Zach Lemke

BGSU men's soccer - Aug 24 2012 - Kara Fallon, BGSU Mkt & Comm

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Beavercreek, Ohio
High School:
Beavercreek
Prev School:
Ohio Galaxies FC

2012

A team tri-captain ... was named the BGSU Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Athletics Honors Night ceremony in April of 2013 ... the award -- like the Junior S-A Award he earned the previous April -- is given to just one male and one female student-athlete at BGSU each year ... named to the Academic All-Ohio Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA), earning that honor for the second consecutive year ... also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 19 of BGSU's 20 matches, starting all 19 ... the lone match he missed was due to injury ... had five points to tie for fourth on the team in scoring ... had one goal and three assists ... played 1754 of the Falcons' 1874 minutes ... started all seven MAC games ... other than the match he missed due to injury, he was on the bench for only 17-plus minutes of the team's other 19 games ... his goal came in the Michigan State match at Cochrane Field (Aug. 29) ... assisted on Anthony Grant's first-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Cleveland State (Sept. 14) ... hit the post with a shot in the Falcons' regular-season match vs. Akron, ranked No. 7/10 in the nation at the time (Sept. 22) ... assisted on Grant's GWG in a 2-1 victory over Western Michigan at Cochrane (Oct. 5) ... also had an assist on a Grant goal in the Falcons' 3-0 win against Buffalo (Oct. 13) ... was third on the team in both total shots (42) and shots on goal (17) ... played all 110 minutes in double-overtime draws vs. Marshall (Sept. 1) and Northern Illinois (Oct. 20), and was on the pitch for 90 or more minutes in 16 other matches ... had a season-high seven shot attempts, tying his career standard, at Hartwick (Sept. 28).

2011

Named to the Academic All-Ohio Team by the OCSA ... was named the BGSU Junior Scholar-Athlete Award winner at the Athletics Honors Night ceremony in April of 2012 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete at BGSU each year ... one of three Falcons to start all 18 games ... finished second on the team in minutes played, with 1,622 ... tied for fourth in scoring, with seven points ... had two goals, and was second on the Falcons with three assists ... third on the team in both shot attempts (40) and shots on goal (14) ... scored the game-winning goal at Detroit (Sept. 21), heading home a corner kick early in the match ... also scored in the Falcons' home win over IPFW (Aug. 31), nodding home Matt Griesinger's diagonal ball ... had assists against Cleveland State (Sept. 3), IUPUI (Sept. 30) and Florida Atlantic (Oct. 2) ... assist vs. IUPUI came when he stole the ball late in the first half, beginning the sequence that led to the lone goal of the match with just six seconds left before halftime ... hit the crossbar with a shot against #7 Akron (Oct. 26) ... played every minute in 13 of the Falcons' 18 matches ... played every second of the last eight contests of the season.

2010
Named to the Academic All-MAC Team, earning honorable mention ... saw action in 16 contests, starting 14 ... had three points, on a goal and an assist ... led the Falcons in scoring in conference matches, as all three points came in a pair of MAC wins ... his first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner, as he headed home a cross less than five minutes into the Falcons' victory over Buffalo (Oct. 9) ... picked up an assist in another MAC win, with the lone helper on Ryan Comiskey's game-winning score at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 6) ... that goal gave the Brown and Orange a 2-1 win and a berth in the conference tournament ... played in five of the Falcons' first seven games of the year, starting three ... then, started the final 11 matches of the year ... played a season-high 103 minutes in the double-OT draw at IUPUI (Nov. 3), and played all 90 minutes in BGSU's MAC Tournament semifinal match vs. Western Michigan (Nov. 12) ... had 23 total shot attempts on the year, tying for third on the team ... wore uniform number 9 during the 2010 season.

2009
Played in 15 matches, making five starts ... started five consecutive games from Oct. 21 to Nov. 4 ... after playing over 30 minutes just once in the first nine matches, saw 40 minutes of action against Buffalo ... then, played 79 minutes at Michigan State, a career-high 89 vs. Hartwick and 79 at Wright State ... six shot attempts on the season included two on goal ... wore uniform number 6.

2008
Sat out the season as a redshirt ... earned the team’s Most Improved Player award ... wore uniform number 11 in his first season at BGSU.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three year letterman at Beavercreek ... won back-to-back Greater Western Ohio Conference championships as both a junior and a senior winning at least 14 games in both seasons ... 2007 squad went on to finish as an Ohio regional finalist while 2006 squad made a trip to the district finals ... named to consecutive GWOC all-conference teams in final two high school seasons ... as a senior was also named to the All-Miami Valley team as well as a conference scholar-athlete ... went on to earn additional academic accolades in the form of the 2007 Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Academic Excellence award and was also given the Miami Valley Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete award ... was a captain under head coach John Guiliano.

PERSONAL
Full name is Zachary Thomas Lemke ... son of Robert and Judith Lemke ... has one younger brother, Matthew, and an older sister, Stacey ... born Nov. 29, 1989 ... sport management major at BGSU ... had a 3.707 cumulative GPA through the Fall 2012 semester ... uncle, John, played football at Morehead State from 1969-72 ... played club ball for Ohio Galaxies FC.

ZACH LEMKE - BGSU CAREER STATISTICS
OFFENSE               GP-GS     G    A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2008................ Redshirted
2009................ 15-5      0    0    0     6 .000    2 .333   0   0-0
2010................ 16-14     1    1    3    23 .043    4 .174   1   0-0
2011................ 18-18     2    3    7    40 .050   14 .350   1   0-0
2012................ 19-19     1    3    5    42 .024   17 .405   0   0-0
TOTAL............... 68-56     4    7   15   111 .036   37 .333   2   0-0

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 2, 4 times
Goals: 1, 4 times
Assists: 1, 7 times
Shots: 7, at Lipscomb -- Sep 18, 2011 ; at Hartwick -- Sep 28, 2012