Boys Basketball: Loudoun Valley JR Paul Rowley Picks Up Offer from Mount St. Mary's

(Aug. 13, 2012) - Loudoun Valley High School junior Paul Rowley, a 6-foot-7 inside-outside player who can play point guard, has picked up his first college offer as new Mount St. Mary's coach Jamion Christian has put the Viking on The Mount's recruiting radar.

Rowley picked up the offer according to Loudoun Valley coach Chad Dawson after a great summer season that included invites to the Mount St. Mary's elite camp as well as West Virginia University's elite camp.

"He deserves it as he has worked real hard," said Dawson. "Paul is very versatile, very athletic and great student of the game."

Christian, a 2004 graduate of Mount St. Mary's and just 30, was named head coach in March. He was an assistant at VCU where he helped the Rams with their 2012 NCAA tournament run. Prior to that he spent three years at William & Mary. Potomac Falls grad Greg Graves is a freshman on The Mount's 2012-13 roster.

Rowley is expected to pick up the scoring role in the winter of graduated John Yoxthimer. Dawson says that Rowley's combination of height and ball handling skills creates match-up problems for opposing teams.

Paul Rowley hits a 3-pointer last season with less than 3 seconds left to send Vikings key game with Briar Woods into overtime.