2023-24
• Recorded a 75.29 scoring average in seven events
• Logged a pair of par-or-better rounds, including a season-best, 3-under 69 in the final round of the UCF Challenge
• Tied for 31st at even-par 216 (77-70-69) in the UCF Challenge
• Tied for 23rd at the Mary Fossum Invitational behind a 6-over 222 (73-75-74)
2022-23 (Creighton)
• Became the first back-to-back BIG EAST Women’s Golf Championship medalist in league history with her two-shot victory on April 19 in Hardeeville, S.C., at Riverton Pointe Golf and Country Club
• Nation’s only Division I female to be a back-to-back conference champion in 2022 and 2023
• Her second round 67 at the BIG EAST Championship on April 18 was a Creighton record and tied a BIG EAST Championship record that dated to 2009 (by Louisville’s Laura Anderson)
• She had seven birdies and an eagle in that round and led the tournament in par 3 scoring (-2) as well as par 5 scoring (-5)
• The week before the BIG EAST Championship, she also won the Stampede at the Creek in a northwest suburb of Omaha, topping a field of 60 golfers
• Returned to NCAA Regionals and finished 48th after rounds of 81-79-71 on the par 72 course, including six birdies in the final round
• In 11 events this year, owns school-records with six top-five finishes, six top-10 finishes and nine top-20 finishes
• Has four rounds of par or better this year, and the eight in her career are a program record
• Owns the Creighton career scoring average (75.86) record
• Creighton has eight individual titles in the last 20 years, and Lemke’s got four of those
• Threw out the first pitch prior to Creighton Baseball’s game vs. St. John’s on April 21
2021-22 (Creighton)
• Became first Regional qualifier in program history when she earned the auto-bid with her victory at BIG EAST Championship on April 23
• Became Creighton’s first BIG EAST individual champion in any sport on April 23rd when she won a 3-way playoff against Xavier’s Abby Kiefer and Emma McMyler with a birdie on the first playoff hole by rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt
• Her birdie was just the sixth (in 93 tries) over three days of the BIG EAST Championship on the 18th hole
• Shot rounds of 69, 71 and 73 for a 213 total at the BIG EAST Championship, the best 54-hole score for Creighton since at least 2003-04, and the best by any player at a BIG EAST Championship since 2013 (outside of Lemke and the Xavier duo she tied with)
• Owned a 76.36 scoring average and four rounds under par, both of which were the best marks in program history since at least 2003-04 (before breaking those marks in 2022-23)
• Owned four top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes in 11 events
• Also won the Creighton Classic (Oct. 12) and finished as runner-up on April 12 at Stampede at the Creek
• Upon her return after winning the BIG EAST Championship, threw out the first pitch at Creighton Baseball’s game vs. Seton Hall on April 24
Personal
• Daughter of Steve and Laura Lemke
• Her father, Steve, is a scout for the New York Yankees
• Owns two career hole-in-ones
Katherine Lemke Season 2023-24
Height5-8
ClassJunior
HometownGeneva, Ill.
High SchoolSt. Francis
Previous SchoolCreighton
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