Rowe all about baseball
ADAMS TWP — Winning games, championships and Coach of the Year awards have become commonplace for Chase Rowe.
The Knoch graduate and Mars resident won his 300th game this spring as head baseball coach at La Roche College. He is 305-170 — a .630 winning percentage — and guided the Redhawks to their fourth straight Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship.
Rowe was also named AMCC Coach of the Year for the fourth straight year and fifth time in the past six seasons.
“The league's coaches vote on that,” Rowe said. “I'm very appreciative of the respect they show me and our program.”
But college baseball success isn't enough for Rowe.
He wants more.
“The college season only lasts for a couple of months,” Rowe said. “I'd get bored if I didn't have more baseball during the summer.”
He has been baseball coach at La Roche for 12 seasons. Approximately 10 years ago, Rowe started the Pittsburgh Spikes baseball program, a developmental summer baseball club consisting of 15, 16 and 17-year-old teams, along with college prep teams.
“I like being on the field, working with and developing young talent. That's my favorite part of this job,” he said.
While his younger teams compete in tournaments most weekends, Rowe helps high school players begin the transition to college ball.
A full story appears in Thursday's Butler Eagle.
