Western Illinois University Athletics

At Western Illinois
2008 (Senior season): Set a new FCS record for most consecutive PATs in a career (129)... had two PATs blocked, ending his career 160-of-162... was 10-of-14 (.714) on field goals, with two of his misses coming as a result of blocks... was 3-of-4 from 40 and beyond... hit his only attempt beyond 50 (54 yards)... kicked the game-winner in overtime against Illinois State... made six of his last eight field goals... ranks second in the WIU career record books for kick scoring (283 points) and PATs (160), and third in field goals (41)... a repeat first-team all-conference pick.... named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-America Second Team... ended his career 9-of-14 (.643) from 50 yards and beyond... owns six of the 10 longest field goals in school history... named the Western Illinois Special Teams Player of the Year for a second year in a row.

2007 (Junior season): Earned first-team all-Gateway Conference honors... named to the College Sporting News All-America Team as the only kicker... also earned honorable mention all-America honors from The Sports Network... had more field goals during the regular-season than all but one other FCS kicker... tied for the longest field goal in the nation with a 56-yarder against Southern Illinois... the kick also matched the longest in school history... was the only kicker with three field goals among the nation’s eight longest... ranked 16th nationally in kick scoring... led the Gateway and set a school record for field goals per game... was 6-of-8 from 50 yards and beyond, recording more 50-yard field goals than any Division I kicker in the country... fell one 50-yard field goal shy of tying the FCS record of seven in a season... three-time Gateway player of the week... three-time national player of the week... became the second player in league history to kick two 50-yarders in one game... remained perfect on career extra points, ending the season at 117... named the Western Illinois Special Teams Player of the Year... also very successfully handled kickoff duties, tallying 20 touchbacks.

2006 (Sophomore season): Converted all 42 extra point attempts to rank fifth among the school’s single-season record book... broke the Western Illinois record for most consecutive PATs made and still remains perfect in his career (89-for-89)... only one other Division I sophomore (Sam Swank, Wake Forest) continued a perfect career (61-for-61) and just four Division I juniors are perfect on PATs... also handled the Leathernecks’ kickoff duties, tallying 25 touchbacks on 58 kicks... made seven of his 13 field goal attempts... hit a career-long 53-yarder, equaling the third-longest field goal in school history, against Kentucky Wesleyan and matched it at the UNI-Dome... was 5-of-7 from under 50 yards.

2005 (Freshman season): Became Western Illinois’ first true freshman place-kicker since 1994 and the first to start on opening day since 1990... converted all 47 PATs, setting school records for most consecutive extra points in a single season, most extra points by a freshman and most consecutive extra points by a freshman... hit all 10 PAT tries against Iowa Wesleyan, tying a school record for most extra points in a game by a freshman... connected on five of nine field goal attempts... became just the second player in school history to compile a perfect PAT percentage... hit a career-long 47-yard field goal against Northern Iowa, which was the longest by a Western Illinois freshman... his 47 PATs were more than all 41 other I-AA players who were perfect on extra point attempts in 2005... there were only four I-A players with a higher perfect total.

High School
Earned all-conference and all-district honors in 2004... played in the North/South All-Star game... named Special Teams Player of the Week six times in 2004... was successful on 12 field goal attempts over his last two seasons, twice from 45 yards... punted for a 38.0 average... was also a soccer standout.

Personal
Son of Stuart and Teri Rowan... born Jan. 12, 1987... major is construction management.