Kristen Bowes is one of the greatest athletes to have ever playedat UMass Boston. She did not just excel in three sports, but wasone of the best players in all three. The Quincy native earned 12varsity letters and was named team Captain in women's soccer,women's basketball and softball, while setting 11 school records,including five standards in women's soccer, four in basketball andtwo in softball.
A 2003 graduate of UMass Boston, Bowes is the greatest goalie toever play for the Beacons, owning career records for matches played(54), minutes played (4019), saves (815) and save percentage(.806), despite playing for struggling teams. She still ranks ninthon the all-time NCAA list in total saves and saves per game with15.09. She turned away at least 150 shots in every season andranked fifth among Little East Conference keepers in 2000 with a.824 mark that saw her stop an incredible 266 shots for thesecond-most in school annals. She owns the top seven save totals ina game for the Beacons, including five 30-plus efforts and aschool-record outing of 37. Bowes posted a career-best .842 savepercentage to place fifth in the LEC in 2002 and finished hercareer with 69 games played to rank second all-time at UMassBoston.
Bowes was a well-rounded basketball player as well, averaging8.1 points, 3.2 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.5 steals to go with 27blocked shots in 100 career games as the Beacons' point guard. Thefloor general owns the school record for career assists (323),season assists (123) and single-game helpers (12). Her assistaverage is the fifth-highest in school annals, while her total of254 steals puts her second all-time at UMass Boston in addition toa school-record 11 steals in a game. The hard-nosed guard rankedamong the Little East Conference's top 10 in assists per game forthree seasons and recorded 46 or more steals to rank among the topseven in steals in all four seasons.
When winter turned to spring, Bowes put on a glove as thesoftball team's shortstop and showed great range with 228 careerassists for the most in school history. She also proved to be athreat on the base paths with a school-record four steals in a gameand a career total of 38 to place second all-time for the Beacons.She still ranks among UMass Boston's career leaders in battingaverage (.342, seventh), total bases (108, sixth), runs scored (57,eighth), hits (80, eighth) and doubles (13, ninth). Bowes turned ina tremendous senior campaign, hitting .387 (36-93) for thesixth-highest mark in the league, while leading the conference with0.61 stolen bases, placing second with 0.89 runs and 0.36 doublesper game and standing third with 1.29 hits per game.
