Lakareber Abe

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Angleton, Texas
High School:
Texas Connections Academy

Accolades

School record-holder, low round (63)
School record-holder, low round vs. par (-9)
Second Team All-SEC (2017-18)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2016-17)
Third Team WGCA All-American (2015-16)
Second Team All-SEC (2015-16)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2015-16)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2014-15)
Inaugural Culverhouse Scholarship recipient (2014)

Senior (2017-18)

Second Team All-SEC honoree ... ranked No. 54 in the Golfstat NCAA Player Rankings and No. 86 in the Golfweek Collegiate Rankings released May 20 ... finished fourth on the team in scoring average at 73.82 ... finished 75th in stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 26-over par 314 (76-81-74-83) ... tied for 51st at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional with a 7-over par 223 (76-75-72) ... finished 26th at the SEC Championships with an 11-over par 227 (74-78-75) ... tied for 50th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a 18-over par 234 (76-79-79) ... tied for 35th at the Evans Derby Experience with a 4-over par 220 (74-74-72) ... tied for sixth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 4-over par 217 (71-74-72) ... was the Tide's low scorer at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, finishing sixth at 3-over par (73-71-72/216) ... tied for 28th at the weather-shortened Landfall Tradition with a 36-hole 3-over par 147 (72-75) ... tied for 20th at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a 3-under par 213 (70-71-72) ... tied for 33rd at the Schooner Fall Classic with a 2-over par 215 (73-72-70) ... tied for eighth at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship with a 6-under par 210 (72-67-71).

Junior (2016-17)

Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... finished fourth on the team in scoring average (74.88) and average vs. par (+3.24) ... opened the season with a school record 9-under par 63 in the final round of the Mason Rudolph Championship to finish fourth at seven-under par (71-75-63/209) ... as a team, the Tide set a school record with a 39-under par 825 to win the tournament ... finished under par in six career tournaments, including her first two outings in 2016-17 ... tied for 119th at the NCAA Women's Golf Championships with a 31-over par 247 ... tied for 67th at the NCAA Athens Regional with a 15-over par 231 ... defeated Northwestern's Sarah Cho, 2-and-1 in the semifinals at the Northwestern Quad Match ... tied for 50th at the SEC Championships with a 10-over par 226 ... tied for 18th in the stroke play round at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a five-over par 77 ... defeated Allisen Corpuz of USC, 5-and-4 in the quarterfinals and Jessica Carty of Denver, 1-up in the semifinals before falling to Georgia's Harang Lee, 1-up in the championship match at the Liz Murphey ... tied for 16th at the Bryan National Collegiate with a four-over par 220 (75-72-73) ... tied for 51st at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 14-over par 227 (75-73-79) ... opened the spring season with a 10-over par 223 (78-71-74) to finish tied for 45th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ... fired a one-under par 212 (69-70-73) to finish in a tie for 12th with teammate Lauren Stephenson at the Schooner Fall Classic.

Sophomore (2015-16)

Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... ranked No. 25 in the country in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... Golfweek 2016 Third Team All-America selection ... also a second team All-Southeastern Conference selection ... her 73.22 stroke average ranked third on the team ... led the team with four top five finishes and top 10 finishes for the year ... counted towards the team score in 29 of 32 rounds (.906) ... finished with a 12-over par 300 to finish tied for 66th at the NCAA Championships ... shot a 14-over par 230 at the NCAA Shoal Creek Regional to finish in a tie for 24th ... carded a 1-under 215 to finish in a tie for fifth at the SEC Championship ... won the individual title and guided the team to victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship thanks to shooting a 12-under 204 ... named the Golfweek Player of the Week following her win at the Mason Rudolph ... posted a 1-over 217 to tie for 7th in the PING/ASU Invitational ... defeated UCLA's Lydia Choi 3-and-2 in the championship match to help the Tide claim the team title at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic ... carded a 1-under 71, tying for fourth, in the lone round of stroke play at the Liz Murphey ... finished tied for 23rd at 221 (+8) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate ... fired a 7-over 223 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship ... tied for fourth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge with a one-over 214 to begin the spring portion of the schedule ... carded a 4-over 220 to tie for 24th at the Landfall Tradition ... finished the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational with a 12-over par 228.

Freshman (2014-15)

Named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team, the seventh player in UA history to achieve the feat ... second on the team with a 75.03 scoring average ... played in 10 tournaments for the Crimson Tide, missing the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic due to injury ... was UA's top finisher in two tournaments ... had one top-five finish and five top-20 showings ... recorded eight rounds of par or lower, which was second on the team ... 27 of 31 rounds (87.1 percent) counted toward the team score ... had four rounds in the 60s ... carded a 6-over 222 at the NCAA Raleigh (N.C.) Regional to tie for 15th ... helped the Tide advance to its 10th straight NCAA Championships ... recorded nine birdies in three rounds ... shot 28-over 316 at the NCAA Championships to tie for 69th ... tied for 42nd at the SEC Championship with an 11-over 227 ... shot a 9-over 225 to place 57th at the PING/ASU Invitational, in the process setting a new 18-hole low round with a first round 4-under 68 ... tied for 24th to start the spring season at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and carded a 10-over 223 ... garnered first collegiate top-five finish and best 54-hole performance at The Landfall Tradition by finishing tied for fourth, shooting 70-74-69 for a 3-under 213 ... opened collegiate career with a 3-under 69 in the first round of the Mason Rudolph Championship and was the Crimson Tide's top finisher tying for 14th with a 5-over 221 ... finished tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and tied for 17th at the Tar Heel Invitational.

Prep and Personal

The nation's No. 3 recruit for 2014 by Golfweek ... ranked third among 2014 recruits by AJGA Polo Golf rankings and 13th overall ... 2013 Rolex Junior All-American ... advanced to round of 32 at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship ... finished 12th at the 2014 Rolex Girls Junior Championship ... runner-up at the 2013 USGA Junior Girls Championship and at the 2013 Goodman Networks Junior at Traditions ... garnered a 12th-place finish at the 2013 Scott Robertson Memorial ... tied for 14th at the 2013 PING Invitational ... attended the Jim McLean Junior Academy in Fort Worth, Texas, where she was coached by Justin Poynter ... graduated from Angleton High School ... daughter of Daudi and Fiora Abe ... sister, Tezira, was a member of the Texas women's golf team ... majoring in accounting.