WICHITA, Kan. – Head Women's Golf Coach Tom McCurdy added Germany Native Lara Stifter to his team's 2024-25 roster on National Signing Day.
 
Coach McCurdy is very excited to add Stifter for next season.
 
"I first saw Lara play in Florida in December of last year and was just so impressed with her," said McCurdy. "Her level of composure on the golf course was extraordinary and I could tell that she had a really strong mental game paired with all of the natural gifts she had that other players there to not made her stand out to me."
 
Stifter has quite the long list of achievements in her amateur golf career and has competed in many large international tournaments, such as the Women's International Amateur Championship, the Doral Jr Classic, the OK Dutch Jr. Open, and the Scottish Girls Open. She was also named to the list of Top 14 Girls Golfers of Germany in 2023.
 
Stifter has competed at the highest levels of youth golf in Germany, competing in the First National League for the first time in 2023, which is composed of Germany's ten best women's golf teams.
 
In her German National League tournaments, she possesses an excellent 18-round score average of 72.
 
"Lara has a really high ceiling when it comes to her potential," said McCurdy. "She's very excited about the game of golf and she always wants to get better to take her game to a higher level. I truly think that the sky is the limit for her when it comes to golf."
 
Away from golf, Stifter was a member of her high school's student-council. She is a native of Mulheim, Germany and attends high school at Luisenschule-Gymnasium.
 
"Lara is just filled with such positive energy and is a team-oriented person," said McCurdy. "She brings a lot of energy and I think she will fit in very well with our team dynamic here."
 
At WSU, she plans to major in biology. She is the daughter of Markus and Birgit Stifter.