Matthew Cowdrey

Matthew Bly Cowdrey of Easton, Maryland died on January 17, 2005. He was 20 years old. He was born on September 22, 1984 in Annapolis, Maryland. He was the only son of Roy B. and Dael Ferris Cowdrey. After graduating from The Country School in 1999, he attended Easton High School where he excelled in both football and lacrosse. He transferred to McDonogh School in Baltimore in his junior year and graduated in 2003. He attended Lehigh University for one year. In the fall of 2004, he transferred to McDaniel College majoring in Communications. He was an outstanding athlete whose first love was lacrosse. He began playing at age seven. His youth team attended the Maryland Youth Lacrosse State finals. He was named Most Valuable Player in Lacrosse and Most Outstanding Athlete at The Country School. He was twice selected to the Eastern Shore Youth Lacrosse All-Star Team as a member of the Talbot Lacrosse Juniors. He also played for the Hurricanes, a selected team from the entire Eastern Shore. They played and won many tournaments across the state and region. As a freshman at Easton High School, Matt started on attack for the varsity lacrosse team. He was second in scoring on a team that advanced to the State semi-finals. He was named to the second team All-Mid Shore Boys Lacrosse team as a freshman and sophomore. He transferred to McDonogh School in Owings Mills. There he started both years and was awarded the Coach’s Cup in his senior year for his all around contribution to the team. He also received the Four Year award for earning a varsity letter in all four years of high school. Recruited by many of the top Division 1 and 3 colleges, he selected Lehigh University. He transferred to McDaniel College in the fall of 2004, and was looking forward to the spring season. Matthew loved the outdoors. He learned to fish at Harrison’s Chesapeake house on Tilghman Island where he mated for the past two summers on the Bodacious with Capt. Mike Lipski. He was an avid surfer who just returned from a trip to Costa Rica. Above all, he loved to hunt ducks and geese on the Eastern Shore. In addition to his parents, Roy and Dael Ferris Cowdrey, he is survived by his grandparents Joyce Ferris of Easton, Maryland and Capt. And Mrs. Roy B. Cowdrey, USN Ret. of Annapolis, four uncles, five aunts, a great-uncle, thirteen cousins and countless friends. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church at 1:00 p.m. Friends may call at the church on Friday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. Contributions can be made to McDonogh Scholarship, P. O. Box 380, Owings Mills, MD 21117 or the Talbot Lacrosse Association, P. O. Box 2014, Easton, MD 21601. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Easton, MD. See www.fhnfuneralhome.com