Kate (Lehman) Bremerman - Fort Hays State University
Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete, 2011-15
A native of Newton, Kansas, Kate Lehman played four seasons at Fort Hays State from 2011-2015. Lehman was the MIAA Player of the Year in her senior year of 2014-15 and went on to be named the BennettRank.com Division II National Player of the Year. She was an All-America selection in both 2014 and 2015, earning the distinction both years from the WBCA and Division II Bulletin, while also earning the honor once from Dakronics and BennettRank.com.
The 6-4 center was also a four-time All-MIAA selection, earning First Team honors each of her last three seasons, and was twice an MIAA All-Tournament Team selection (2013, 2015). She was a Daktronics All-Central Region selection in each of her final three seasons (2013, 2014, 2015). Lehman was named to the MIAA All-Defensive Team all four years as a Tiger and was the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Lehman was also tremendous in the classroom, earning CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors in 2015.
She put together the most decorated career by a Tiger in the program's NCAA Division II history as far as awards are concerned. She is still FHSU's all-time leading rebounder with 1,109 in her career and continues to rank third on the career scoring list with 1,917 points scored. She was the only player in program history to reach the 1,000 mark in both points and rebounds until the Tigers’ 2024-25 season when Katie (Wagner) DeGarmo joined Lehman’s elite status.
Lehman also owns the FHSU school record for free throws made (523) and shattered the program's all-time blocked shots record with 515, which is 349 more than the next player on the list. Her blocked shot average of 5.3 per game in 2013-14 still stands as an NCAA Division II record for players in their junior year, while it also set an MIAA single-season record. Lehman's 515 career blocked shots rank second-most in NCAA Division II history, topped only by LaKisha Phifer of St. Paul's, and her 4.3 blocks per game career average ranks fourth-best in NCAA Division II history. Her 55 career double-doubles rank 23rd in NCAA Division II history and her three triple-doubles rank fifth in NCAA Division II history. She led NCAA Division II in blocked shots per game as both a sophomore (4.2) and junior (5.3).
Lehman was inducted into the Fort Hays State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024.
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