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Joins the Bucknell team as a recruited walk-on from nearby Harrisburg ... smart, steady player with plenty of shooting range ... hit over 200 3-pointers at the high school level ... brings a high basketball IQ to the college level ... understands the game and team concepts ... comes from a family of college basketball players. HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Full name is Derek James Rowe ... born Apr. 23, 1991 in Harrisburg, Pa. ... parents are Jim and Beth Rowe ... has two siblings, Erica and Brandon ... father played basketball at St. Mary's ... also had two uncles that played college basketball: Tom Rowe played at American and John Rowe at Shippensburg ... earned four letters each in baseball and basketball at Cedar Cliff High School ... four-year captain of the basketball team ... father was team's head coach his junior and senior years ... 1,583 career points ranked No. 2 in school history ... hit 201 career 3-pointers ... Patriot-News Big 15 Team as a senior, when he averaged 18.5 ppg and canned 73 treys ... Mid-Penn Commonwealth First Team pick ... Carlisle Sentinel Player of the Year and first team all-star ... as a senior helped lead Cedar Cliff to the state playoffs for the first time since 1996 ... tied the school record with a 40-point game against Bishop McDevitt ... also had 37 points in a come-from-behind win over Steelton-Highspire ... honorable mention on Patriot-News Big 11 Baseball Team in 2009 ... made the school's Distinguished Honor Roll with a 3.9 GPA ... attended Bucknell Team Camp in summer of 2008 ... majoring in management at Bucknell. | |||||||||||||||||