in 2022
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