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.

10/4 (reports through Sept 26th)

Class of 2028: Top 25 recruit Ben Matsuda has committed to US. He has two AJGA top-5 and one top-10 finish in 2026. Ole Miss is getting a top-25 recruit in Charlie Haney, who was 2nd at the Southern Junior and had one AJGA top-5 in 2026. The Vanderbilt women will welcome Elin Wang, in the top-5 of the JGS rankings. She has three AJGA open wins in 2025 & 2026 and one invitational runner-up finish. Keane Taino, top-15 in the AJGA rankings, will join the Deacs of Wake Forest in 2028. He has three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. The Vols of Tennessee will get Lourenda Steyn, a top-300 WAGR player. She was in the top- in the Annika Invitational Europe. Elliot Cope, a top-50 JGS ranked golfer, will join Houston's team in 2028. He had wo STPGA wins in 2026. The Arizona Wildcat men's team will be joined by top-300 WAGR ranked Kanchiro Katano, a player who two wins in Australia in 2026. The Pepperdine women will add Hayley Fong to the roster. The top-25 ranked recruit has two AJGA open wins to her name. The sooners of Oklahoma will have Harlow Gregory, a top-75 recruit on the team. She has three OJGT wins in the past year. Sam Daniels will join the lady Horned Frogs of TCU in 2028. This top-30 recruit has three AJGA open wins in the past year. Lisa Coetzer, top-200 in WAGR, will join the Aggies of Texas A&M. She has seven wins in South Africa in 2026. The Spartans of Michigan State are getting a top-25 recruit, Tommy Preston, the Michigan Junior Amateur and GAM Boys Junior champion. Alabama will welcome Neil Jolly, top-50 in JS and the 2026 Southern Junior champion. The Duke women will add top-15 player Ava Zhang to the roster. She was in the top-5 at the 2026 Junior PGA Championship and top-10 at the Dustin Johnson World Junior. The Blue Devils also committed Top-60 player Leah Gram, top-5 in an open AJGA event this year. The Gamecocks of South Carolina will welcome a top-20 ranked recruit, Cooper Smith. He has an AJGA open win in 2026 and reached the round of 64 at the US Junior. The Clemson women's team will add top-25 golfer Victoria Davis to their roster. She has two CGA and two PKBGT wins on her resume in the past year. The USC women will gain a top-5 recruit in Rina Kawasaki in 2028. She has one AJGA Invitational top-5 and two top-10s in the past year, as well as a Toyota Tour Cup win. Vanderbilt is adding a top-15 ranked recruit in Annika Raja. She reached the round of 32 at the US Girls Junior and has two AJGA open wins in the past year. The TCU horned frogs are getting a top-15 recruit, Easton Reischl in2028. He has one AJGA open win in 2026 and a top-10 finish at the Arizona Open. Washington received verbal commitment from top-50 ranked Christian Choi, who has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2026. Arizona's men's squad is gaining a top-75 player in Ash Edwards, a top-5 finisher at the Western Junior. Furman's men's team will welcome a top-75 AJGA ranked player in Fletcher Finch, who has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2026. Riley Grimm, a top-50 ranked player, will join NC State in 2028. She has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2026. Colorado will add top-75 ranked golfer Alexis Card to their roster. She has three AJGA top-5 finishes in 2026.

Class of 2027: UC San Diego received verbal commitment from AJGA top-75 ranked Zachary Hawkins, who has one AJGA on his resume. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are getting a top-50 recruit in Carter Homens. He won the 2026 NEPGA Junior Championship. Maddox Mowad, top-75 in JGS, has committed to North Texas after winning an AJGA open event in 2026. JP Levan, top-30 in JGS, is heading to Northwestern in 2027. He had two AJGA open wins in 2026. The Vols of Tennessee will add Bhadharanida Ponmani, top 400 in WAGR rankings, to the roster. She reached the round of 16 in the 2025 US Girls Junior. Alisa Davidova, a top-25 recruit, has switched her commitment to Clemson. She was 2nd at the Scott Robertson Memorial and has one AJGA open win in 2026. Baylor will welcome Tripp Depoy, a top-40 player, in 2027. He won the LJT Lanny Wadkins Jr Championship.

9/18 (reports through Sept 4th)

Class of 2028: Norway's Mathias Aase, a WAGR top-500 ranked athlete, has committed to Arizona State. He has two professional top-5s in Norway in 2026. Max Milton, a top-50 AJGA ranked player, is committed to San Diego, with two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. JGS top-60 golfer Hughes McCarthy is heading to NC State. He has one AJGA top-10 in the past year. Rory Asselta, ranked in the top-5 across all junior rankings, is heading to Auburn in 2028. He won the 2026 AJGA RLX Ralph Lauren and was in the top-5 at the Junior PGA Championship. Oklahoma State will welcome top[-10 player Ainslie Stanford to the roster. He had a top-5 finish at the Junior PGA and won an open AJGA in 2026. Top-10 JGS player Ryan Nana Tanke will enroll at SMU in 2028. He has an AJGA open win and two top-5 finishes in the past year. Ethan Evans will be a Seminole, joining Florida Sate as a top-25 ranked player. He won the 2026 VA Junior Stroke Play and has two AJGA runner-up finishes this year. He will be joined by top-5 ranked player Chase Bauer, who finished 2nd at the 2026 Dustin Johnson World Junior and has two AJGA Invitational top-10s in 2026. The Arizona women will welcome Alyssa Rigby, a top-50 player in the JGS rankings. She was a quarterfinalist at the Women's Western Junior this year. Dylan Knox, a top-50 JGS athlete, will join the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2028. He has one LJT win this year. Alexa Takai will head to USC in 2028, The JGS top-5 player reached the round of 32 at the US Girls Junior this year and qualified to the US Women's Amateur. Emma McKoan, just outside the top-50, will represent Duke in 2028 after winning the 2026 Bubba Conlee. Jace Benson will be a BYU Cougar. The top-40 ranked player has one AJGA win on his resume in 2026. Georgia Tech is gaining a top-20 player in William Cue, who had a top-10 at the Junior PGA and an AJGA top-5 in 2026. Top-5 player Grayson Baucom is joining the Vols of Tennessee after winning the 2026 AJGA Boys Simplify and placing in the top-5 at the Dustin Johnson. The Tarheels of UNC will welcome Jude Xu, a top-10 player with one AJGA Invitational top-10 and two Toyota Tour Cup wins in 2026. The Cowboys of Oklahoma State will also welcome Ryan Lee, a top-25 JGS ranked athlete. He has two AJGA top-5s in the past year. Top-40 ranked Maci Williams will join the lady Tigers of LSU in 2028. She was three LJT wins in the past year. Top-75 player Regina Jimenez will join the Cougars of BYU after winning four junior events in Mexico in the past year. Stanford is gaining another top-10 player in Mia Clausen, who had one top-5 and two top-10 Elite Amateur series finishes this summer. The Florida Gators will add WAGR top-300 player Colombia's Emilio Velez to the roster in 2028. He reached match play at the 2026 US Junior Amateur and has one win in Colombia in 2026. They also verbally committed Karl Stenson, a top-75 player with one FJT win in 2026. The Arizona Wildcats are getting a WAGR top-300 performer in Tao Pemerika form France, who in the European Young Masters champion. The UCLA men's team will add Nakul Shrivastava to the team in 2028. The top-30 JGS player has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2026. JGS top-15 golfer Niuniu Zhao will be joining the Princeton Tigers. She has four wins in the Pacific Northwest in 2026. 2026 Junior Players champion JP Lynch will enroll at Oklahoma in 2028. The top-10 ranked player also has two AJGA open wins in the past year. The Illinois men's squad has committed Jonathan Ward, a top-40 ranked golfer. He has two AJGA runner-up finishes in 2026. Miami will welcome Neely Kight, top-50 in the AJGA rankings. She has one AJGA win in 2026. Top-20 golfer Lester Low will be added to the Georgia Tech roster in 2028 after carding two AJGA wins in 2026. The Oklahoma State Cowboys add another member to their roster in 2028, top-5 ranked and 2026 Junior PGA champion Jaden Soong. He also has three AJGA Invitational top-5s in 2026.

Class of 2027: Gonzaga will welcome top-100 player Yettie Bin, who has two AJGA top-5s this year. Zachary Schaefer, a top-75 JGS player, will head to New Mexico State with one JGAA win in 2026.

9/4 It's been a while! Here's some updates from our posts through the end of July.

Class of 2028: Marley Pedrique, a top 40 ranked recruit, will join her sister at Florida State. She is the Sunshine State Amateur champion from 2025. Notre Dame will welcome Ethan Tian, a player from Hong Kong with eight junior wins in the past two years. The Wake Forest women will welcome top-10 ranked player Alexandra Snyder, a player with two AJGA invitational top-10 and two top15 finishes in the past year. Chase Hughes, a top-5 player, will join the Cowboys of Oklahoma State in 2028. He reached the round of 16 at the North & South Amateur and match play at the US Amateur this year. Texas' men's team gets a top-500 WAGR athlete in Stepan Plasek, who was the 2025 European Young Master champion. Oklahoma will welcome Anson Munzlinger, a top-20 player who had a top-5 at the Bubba Conlee and two AJGA top-5s in the past year. Colton Rodgers, a top-75 JGS player, is heading to Stanford. He has two AJGA top-5s and a top-10 in the past year. Stanford adds to their top recruiting class with US Girls' Junior winner Clairey Lin. The 2nd ranked recruit also won the 2025 AJGA Ninja Invitational. Grace Lee will represent the Georgia Bulldogs in 2028. The top-40 recruit won the 2026 Georgia Girls Championship and has three AJGA top-5s in the past year. 2028 grad Elsa Wu will play for Columbia, after the top-75 ranked recruit had three AJGA top-4 finishes in 2025-2026. Aubrey Hilgers, 1 top-10 ranked recruit, will play for Auburn in 2028. She was a quarterfinalist at the US Girls Junior and won the 2026 Junior PGA Championship.

Class of 2027: Bryce Napier, a top 50 recruit, is heading to Maryland after having one AJGA win and two top-5 finishes in 2026. UNC Charlotte will welcome top-75 JGS ranked golfer Drew Mercer, a player with one AJGA top-5 and two top-10 finishes in the past year. Brooks Urquart switched his commitment to Georgia Tech following a win at the Georgia Junior Championship and 2nd at the Dye Invitational. He is an AJGA top-25 ranked player. The Santa Clara women will get a top-100 player in Diya Kumar, who had one AJGA top-5 this year. Columbia will welcome Man Yang, a top-75 ranked golfer with one AJGA top-5 in the past year. Zonghan Liu will attend UC Davis in 2027. The top-40 ranked player had top-10s at Junior Worlds and the North & South Junior. Spencer Mills, ranked in the top-75 in JGS, will head to Virginia Tech to play college golf. He won the 2026 Beth Daniel Jr Azalea. Evyn Cannon, a JGS top-20 recruit, will attend Miami following two AJGA wins and one top-5 finish in the past year. Cathy Zhang, a top-40 JGS player, is heading to Illinois after placing 2nd at the Bubba Conlee this year and in the top-5 at three AJGA events.

7/5

Class of 2028: RTexas adds its second commit of this class with the commitment of Mason An, top-15 in the junior rankings. An won the 2025 Mack Champ Invitational and was in the top-5 at the Ping Invitational. The Stanford women add another #1 recruit to their roster with Aphrodite Deng, tops in the AJGA rankings. She recently finished 17th at the US Women's Open and won the 2025 Junior Invitational and US Girls Junior. Alli Wiertel, a top-25 ranked player, will join the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2028. She was 2nd at the 2026 Dye Junior Invitational and 5th at the Women's Western Junior. Molly Spector, a top-50 ranked recruit, will be repping the Tigers of Auburn. She is the 2026 Georgia PGA Championship winner. Washington State will add Kaitlyn Moreland to their roster in 2028. This JGS top-100 player has two JGAA wins in the past year. A second Ryan Lee in this class, ranked in the top-25 of JGS, will join Texas A&M. He has two LJT top-10 finishes in the past year.

Class of 2027: Elon nabs a top-75 ranked commit in Michael Vivone, who had one AJGA win in 2025.

Class of 2026: UCONN picks up a WAGR top-500 recruit in RJ Shieh, who made the cut at the 2024 & 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateurs. Max Emberson will follow Coach Hybl to Georgia Tech as a top-20 ranked signee. He was 2nd at the 2025 Junior Jones Cup and 5th in this year's Terra Cotta.

Transfers: The Ole Miss Rebels will add Cooper Claycomb, a WAGR top-125 ranked player, to their roster. Claycomb had own win and two top-5 finishes in the 2025-2026 season. Wake Forest will welcome top-400 player Nolan Harper this fall. Harper had two top-5 finishes in the past collegiate season.

6/21

Class of 2028: The first week of recruiting for this class started out with a bang. The top-25 AJGA ranked recruit had one AJGA win and one toop-5 in the past 2 years. the Vols of Tennessee received verbal commitment from Mac Myers, top-10 in the TUGR and AJGA rankings. Myers won the 2025 Bubba Conlee and had one AJGA top-10 in 2025. The Texas Longhorns will welcome Declan Dent in 2028. Dent is in the top-15 in TUGR rankings and had one LJT win and four top-5 finishes in 2025 & 2026. The top-50 ranked female of this class to commit is Avery Schartz, who had one AJGA win and one top-5 finish in 2025.

Class of 2027: Iowa State gains an AJGA top-100 ranked recruit in Drew Madigan, who has one AJGA open runner-up finish. Chloe Chien, top-100 in TUGR, has one AJGA top-5 in the past year.

Class of 2026: Will Judd changed his commitment from Kentucky to Louisville. The TUGR top-100 player has two AJGA top-5 finishes on his resume.

Transfers: Anastasia Hekkonen, top-300 in WAGR, has signed with the Texas women. She had one win and one top-5 finish in the 2025-2026 collegiate season. The Stanford Cardinal gained WAGR top-500 Daniel Zou, who had one top-5 and one top-10 finish in the past year. The Crimson Tide of Alabama signed Miles Eubanks, top-300 in WAGR. He had one win and two top-5 finishes in the past year. The Clemson Tigers will welcome Hampton Roberts, a toop-500 player with one top-10 finish in the past year. The Oklahoma Sooners will gain Cayse Morgan, a player with four wins in the 2025-2026 season. The Misissippi men signed Eduardo Matarazzo, top-400 in WAGR. He had one win and two top-5s in the past collegiate season.

6/14

Transfers: Top-100 WAGR ranked Isla McDonald O'Brien is transferring to Texas from Arizona State. She had three top-15 finishes in the 2025-2026 collegiate season. The Tennessee men gain a WAAGR top-500 ranked player in Rudy Sautron from Nebraska. He had three wins this past collegiate season.

6/9

Class of 2027: The Tennessee women will be getting a top-500 WAGr recruit in Chonpansa Tawinsang, who finished 2nd at the 2026 Thailand Amateur Championship. The USC men will be gaining Vietnam's Tuan And Nguyen, a top-200 WAGR ranked recruit. He is the Thailand Men's Amateur champion. Aadi Parmar, a top-25 TUGR recruit, will be heading to Texas Tech. He won an AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational in 2024 and has an AJGA open top-5 in 2026. The Kentucky men received commitment form AJGA top-50 ranked Denton Brooks, who has four AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025 & 2026.

Transfers: Nguyễn Ahn Minh is heading to the Sun Devils of Arizona State. He had one win and two top-5 finishes for Oregon State this spring, and qualified to match play and the 2025 Western Amateur. Jackson Byrd is transferring from Clemson to Georgia. He is the 2024 Ping Invitational champion.

4/19

Class of 2027: The Clemson Tigers received commitment from a top-50 player, Lee Smith, who had one AJGA open win in 2025. Kansas' men's squad will have a WAGR top-500 ranked player in Martin Ramirez of Colombia. He had three junior event wins in 2025/2026 in his home country. Vanderbilt gets a top-25 AJGA ranked player in Zoey Kim. Kim had one AJGA top-5 finish in 2025.

3/29

Class of 2026: Rayee Feng announced her commitment to Harvard. This top-10 player had two AJGA open top-5s in 2026 and was 9th at the 2026 Junior Invitational.

3/15

Class of 2027: Lucas Gimenez will re-class to 2026 and join the Oklahoma Sooners. This top-15 recruit recently won the New Year's Invitational amateur event and was 5th at the Junior Jones Cup. Cal Poly will gain a too-40 AJGA ranked player in Bella Ransi. She has won two AJGA open events. The Horned Frogs of TCU are getting a top-50 JGS ranked player in Bennett Kuhns, who had one AJGA open win in 2025.

3/1

Class of 2027: UC Irvine will gain a TUGR top-40 commit in Vivi Yen. She had one AJGA win in 2025. They also added top-75 ranked commit Addison Lee to this class. Lee had one AJGA win in 2025. Mississippi State's men's team will welcome top-100 ranked Jacob Newsom, a player with one OJGT win in 2025. The Boilermakers of Purdue are getting an AJGA top-50 ranked player with Andy Dai, who had three AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. The Charleston women received commitment from Mia Carles, top-40 in the AJGA rankings. She had three AJGA open top-3 finishes in 2025. The Hoosiers of Indiana gain a top-100 commit in Landon Snyder, a player who qualified to the 2025 US Junior. LSU dips into the international talent pool with South Africa's Dewan De Bruin, top-500 in WAGR. He had four top-5 finishes in South Africa in 2025. Furman will welcome top-75 ranked recruit Saahi Naraharasetty in 2027/ She had two NTPGA and one STPGA win in 2025. Florida State added Charlie Woods to their already #1 ranked 2027 freshman class. Woods is ranked in the top-10 in AJGA rankings after winning the 2025 Team Taylormade Invitational and finishing top-10 in the Junior PGA Championships. Top-60 JGS player Evan Tyree with join the Aggies of Texas A&M after reaching the quarterfinals of the Arizona Amateur in 2025. The Duke Blue Devils will get the 2025 Orlando International Amateur winner, Eddie Gu, a top-50 ranked AJGA recruit, in 2027.

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Class of 2027: The Nebraska women will getting a TUGR top-100 recruit, Ella June Hannant, Who had one PKBGT win in 2025.

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Class of 2026: Top-400 WAGR ranked Daniela Paez of Colombia has committed to Harvard. She has two wins & five top-5 finishes in her home country in the past two years. Joinig her in the crimson and cream is top-15 boys' recruit Alex Zhang. Alex has one AJGA open win and three top-5 finishes in 2024 & 2025, also carding an invitational top-10.

12/22

Class of 2027: Virginia Tech committed a top-10 recruit in Kennedy MacCleery, who had one AJGA top-10 in 2025. The South Florida men added Jeremy Hsu, a top-75 commit, to their list of 2027s. He won an SFPGA event in 2025. The Jacksonville State women will gain a top-75 recruit in Elliana Buhagiar, the 2025 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea champion. Adding to the wave of top-75 players is Yung Jen Wang, who is heading to Kansas State. She had one win in her homeland Chinese Taipei in 2025. Ben Cowgill, top-75 in AJGA rankings, is committed to William & Mary. He won a TJGT event in 2025. Nebraska will gain top-100 TUGR ranked Jake Eickhoff in 2027 after his top-5 at the Granny Junior. The Utah men's team will add TUGR top-25 recruit Guolin Zeng, a player with one AJGA win and two top-6 finishes in 2025. The Florida Gators have committed top-10 WAGR ranked Alice Kong of France. She won a pro event in 2025 and also had two wins in France. The lady Cal Bears have committed Eileen Park, ranked in the top-20 in TUGR. She has three AJGA open top-3 finishes in 2025 and a top-10 at the Canadian Junior. Czechia's Anna Ludvova will be a Texas Longhorn in 2027. She has four wins in her home country in 2025. SMU picks up top-30 ranked recruit Brooks Colton, who has one AJGA win & two runner-up finishes in the past two years. Thailand's Namo Luangnitikul, a WAGR top-200 player, will be an Oregon Duck in 2027. She is the Malaysian Ladies Amateur champion and had one win in her homeland in 2025. Ashnoor Kaur has committed too the Missouri Tigers. The top-60 recruit had two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. UNLV will welcome Madison Perez to the roster in 2027. She is a top-50 player who won the AJGA Senior Showcase.

Class of 2026: Cincinnati signed a top-75 TUGR ranked player in Staci Pla, who was 2nd at the AJGA Senior Showcase. Katrina Bulkovska of Latvia began the wave of Ivy commits, as the WAGR top-250 player announced her commitment to Harvard. She had seven junior or amateur wins in 2025. Joining her is two outstanding UPENN commits: Juliet Oh and Sophia Le. Oh is a top-15 ranked player who had two AJGA open wins in 2025 in addition to a top-5 finish at the Ping Invitational. Lu, top-25 in AJGA rankings, boasts one AJGA open win and two Toyota Tour Cup top-5s in the past two years.

11/30

Class of 2027: Michigan State picked up a top-100 athlete in Isaac Rumler, who advanced to US Open final qualifying. The Notre Dame women are gaining a top-50 TUGR player in Keira Yun, who had three AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. Top-25 ranked Maria Isabelle Errichetto has committed to play at Virginia. She was 10th at the Toyota Junior World Cup and has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. Top-75 ranked TUGR player Klare Jamison is committed to Nebraska. The future Cornhusker had one top-5 AJGA finish in 2025. Top-75 ranked Nicole Tang will be playing for Cal Berkeley in 2027. She has tow AJGA wins on her resume. Jolie Pastorick, another top-100 player, is heading to Texas Tech. She has two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. The Texas Tech men will welcome top-75 TUGR ranked Jaspreet Kondal, who was in the top-5 once in AJGA events in 2025. Top-50 ranked Nemo Tsai is staying in-state at Michigan in 2027. He had two AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025. Chase Jerome, a top-50 athlete, will be playing for Arizona. He had one AJGA top-5 finish in 2025. Charlie Yoon, a top-30 player, is staying in-state at Cal Berkeley. He had two FCG wins in the past two years. The BYU women will welcome top-50 TUGR athlete Melinee Udom, who won the 2024 Junior Americas Cup. NCAA champion Oklahoma State has verbally committed Asher Nelson, who was low amateur and top-5 at the Arizona Open. He is a top-75 ranked player. The Oklahoma State Cowgirls will get a top-30 TUGR ranked player in Annika Chen, who has three AJGA top-5 finishes in 2025.

Class of 2026: Gabriel Derbez Torres, a top-50 ranked player in TUGR, signed with UT San Antonio. He qualified for match play at the 2025 US Junior. Ethan Hoffman, a top-100 ranked player signed with Loyola Marymount. He had one Toyota Tour Cup win in 2025. Ayana Hiranaka, a top-75 TUGR ranked player, signed with Central Florida. She has two IJGT wins on her resume.