June 19, 2007
Sun Devil Niklas Lemke will make his professional debut at the BMW International in Munich, Germany, this week and will be joined by three Sun Devils who also have earned first-team All-America honors and Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year honors under current head coach Randy Lein. Alejandro Canizares, Paul Casey and Chris Hanell also will be playing in Munich.
Lemke (B.I.S, Sociology and Family Studies, 2007) earned 2007 Pac-10 co-Player of the Year and first-team All-America honors after finishing the year with a 70.03 stroke average, third-best in school history behind Paul Casey in 1999-2000 (69.87) and Phil Mickelson in 1991-92 (69.95). He posted eight top-five finishes on the year and 14 top-10 finishes in his 48-tournament career (72.10 stroke average). He earned third-team All-America honors in 2006 and honorable mention in 2005.
Canizares (B.I.S., Sociology and Landscape Architecture, 2006) was a four-time All-American earning first-team honors in 2003 and 2006 and third-team honors in 2004 and 2005. He had a 71.46 stroke average in 49 events with 22 top-10 finishes, including six tournament wins, tied for third in ASU history. He earned Pac-10 Player of the Year honors in 2005 and co-Player of the Year honors in 2006.
Casey, who finished tied for tenth in the 2007 U.S. Open, earned first-team All-America honors in 2000 and second-team honors in 1998 and 1998. He won the English Amateur in 1999 and 2000 and won the Pac-10 title three straight seasons (1998-2000). He finished his career with a 71.58 stroke average in 36 events, 19 top-10 finishes also had six collegiate tournament wins. He earned Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2000.
Hanell (B.S., Marketing, 1997) earned first-team honors in 1997 and honorable mention honors 1994 and 1995 and was a key part of ASU's 1996 national title squad. He also earned the Golfstat Cup and Pac-10 Player of the Yeare in 1997 and had a 71.44 stroke average that season, tenth-best in ASU history.