2021-22 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Katie Lu
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- West Windsor-Plainsboro North
- Hometown:
- Plainsboro, N.J.
2024-25 – Senior
Recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ... An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... An Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Communicators ... A preseason All-American selection by the Golf Channel ... Appeared in all 12 tournaments and was second on the team in rounds played (34) ... Third on the team in scoring average at 72.82, the 13th-best single-season mark in program history ... Led the team in rounds counted at 97.1 percent (33-of-34) ... Had one top-5, two top-10 and seven top-20 finishes in 12 events ... Led the team with four eagles ... Was the team’s top finisher two times, including a tie for 45th place at the NCAA Championships at 5-over par 221 (72-78-71) ... Best 18-hole score of the year was a 7-under par 65 in the third round of the Spartan Sun Classic (2/17) ... Her 65 was a career-best and tied for the fifth-lowest 18-hole score in program history ... Top 54-hole tournament was an even-par 216 (72-72-72) at the NCAA Norman Regional, tying for 11th place ... Best finish of the year was a tie for fifth place at the rain-shortened Valspar Augusta Invitational, shooting a 1-over par 145 (74-71) over 36 holes ... Tied for ninth place at the Mary Fossum Invitational at 2-over par 218 (74-71-73) ... Finished her career with a 73.34 scoring average, fourth all-time at Michigan State.
Summer 2024
Advanced to match play in the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst ... Received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Meijer LPGA Open … Shot a two-day total of 6-under par (67-71) in the stroke play portion of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur … Advanced to the semifinals of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur for the second-straight year ... One of three Spartans to play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., joining teammates Brooke Biermann and Shannon Kennedy ... Lu, Biermann and Kennedy also played in the Women’s Western Amateur.
2023-24 – Junior
A Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Honorable Mention All-American ... First Team All-Big Ten Conference ... A WGCA All-American Scholar ... Big-Ten Distinguished Scholar … An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... An Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Communicators ... Appeared in all 13 tournaments and led the team in rounds played (39) ... Led the team in scoring average at 71.54, the second-best single-season mark in program history ... Had every round she played (100%, 38-of-38) count toward the team total ... Had four top-5, seven top-10 and 11 top-20 finishes in 13 events ... Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week three times (Sept. 20, Sept. 27 and March 13, shared with Brooke Biermann) ... Posted two wins during the year, becoming the first MSU player since Sarah Burnham in 2015-16 to win at least two events in one season ... Was the team’s top finisher seven times ... Best 18-hole score of the year was a 6-under par 66 – tied for the sixth-lowest 18-hole score in program history – in the third round of the Glass City Invitational (9/26) ... Top 54-hole tournmament score was a 5-under par 208 (69-69-70) in the season-opening Cougar Classic (9/11-12) ... Won her first collegaite event at the Mary Fossum Invitational, shooting a 3-under par 213 (9/18) ... Shared medalist honors with Brooke Biermann at the Briar’s Creek Invitational (3/11-12), helping the Spartans to the team title at 5-under par 211 ... Finished in fourth place at the NCAA East Lansing Regional (5/6-8) at 6-under par 210 ... Was one of the top individual finishers not among the advancing teams, along with teammate Leila Raines, and played in the fourth round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships ... Tied for 45th place at the NCAA Championships (5/17-20) at 10-over par 298 (73-75-72-78).
Summer 2023
Advanced to the Round of 32 in the Women’s Western Amateur … Shot a two-day total of 6-under par (67-71) in the stroke play portion of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur … Advanced to the semifinals of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur for the second-straight year.
2022-23 – Sophomore
A Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar ... Helped team post the third-best grade-point average (3.897) in Division I women's golf ... Academic All-Big Ten and Big-Ten Distinguished Scholar... Finished 5th on the team in scoring average at 74.12 over 11 events … Best finish was a tie for 16th at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, where she shot a three-day total of 218 (73-70-75) … Posted a low round of 67 in the Cougar Classic (9/12/22)… Led the team in birdies (92) ... Was the Spartans’ top finisher at the NCAA Championships with a three day total of 1-over par (72-72-73) and was the first player in program history to advance to the final day of stroke play as an individual.
Won the New Jersey State Golf Association Women’s Amateur … Finished as medalist at 3-under par 139 before moving through match play for the championship … Played in the Women’s Western Amateur Championship.
2021-22 - Freshman
A Women's Golf Coaches Association Scholar All-American selection ... Played in 16 rounds over six events ... Posted a 77.25 scoring average ... Had three top-20 finishes, all in the spring Was in the team's lineup for the final event of the regular season and the Big Ten Championships ... Playing as an individual, tied for 15th place at the Clemson Invitational with a 9-over par 224 (72-76-76) ... Tied for 15th place at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, finishing at 14-over par 230 (77-77-76) ... Tied for 17th place at the Big Ten Championships at 7-over par 220 (71-72-77) ... Played one round in the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
Summer 2021
Won the New Jersey PGA Junior Sectional Championship in June by four shots with a 3-under-par 141 ... Placed second at AJGA Championship presented by Stuart Francis which included a career best 66 in the second round ... Tied for 23rd at the PGA Jr. Girls Championship ... Placed in the top 10 of the High School Golf National Invitational at Pinehurst.
Prior to MSU: Ranked the No. 32 player in the class of 2021 in the Golfweek Girls Junior rankings … Ranked No. 37 in the Rolex AJGA Class of 2021 rankings and No. 101 overall in the AJGA rankings … Won the 2020 New Jersey Junior Girls Championship with an even-par 144 … 2020 New Jersey Women's Amateur Stroke Play champion … Took second at the New Jersey PGA Junior Championship in August …Finished as runner-up in the New Jersey Capital Cup and the AJGA KJ Choi Foundation Junior Championship … Won the 2018 New Jersey PGA Junior Open … Placed in the top five of the New Jersey High School Girls State Championship as a freshman … Two-time all-conference selection … Attended West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School.
