Class of 2025 Girls Recruiting Class Rankings

** Please note that our rankings are subject to change due to impending roster limits and changes in commitments. Our rankings are based off of analysis of all three junior rankings metrics, and WAGR (for int'l athletes) for the athletes which we have received confirmation of commitment/signing.

Teams to watch:

Arizona State University: Pimpisa Rubrong, Kate Dillon, Johanna Axelsson

University of California-Berkeley: Michelle Woo, Camila Zignaigo

Auburn University: Charlotte Cantonis, Kate Barber, Frances Brown

Oklahoma State: Sophia Ellestad, Tarapath Panya

Northwestern University: Arianna Lau, Lauren Lee

University of Arkansas: Sayers Allen, Swetha Sathish

1. Duke University: Duke is easily the #1 team on our list, with two formidable recruits that will impact the Blue Devil lineup in 2025. Phillipines native Rianne Malixi is the top international recruit in this class, and as of November 2024, is the #4 ranked amateur in the world. Malixi is the winner of both the 2024 US Women's and Junior Amateurs. She was a close runner-up at the 2023 US Girls Junior Amateur and made the round of 32 at the 2023 US Women's Amateur. Malixi is quite the traveler, competing primarily in Asia and North America. 2022 highlights include 2nd at the Girls Junior PGA Championship, 3rd at the Women's Western Amateur and an AJGA Invitational. Also in 2022, Malixi was 3rd at the Women's Asia-Pacific Amateur, champion of the Singha Thailand Junior World Championship, and 2nd at the Thailand Amateur Open. 2023 brought more success with a 4th at the IMG Junior World Championship and 6th at the AJGA Hilton Grand Vacations Annika Invitational. Top-5 finishes in 2024 include the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, the Asia Pacific Amateur, the Royal Junior, and the European Ladies Amateur. She also claimed the top spot at the Australia Master of the Amateurs. Malixi alone would make this class #1, but the Blue Devils also committed our #2 ranked American recruit, Avery McCrery. Delaware's McCrery will call herself a Blue Devil after a successful 2023 and a breakout 2024 season. She recorded two major wins in 2024, first at the Scott Robertson Memorial, and second at the Junior PGA Championship. McCrery carded three top-5 finishes in 2023 at the AJGA Girls Invitational, Dye Junior Invitational, and the North & South Junior Amateur. and found the top-10 on the leaderboard at the 2024 AJGA Rolex Girls Invitational, the AJGA Fortinet Championship, and the 2023 Scott Robertson. She was no stranger to success in amateur events in 2024, with round of 32 appearances at the North & South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur. She recorded a top-10 at the 2024 Dixie Amateur and a top-5 at the 2023 Sally. McCrery reached the round of 64 at the 2023 US Girls Junior.

2. Texas A&M University: The Aggies are reloading their roster with talent in 2025, headlined by the commitment switch of our #1 American recruit, Scarlett Schremmer. Alabama's Schremmer had significant success in Alabama state events in 2023, winning the state Junior Amateur and placing 3rd at the Women's Amateur. In addition to a win at the 2024 Dye Junior Invitational, Schremmer has amassed a number of top-10 finishes in the past two years, including top-5s at the 2024 AJGA Nelly Invitational, 2024 World Junior Championship, and the 2023 Elite Invitational. Her top-10 finishes include the 2024 Annika/Hilton Grand Vacations Invitational and three AJGA Invitationals in 2023. Schremmer has carded impressive amateur results, with a top-5 showing at the LNGA Amateur in 2024, a round of 16 appearance at the 2024 North & South Women's Amateur, and a top-10 at the Southwestern Amateur. She turned heads in USGA events this year, reaching the round of 16 in both the US Women's Amateur and the US Girls Junior. Schremmer easily outdistanced the field in our rankings. Texas AM has notched two other members of our top-10 in Brynn Kort and Natalie Yen. #4 Yen, an Oregon native, will be heading south to join a formidable Aggies class. Yen has found success in both junior and amateur competition in the past two years. She started off 2024 with a win at the AJGA Annika/Hilton Grand Vacations Invitational, and recently carded a top-5 finish at the 2024 AJGA Ping Invitational. Yen also found the winner's circle at the 2024 California Women's Championship and the 2023 Oregon Junior Amateur, and has found success in the Southwestern Amateur, with a top-15 finish in 2024 and top-10 in 2023. She shows consistent play at the US Girls Junior Amateur, with a round of 32 appearance in 2024 and round of 16 in 2023. The future Aggie finished in the top-10 at the 2024 Dye Junior Invitational and had a top-3 finish in an AJGA open event this year. Other top-3 performances include the 2024 LNGA Junior Amateur and the 2023 Junior Americas Cup. Nevada's Kort and #8 ranked recruit is the 2022 AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship champion, following that with top-5s at the event in 2023 & 2024. Her notable finishes include a top-5 finish at the 2024 Dustin Johnson World Junior and top-10s at the 2024 Dustin Johnson World Junior and the 2024 Rolex Girls Invitational. In 2023, Kort had top-15 finishes at the AJGA Girls Invitational and the Junior PGA Championship. The future Aggie has had success at the US Girls Junior Amateur, with a round of 16 showing in 2024 and the round of 32 in 2023. Kort has also registered a top-5 at the 2023 Kathy Whitworth Invitational and top-10s at the 2023 Western Junior and the Nike Junior Invitational. Rounding out this class of four is Avery Zweig, a top-50 recruit on JGS who owns two TJGT wins since December 2023. Her top-5 finishes in 2024 include an AJGA CT Pan event and two TJGT tournaments. She found the top-10 on the leaderboard at the AJGA Atlanta Classic and the Under Armour/Jordan Spieth Championship.

3. University of California, Los Angeles: The UCLA Bruins are another team ready to reload with a solid recruiting class, which includes three players in our top-15 Georgia's GaEun Athena Yoo does not compete in as many national events but has excelled at the regional stage and when she travels, has had consistently good results. Yoo qualified for the 2024 US Women's Amateur, and has done well in the Georgia Women's Amateur, finishing in the top-10 in 2023 and the top-15 in 2024. She added two AJGA open wins to her resume in 2024 and had three AJGA open top-3 finishes in 2023. In 2023, Yoo won the 2023 National High School Invitational and finished just outside the top-15 at this year's Junior PGA Championship. Californian Kacey Ly has two wins in the past two years: the 2023 Pasadena Women’s City Championship and the 2024 AJGA Junior at Copper Valley. Her top-5 finishes include the Arizona Silver Belle and the 2024 AJGA Rolex Girls Championship, as well as an AJGA open event in 2023. Ly finished in the top-10 at the Southern California Junior Amateur in 2024. The third member of this class is Maye Huang, who finished 3rd at the 2024 Texas Women’s Stroke Play Championship and raised the winner’s trophy at the 2024 AJGA KJ Choi Foundation Texas Championship. She added two AJGA open top-5 finishes to her resume in 2023 & 2024, then notched an invitational top-5 at the AJGA RLX Ralph Lauren Junior Classic. The fourth member of this class is top-50 recruit Zoe Sprecher.

4. Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt is ready to start making their mark in the SEC with two of our top-10 American recruits in this class. North Carolina’s Elizabeth Rudisill, our #4 recruit, had a very successful year in 2022, with wins at the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea, the AJGA Stewart Cink Championship, and the AJGA Buick Shanshan Feng Invitational. She struggled slightly in 2023 but has come back with a vengeance in 2024. She won the 2024 Rolex Girls Invitational and was in the top-5 at the Junior PGA Championship, with top-10 finishes at the Scott Robertson Memorial, AJGA Nelly Invitational. In 2023, Rudisill found the top-10 on the leaderboard in the AJGA Ping Invitational and the Dustin Johnson World Junior, with top-15 showings at the 2023 AJGA Girls Invitational and the Mizuho Americas Invitational. In 2024, the future Commodore reached the round of 16 at the North & South Women's Amateur and the round of 32 at the US Women's Amateur. Rudisill will have a teammate in Kathryn Ha, who switched her commitment to the Commodores in September. Ha, a Virginia native, broke into the winner's circle at the 2023 AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship, and added two Peggy Kirk Bell Golf Tour wins in 2023, along with a win at the 2024 Virginia Junior Amateur to her resume. Ha's resume highlights include a top-5 finish at the 2023 AJGA Polo Junior Classic, top-10s at the 2023 Ping Invitational and North & South Junior Amateur, and top-5 finish at the 2024 Virginia Women's Amateur. She reached the round of 16 at the 2024 US Girls Junior and finished in the top-5 at the 2023 Elite Invitational.

5. University of Tennessee: The Vols class of 2025 consists of a trio of accomplished golfers, led by Madison Messimer. South Carolina's Messimer was no stranger to success in 2022, her biggest accomplishments being the champion at the Carolina's Women's Amateur and at the South Carolina Girls Junior Amateur. She has played solid in big events in 2024, with top-5 finishes at the Junior PGA Championship and the Scott Robertson Memorial. 2023 top-5 finishes include the 2023 Dustin Johnson World Junior and the Scott Robertson. In 2024 Messimer recorded a top-10 at the AJGA Annika/Hilton Grand Vacations Invitational and a top-15 at 2024 Dustin Johnson. The future Vol shines at the US Girls Junior Amateur, with a quarterfinal run in 2024 and a round of 32 appearance in 2023. She has also added several other top-5 finishes to her resume at the 2024 Carolinas Women's Amateur, the 2022 Elite Invitational, and the 2023 Beth Daniel. Messimer is ranked third in our recruit rankings. Another top recruit in this class is Thailand’s Thapasit Thitikarn, who is part of a growing contingent of golfers from Thailand playing collegiate golf in the US. In 2022, she found success in the states, with two wins and one 3rd place finish in FCG series events. In her homeland, she finished 4th in the Thailand Ladies Amateur Open and the Thailand Junior World Championships. 2023 brought four wins for Thitikarn: the Singha Thailand Amateur Open, Singapore Junior Golf Championship, and two National Team Ranking events, and 3rd at the recent Malaysian Amateur Open. She finished 17th in her only US event, the IMG Junior World Championship. In 2024, she placed 8th at the Toyota Junior World Cup and had seven top-5 finishes in her home country. The third member of this class is Tennessee’s Isabella Johnson, who sits in the top-30 of the JGS rankings. Johnson won the inaugural Granny Junior Invitational in 2024 had local success in her home state, with two Sneds Tour top-4 finishes, a 2nd at the Tennessee PGA Tour Championship, and 4th at the Tennessee Junior Amateur.

6. Princeton University: The Tigers clock in at #6 on our list with a formidable class of three, led by Thailand’s Thanana Kotchasanmanee. Kotchasanamanee has played solely in the US for the last three years, with a full resume. Her best finish in 2022 was 2nd at the AJGA Ping Invitational, and she also placed 4th at the Girls Junior PGA Championship. Add local wins at the Annika Award Junior Invitational, Citrus Golf Trail Ladies Invitational, and the Georgia Junior PGA Championship to her resume, along with 2nd at the AJGA Rome Junior Classic and 3rd at the Georgia Women's Open. In 2023, she had two 11th place finishes in AJGA Invitationals and made match play at the US Women's and Junior Amateurs. 2024 brought her more success, with a win at the LNGA Amateur and a round of 32 appearance at the US Girls Junior. She was runner-up at the AJGA Annika/Hilton Grand Vacations Invitational and found the top-5 on the leaderboard at the Citrus Golf Trail Ladies Invitational and Sea Island Women’s Amateur, and the top-10 at the AJGA Mizuho Americas Open. She is joined by Canadian Luna Lu, who has four AJGA Open event wins on her resume, along with a victory at the 2022 British Columbia Junior Championship. In 2023, she finished 2nd at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, 4th at the NextGen Selection Camp, and 4th at the AJGA KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship. Lu also qualified for the 2023 US Girls Junior Amateur. In addition to her two AJGA wins in 2024, Lu finished 6th in a professional event, the Canadian Women’s Open, and had a top-15 finish at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship. The third recruit in this class is Californian Sarah Lim, who showed consistency in AJGA open events in 2024, finishing in the top-6 in all five. She also had three JTNC top-6 finishes and mad an appearance at the US Girls Junior.

7. Wake Forest University: The Demon Deacons add three newcomers to their roster in 2025, led by Floridian Chloe Kovelesky. She has an extensive amateur resume which is highlighted by a win at the 2023 Florida Women's Amateur. Notable amateur finishes include 3rd at the Sunshine State Amateur and the 2024 Dustin Johnson World Junior. Kovelesky has carded top-10 finishes at the 2024 Dustin Johnson and the following tournaments in 2023: World Junior Championship, Junior PGA Championship, and the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions. The future Demon Deacon had top-15 results at the 2024 Junior PGA and the 2023 Orlando International Amateur. Other notable finishes include a round of 16 appearance at the 2023 North & South Women's Amateur and a top-5 at the 2023 Dixie Amateur. Kovelesky has also teed it up at an LPGA and Ladies European Tour Event. She will be joined by Thailand’s Chutimon Rujiranon, who plays near her homeland by finished 2nd in a US FCG event and 17th at the IMG Junior Worlds in 2024. She has tested herself in Thai professional event this year, her best showing a 6th place finish at the SINGHA SAT Prachin Buri Ladies Championship. In 2023, Rujiranon had two AJGA top-10 finishes and sic top-5 finishes in Thailand in the past two years. Wake Forest added a third recruit this summer with Ella Yokota, who had two AJGA top-20 finishes in 2024.

8. Louisiana State University: The LSU Tigers bring a class of two, with one American and one European athletes. Florida's Ryleigh Knaub had a consistent 2022 season, with 4 AJGA Open top-10 finishes, and followed that up with a top-15 at the 2023 AJGA Fortinet Girls Invitational. Her biggest accomplishment was her win at the 2023 Dustin Johnson World Junior, highlighting a 2023 season that included a quarterfinal appearance at the the AJGA Polo Junior Classis, top-10 at the 2023 Rolex Tournament of Champions, and top-15 at the 2023 Fortinet Girls Championship. In 2024, Knaub found the top-5 on the leaderboard of the Dustin Johnson and the Junior PGA Championship, and top-15 at the AJGA Nelly Invitational. She also finished in the top-5 of the Dye Junior Invitational and the top-10 at the 2023 Sally. The second member of this class, Perla Sol Sigurbrandsdottir, hails from Iceland. She began 2024 with a top-5 finish and recorded top-10s at the Annika Invitational Europe, Icelandic Stroke Play Championship, and the Portuguese Internacional Ladies Amateur. In 2023, she had two wins & two runner-up finishes in Icelandic amateur competition, and found the top-10 at the Junior Orange Bowl. Both athletes are solid additions to the Tigers’ roster in 2025.

9. Stanford University: The Cardinal follows it’s #1 2024 recruiting class with a smaller class of two, clocking in at #9 on our list. California’s Anna Song earned a spot on our honorable mention recruit list with her solid play over the past few years. She racked up top-10 finishes in 2024 which include the California Women’s Amateur, Junior PGA Championship, and two AJGA open events. She recently won the Southern California Junor Amateur Championship. Song had a successful 2023 with top-10 finishes at the Dustin Johnson World Junior and the AJGA Ping Invitational. Most notable was her victory at the AJGA Fortinet Girls Invitational at her future home, which started off 2023 in style. Stanford has also recruited top-20 JGS athlete Kaila Elsayegh, who qualified for the 2025 US Girls Junior. She experienced recent success with a top-5 result at the Southern California Junior Amateur and a top-10 finish at the Southern California Women’s Match Play Championship. In 2023 & 2024, Elsayegh held the winner’s trophy in an open AJGA event, and recorded three additional AJGA top-5s.

10. University of Virginia: The Cavaliers bring in a class of three in 2025, with two Americans and one golfer from Japan. Florida’s Remi Bacardi is a current top-40 recruit on JGS, and she has consistently been in that bracket for the past few years. She had a successful 2023, staring off with a top-5 showing at the Junior Orange Bowl, following that with an SFPGA win and two AJGA open runner-up finishes. She made match play at the 2024 US girls Junior and carded top-10s at the Florida Women’s Amateur and the AJGA Panama Junior. Bacardi also had a top-5 results an another AJGA open event in 2024. Yuuki Takada hails from Japan but competes primarily in Australia, having good success down under. She has competed sparsely in 2024, with a runner-up finish at the FVG Collegiate Championship and a top-10 result at the Concord Cup. In 2023, Takada she broke through with a win at the Queensland Girls Amateur and a runner-up finish at the South Australia Junior Amateur. She also recorded top-10s at the South Australian Junior Masters and the Australian Girls Amateur. The third recruit in this class, Elsie MacCleery, is an in-state product. MacCleery finished 4th at the 2024 Sea Pines Junior Heritage, had a runner-up finish in a PKBGT event, and was in the top-10 at the Dye Junior Invitational.