Ron Knowe was one of the finest two-sport athletes in Westfield State history. Knowe starred at shortstop for the Owls from 1965-68, posting a career batting average of .334. He batted .316 or better for four consecutive seasons and led the team with a .348 batting average in his senior season. 

During the summer of 1965, Knowe played for Chatham in the prestigious Cape Cod League and was selected a league all-star. Knowe scored 587 points in his three-year basketball career at Westfield State, averaging 12.5 points per game in both his freshman and sophomore seasons. In 1968 he was the recipient of the President's Cup as the Outstanding Scholar Athlete at Westfield State. 

Knowe was an all-star and all league selection in the Tri-County League from 1970-75. Before coming to Western Mass. he was standout basketball and baseball player at Durfee High School in Fall River. Earlier this year he was inducted into the Durfee High School Athletics Hall of Fame. 

He has coached both basketball and baseball at East Longmeadow High School, including the past 13 years as head coach of the baseball team. His 1985 East Longmeadow team won the Western Mass. championship and advanced to the state semifinals. He also posted his 100th career victory this year. 

Knowe is a member of the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association's Executive Board and has been involved in coaching and directing numerous youth activities. He \was an assistant coach for the Massachusetts-Connecticut High School baseball all-star game played at Fenway Park in 1994. 

Knowe resides in East Longmeadow where he is a reading teacher in the Birchland Park Middle School. He and his wife Kathleen (Ksen), a 1968 Westfield State graduate, have two children, Kelly and Douglas.