Women’s Golf Adds Three For 2021-22
EAST LANSING – Michigan State women’s golf head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll announced today (Nov. 11) the addition of three student-athletes for 2020-21. Brooke Biermann (Wildwood, Mo.), Shannon Kennedy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Katie Lu (Plainsboro, N.J.) will join the Spartans in the fall of 2021.
“We are happy to announce the addition of three incredibly talented Spartans for the fall of 2021,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “All three of these young women have impressive resumes, both on the golf course and in the classroom as well as possessing the characteristics we look for in our student-athletes. They will help us continue our tradition of excellence and we are so excited for their arrival next fall.”
Brooke Biermann | Wildwood, Mo.
2020 Rolex Junior First Team All-American … Ranked No. 9 in the Rolex American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings … Ranked No. 13 in the Golfweek Girls Junior rankings … Won the AJGA Stan Utley and Mid-America Youth Golf Foundation Junior Championship in July with a 5-under-par 139 … Finished as the runner-up in a pair of high-profile AJGA events, including the Girls Invitational at Stanford in September and the Missouri Amateur Championship in July, which included a career-best 65 in round two … Qualified for the 2021 USGA Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship … Qualified for match play at the 2020 Women’s Western Amateur … Won the 2019 Missouri Class 2 State Championship and finished second in both 2020 and 2018 … Four-time Missouri State High School District Champion and three-time sectional champion (no event in 2020) … Named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Metropolitan Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … National Honor Society member and 2019 Academic All-State honoree … Attends Lafayette High School.
Shannon Kennedy | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Three-time Michigan state high school individual champion, winning the Division 3 titles in 2020 and 2019 and the Division 2 title in 2017 … Named the 2020 Michigan Miss Golf by the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association … Three-time MHSAA Super Team selection … Advanced to the sweet 16 of the 2018 Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship … Finished as runner-up at the 2018 Michigan Girls Junior Championship … Named the 2019 Detroit Free Press Girls Golfer of the Year … Carries a 3.7 GPA and was named to the 2019 All-Catholic academic team … Attends Marion High School.
Katie Lu | Plainsboro, N.J.
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 … Attends West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School.
