Kasey Lilly

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Photo by: Josh Gales

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Plainfield, Ind.
High School:
Plainfield

• 2019-20 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
• Summit League Golfer of the Week (2/19/20)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
• 2021, 2023 Horizon League Championship Runner-Up
• 2021, 2023, 2024 Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 All-Horizon League First Team
• Horizon League Golfer of the Week (3/17/22, 4/14/22, 2/22/24, 3/7/24)
• 2021 Earl Yestingsmeier Invite Runner-Up
• 2021 Tom Tontimonia Invitational Individual Medalist
• 2022 Benbow Invitational Individual Medalist
• 2022 NKU's The Jewell Runner-Up
• 2022 Indiana PGA Northern Open Individual Medalist
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2021-22, 2023-24)
• 2023 Horizon League Championship Team Champion
• 2023 Horizon League All-Academic Team Honorable Mention
• 2024 World Golf Village Collegiate Runner-Up
• 2024 Horizon League All-Academic Team

2023-24:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 11 tournaments for 31 rounds ... Leaves Purdue Fort Wayne as the most decorated golfer in Mastodon history ... Holds the program's 18-hole, 36-hole and 54-hole, career and season average, career and season win/loss, top-five and top-10 finish records at the time of graduation ... Named to the Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team, All-Horizon League First Team and Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Recorded seven top-10s and four top-fives in his final season ... Had a winning percentage of 88.7 (800-102) ... Named the Horizon League Golfer of the Week twice (Feb. 22 and March 7) ... Tied for seventh at the Colonel Shootout (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) ... Took sixth at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 11-12) with a 71-66-69-206 ... Tied for fourth with a 68-71-68-207 at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational (Oct. 2-3) ... Broke the program's 54-hole record and took runner-up at the World Golf Village Collegiate (Feb. 19-20) with a 68-68-67-203 (-13) ... Tied for sixth at the Sacred Heart Invitational (March 8-9) with a 75-70-145 ... Tied for third at the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational (Apr. 1) by shooting 69-67-136 ... Took third at the Horizon League Championship (Apr. 20-22) with a 68-72-71-211, just one shot shy of the medalist playoff.

2022-23:
Season Stats/Results
Played in all 13 tournaments for a total of 38 rounds ... Ended the regular season with a pair of top-five finishes at the NKU Jewell Invitational (April 10-11) and the Horizon League Championship (April 23-25) ... Shot a 2-under 71-67-73-211 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invite (Sept. 12-13) to tie for 11th ... Tied for 10th at the TVA Community Credit Union Invitational (Oct. 17-18), finishing the fall season with a 77-73-72-222 (+6) ... Shot 70-74-75-219 (+3) to start the spring season at the Mickey Mouse Intercollegiate (Feb. 19-21) ... Shot 72-73-145 (+1) at the Sacred Heart Invitational (March 9-10) to lead the Mastodons to a team title ... Tied for 8th at the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational (March 27-28) with an even performance of 67-72-71-210 ... Tied for third at the NKU Jewell Invitational (April 10-11) with a 3-under 68-75-67-210 ... Was the runner-up at the Horizon League Championship (April 23-25) after a 69-72-71-212 (-4) outing ... Tied for first at the league tournament before falling in a two-hole playoff ... Named to the Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team and First Team All-League for his efforts ... Shot 75-81-73-229 at the NCAA Regional (May 15-17) ... Through four seasons, owns the best career scoring average in program history at 72.84.

2021-22:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 31 rounds in 12 tournaments ... Named Horizon League Golfer of the Week twice ... Won two tournaments, the Tom Tontimonia Invitational (Oct. 4-5) with a 69-68-137 (-5) and the Benbow Invitational (March 7-8) with a 72-68-140 (-2) ... Finished as the runner-up twice, the Earl Yestingsmeier Invite (Sept. 16-17) with a 70-65-69-204 and NKU's The Jewell (April 10-11) ... Broke the program's 18-hole record with a 64 in the final round of the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 13-14) ... Set the program's 36-hole record at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (Sept. 17-18) with a 70-65-135 ... Broke the 54-hole record the following day with a 70-65-69-204 ... Owns the most top-10 finishes in program history with 11 through three seasons ... Has the most top-five finishes in program history with seven through three seasons.

2020-21:
Season Stats/Results
Through two seasons with the Mastodons, he holds the best career average in program history at 73.55 and best win/loss percentage in program history at .760 ... Played in 14 rounds in five tournaments in his sophomore season ... Recorded the best season average and win/loss percentage in program history with a 72.64 average and a .858 percentage ... Finished as the runner-up at the Horizon League Championship (April 25-27) thanks to a 73-71-72-216 (E) performance ... Named to the Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team ... Selected to the All-Horizon League First Team ... Placed seventh at the Benbow Invitational (March 8-9) with a 77-75-152 (+10) ... Placed in the top five at the Wright State Invitational (April 18-19) with a 75-73-66-214 (+1) ... Third round of 66 tied the program's 18-hole record ... Placed 12th at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate (April 12-13) with a 71-67-74-212 (+2).

2019-20:
Season Stats/Results
Competed in 17 rounds over six tournaments ... Recorded a season average of 74.29, which is the third-best in program history overall and best among freshman ... Shot 73-71-76-220 in his collegiate opener: the Crusader Collegiate (Sept. 16-17) ... Shot a 68 in the opening round of the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate, which ties the sixth-best first round in program history ... Tied for seventh at the Gary Freeman Spring Invitational (March 12-13) with a pair of 73's (+2).

High School: Won county, conference and sectional titles while at Plainfield High School ... Earned three straight trips to the regional tournament ... Earned seven top-10 finishes at tournaments over his career, including three medalist honors ... Tied for 26th at IHSAA state tournament.

Personal: Son of Kent and Kathy Lilly ... Has two brothers, Kenneth and Kameron Ebbing ... Majoring in Business Finance.