OMAHA, Neb. -- Katherine Lemke was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST and Debbie Conry shared BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors on Tuesday, May 3. The selections were made by the league's head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
Conry earns her first Coach of the Year honor at the league level after helping the Bluejays to a fourth place finish at the recently-completed BIG EAST Championship. The Bluejays fired a 54-hole total of 903, its best mark at the league championships since joining the BIG EAST, with Lemke winning a one-hole playoff to become Creighton's first women's medalist at a conference meet.