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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Lauren Grogan
Marisa Lombardo
Jimmy Naprstek
Jimmy Naprstek
Jimmy Naprstek
Brandon Morgan
Brandon Morgan
Brandon Morgan

Kate Griffin

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    The Colorado Springs School
  • Hometown:
    Colorado Springs, Colo.

Summary

Biography


Awards: 
  • 2024 Denison President's Medalist
  • 2022-23 WGCA All-Region Team
  • 3x First-Team All-NCAC (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • 3x WGCA All-American Scholar Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • 3x NCAC Athlete of the Week (10/4/21, 4/2/24, 4/23/24)
  • 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022-23 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2024 James T. Glerum Jr. '82 Presidential Award)
  • 2022-23 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee

Career:

  • 62.5 rounds, 78.7 scoring average
  • Career-low of 70

2023-24 (Senior):

  • Played 20.5 rounds over 10 events
  • Recorded a scoring average of 77.8, which ranks second on the team and fourth in program history
  • Scored a season and career-low 70 at the Win Palmer Cup (4/16/24), which ranks third in program history
  • Recorded three top-10 anf two top-five finishes in her senior season, and winning the Win Palmer Cup
  • Finished third at the NCAC Championship (75-72-76=223)
  • Ranks first in lowest 36-hole score in season and career (144), lowest 54-hole score in season and career (223), and second in lowest career scoring average (78.7)
  • Was named First Team All-NCAC for the third time in her career
  • Was named a WGCA All-American Scholar for the third time in her career
  • Was a Denison President's Medal Recipient 

2022-23 (Junior): 

  • Played 20 rounds over nine events
  • Accumulated a scoring average of 78.45, good for second on the team and the third-lowest mark in program history
  • Shot a season-low 72 during the third round of the Golfweek DIII Fall Preview (Oct. 18)
  • Secured two top-10 finishes on the year, including a second-place finish at the NCAC Championships (named First-Team All-NCAC for the second straight year)
  • Best finish during the regular season came with a fifth-place finish at the Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Memorial (Sept. 25-26)
  • Finished in a tie for 64th in her first appearance at the NCAA Division III Championship
  • Received her first-career WGCA All-Great Lakes Region award

2021-22 (Sophomore): 

  • Played 22 rounds over ten events
  • Posted an average score of 79.8
  • Secured three top-five finishes overall on the season
  • Tallied a season-low 72 during the second round of the Allegheny Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Invitational (9/27/21) - Named NCAC Athlete of the Week after birding two of her last three holes to win the 48-player Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Memorial Invitational
  • Finished in fourth place at the conference championship and named First-Team All-NCAC

Personal: 
  • Health, exercise and sport studies (HESS) major
  • Daughter of Craig Griffin and Lisa Voight
  • Father nine-time Olympic Coach (cycling)  
  • All-State team honors and all-conference honors – 4-sport athlete - cross-country, tennis, golf and basketball CHSAA
  • Honors - National Honors Society Officer and Character Award, CSS Cup of ’82 Honor, CSS Student Government VP, CSS Exemplary Character Award, CSS Athlete of the Year,  Environmental Club VP, Model UN member, Captain cross-county, basketball, tennis and golf teams, All-State sport first-team academic honors
  • Founding board member and vice-chair Crossover for Change (service through sport)
  • Deans List in College of Natural Science, Air Force ROTC scholarship, Air Force ROTC Warrior Spirit Award, Air Force ROTC Commander Award, Air Force Cadet of the Quarter and Semester, Air Force ROTC Achievement Award
  • Transferred to Denison from Colorado State University
  • Is a member of Denison's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (DSAAC) and is a Docent in the Office of Admissions on campus

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

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