Recruiting Report

Check back around every Sunday for a weekly wrap-up on that week's recruiting news and highlights! We feature players ranked in the too-100 in JGS or AJGA rankings, and those ranked in the top-500 in WAGR.

6/22

Class of 2027: The first commit of the class of 2027 is Sam Carraher, a JGS top-50 player who is committed to Purdue. He recently carded 5th place finishes at the 2025 Western Junior and the Dye Invitational.

Class of 2026: The UC Davis women's team has a strong AJGA top-50 commit in Nina Choe. Choe has two AJGA top-5 & three top-10 finishes since July of 2024. Illinois will get a strong competitor in Meadow Tian, an AJGA top-40 player who has two AJGA wins and six top-3 finishes on her resume. The NC State men will add Dylan Takenaga, a JGS top-75 player to their team in 2026. He wa the 2024 Gator Invitational champion.

Class of 2025: Alexis Vakasiuola announce her signing to Grand Canyon. She is a JGS top-50 ranked player with one AJGA top-5 & one top-10 finish in the past year.

Transfers: Alabama picked up Luke Powell from UCLA. While Powell had mixed results in 2024, he had one win & two top-3 collegiate finishes in the 2023-2024 season. Florida State has added the 2025 NAIA national champion, Jack Whaley, to it's roster.

6/9

Class of 2026: Duke University received verbal commitment from Clark Mason, a top-60 recruit on JGS. Mason has two FJT wins in the past year. Princeton added to their talented class of 2026 with Will Chang, a top-50 AJGA player. Chang has two AJGA wins on his resume, with one in 2025.

Transfers: Texas A&M has landed a highly ranked WAGR recruit in Louise Reau (currently #103). She had a stellar season, highlighted by one win and one runner-up finish. The Georgia women's team just got better with the addition of Karoline Tuttle, a player who won the Dixie Amateur and was 6th at the Sally. Texas A&M's men's team lands a solid, top-200 WAGR player in Kris Kuvaas, who won the Southwestern Amateur & finished 2nd at the WCC conference Championship. Wake Forest has bolstered their roster with excellent transfers. Casey Weidenfeld, currently top-100 in WAGR, had one top-4 and one top-20 this past collegiate season, and Morgan Ketchum had two collegiate runner-up finishes this past year.

6/2

Class of 2026: LSU just got better for 2026 with the commitment of Australia's Raegan Denton, who finished 3rd at the 2024 Australian Women's Amateur and has five wins in Australia since the start of 2024.

Transfers: Evan Woosley-Reed followed his former Tennessee assistant coach to NC State, after posting two collegiate top-5 finishes in 2024 and 11th at the 2025 Cabo Collegiate. Mary Miller takes her game to Ole Miss following an outstanding freshman season at Georgia Southern, which included one win and two runner-up finishes. Straight from a 5th place showing for UVA at NCAAs, Megan Propeck announced her signing to Florida. She finished 5th in all three post-season events. Vanderbilt added a top-100 player to bolster their lineup with Pacific's Carlos Astiazaran, who had two wins and four top-5 finishes in the 2024-2025 collegiate season. UNC is adding Niall Sheils-Doengan, a solid player from Northwestern, to their roster. He had three top-10 finishes in the 2024-2025 season and was 5th at the Pacific Coast Amateur. Following her contribution to Northwestern's NCAA Championship, Elise Lee announced that she will be transferring to USC in the fall. Lee had one top-10 and three top-20 finishes this past season, and was 2nd at the 2024 Women's Western Amateur.

5/27

Class of 2026: Australia's Arrow Aarav Shah, winner of the 2025 Dustin Johnson World Junior, is taking a gap year and has committed to the University of South Carolina for 2026. Georgia's Cameron Kuchar,, a JGS top-50 player, has announced his commitment to TCU. He was fourth at the 2024 Junior Jones Cup and had two AJGA top-3 finishes in 2024. On the women's side, China's Coco Wang is committed to Columbia. She is a top-50 ranked player, was third at the 2024 Northern Junior and had three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. USC is picking up a top-75 player in China's Zenghou (Williiam) Hou. He won the China Junior Open & had one AJGA top-5 finish in the past year.

Transfers: Nicholas Prieto has announced his team switch from Arizona State to Wake Forest. Prieto won the Oregon State Invitational & had two top-10 finishes in 2024, but was limited in lineup starts due to the Sun Devils' team depth.

5/18

Class of 2026: Top-50 JGS commit Ben Lathrop has announced his intention to play for Oklahoma State. Lathrop won an open AJGA event in 2024.

Transfers: The transfer portal is hopping and some big names are making announcements. Oklahoma State's Johnnie Clark will now be playing for the University of New Mexico. He as previously one of the top 20 juniors in his class and was th2 2024 Arizona Stroke Play champion. Auburn's Reed Lotter is staying in the SEC, joining the Tennessee Vols. Lotter had one top-5 and three top-10 finishes in 2024 & 2025, but his playing time was limited by Auburn's incredible depth. Camden Smith, a solid player for Georgia who didn't see much playing time this spring, is heading to the Arkansas Razorbacks. His most notable finish was 7th at the 2024 SEC Championship. Purdue's Jasmine Kahler will be wearing gold and blue for Cal Berkeley this fall. She finished 2nd at the Briar Creek Invitational and had three collegiate top-10s in the past year.

5/12

Class of 2026: JGS Top-100 recruit Ryan Xie of New Zealand has committed to Santa Clara. He was the 2024 Auckland Stroke Play champion. Yale has received their first verbal commitment for this class in California native Shawn Nawata, a top-60 recruit who has five Toyota Tour Cup top-5 and three top-10 finishes in the past year.

4/27

Class of 2026: JGS top-100 recruit Cooper Greenwood, who had AJGA too-5 finishes in 2024, announced his commitment to Loyola Marymount. Noah Scavo, in the top-60 in the AJGA class rankings, has committed to San Jose State. He won the AJGA Spin Junior Championship in 2024. The Princeton women's team continues strong recruiting with a top-50 JGS recruit, Ysabel Liu. She had one AJGA top-5 finish in 2024.

4/13

Class of 2025: Gloria Nip of Florida announced her commitment to play for Emory, a top division III school. She is a JGS top-100 recruit who has three AJGA invitational top-5 finishes on her resume.

4/7

Class of 2026: Alicia Bellendir, a JGS top-25 recruit from Texas, announced her commitment to Mississippi State. Bellendir is the Notah Begay Oklahoma Regional champion and had an LJT win in 2024. Top-75 recruit Tucker Gutierrez will be heading to Furman in 2026. He is the 2024 Mississippi Junior Amateur champion and finished 7th at the 2024 Southern Junior.

3/30

Class of 2026: We recently learned of the commitment to Tennessee women's golf by Vietnam's An Le Chuc, who is inside the top 350 in WAGR. She had two FCG runner-up finishes in 2024. Princeton received their first verbal commit of the 2026 class in Jordan Brown of Florida, who is a top-60 JGS player, Brown won an AJGA open event in 2024. Another top-100 athlete who announced their commitment this week was Alabama's Jack Lowery. Lowery, who finished fourth at the 2024 Future Masters, will be heading to Troy University.

Class of 2025: Californian Petra Yee announced admission and commitment to high-academic division 3 Williams College. Yee is in the top-75 of her class on JGS and won the Notah Begay Northern CA regional in 2024.

3/23

Class of 2026: The University of Colorado will welcome a JGS top-100 recruit in Kansas' Colt Farrow. Farrow won both a TJGT event and the Central Links Tour Championship in 2024. The Indiana men received commitment from a similarly ranked golfer, Texas Duff McKay, who had two AJGA top-10 finishes and won a NTPGA event in 2024.

Class of 2025: Petra Yee of California has announced a late commitment to Williams College as a top-70 golfer. She was the Notah Begay Northern CA Regional champion.

3/16

Class of 2026: Virginia Tech received verbal commitment from top-60 JGS recruit Sahish Reddy, an athlete who has one AJGA open top-5 in 2024 and a top-20 finish at the Junior Jones Cup. The newly formed Rice women's team keeps getting better, with a commitment from Canadian Jessica Jang, a top-25 recruit in her class. Janh had one Toyota Tour Cup win in 2025 and two AJGA open top-5 finishes.

3/9

Class of 2026: The Yale women's team notched a strong recruit in China's Xizihan Wang, currently in the top-25 of both JGS and AJGA rankings for her class. She had several top-3 finishes in AJGA open events in 2024, as well as top-5 finishes in China amateur and Pro events.

3/2 There have been no JGS top-100 or WAGR top-500 commitments in the past three weeks. We should see more of the top 50-100 golfers commit towards late spring once the season starts ramping up.

2/9

Class of 2026: The LSU men's team received verbal commitment from Columbian golfer Samuel Gonzalez, a top-50 JGS recruit. He notched to-10 finishes at the 2025 Junior Orange Bowl and the 2024 AJGA Panama Junior. The newly created Rice women's team picked up a top-50 recruit in Californian Ally Kim, who had four wins on the FCG and SCPGA tours in 2024. Georgia Southern will be getting a top-75 recruit in Erik Erlenkeuser of South Carolina. He placed 4th at the Notah Begay National Championship.

2/2

Class of 2026: The UNLV women's team received verbal commitment from Californian Kuree Little, a top-50 recruit on JGS. Little was consistent with one top-5 and two top-10 AJGA finishes in 2024. Hanqin Wang, a top-100 recruit out of California, announced his commitment to Cal State Long Beach. He had one Toyota Tour Cup win and five top-10s in 2024. He will be joined by Daniel Chazen, who sits just outside of the top-100. The Grand Canyon women will be getting a top-50 AJGA recruit in Gianna Singh of California, and she is the 2024 AJGA Colorado Springs Junior champion.

1/19

Class of 2026: Florida's Hampton Beebe caused quite a stir by announcing his commitment to Auburn, as the originally class of 2027 grad is graduating a year early as part of the class of 2026. Beebe is a top-20 recruit in the 2027 group. He recently won the AJGA's opening 2025 event, the Puerto Rico Junior Championship. The Auburn women received a verbal commitment from India's Zara Anand, who had two international wins in 2024.

Class of 2025: Another athlete is graduating a year early, as 2026's Rawson Hardy, a top-60 recruit, will be heading to Georgia Tech in 2025. He won the 2024 AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship.