Career
She became an assistant coach to Anson Dorrance at the North Carolina Tar Heels when an anterior cruciate ligament injury caused her retirement from college soccer. Cowie was born in Florida to parents from the West of Scotland. She was inspired to take up freestyle football after observing a demonstration by John Farnworth.
As of 2014, Cowie practices her skills for one to three hours per day.
In 2015, Cowie became the first woman to do a three revolution - three full circles around the soccer ball while it is still in the air.