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.

8/17

Class of 2027: Eliana Sagebecame the first top-10 girl in this class to commit, and she will be heading to USC. Saga has one AJGA Invitational top-5 and two top-10 finishes in the past year. She will be joined by another top-10 commit, Kaili Xiao, a recruit who has two AJGA Invitational top-10s in the past year. Pepperdine gained their first commit in this class in top-40 recruit, Hill Wang, who has six SCPGA top-5 finishes in the past year. The Clemson women have a top-70 player in Kara An, who won an AJGA open event in 2024. Northwestern women gain a top-20 ranked player in Ying Tong Jiao, who had top-20 finishes in three major events this year. Bodie Brumlow will be following in this brother's footsteps and playing for Georgia. The top-40 JGS ranked player has three SJGT wins in the past year. The Oklahoma State women are gaining a top-30 recruit in Dresden Bounds, who had an AJGA win and two top-5 open finishes in 2024.

Class of 2026: Bonnie Lo, a top-100 JGS recruit, announced her commitment to NC State. Lo had one AJGA runner-up finish in the past year. Aidan Wilson, a top-100 recruit, is the 4th member of this class at Cincinnati. Wilson is the 2024 Donald Ross Jr Championship winner. Theodore Synder, a JGS top-75 ranked player, announced his intent to attend Yale. Snyder finished 6th at Junior Worlds in 2025. Sage Bradshaw, a top-30 commit fresh off his round of 16 appearance at the US Junior, switched his commitment to Wake Forest. Another athlete to switch commitments is Emerie Schartz, a top-20 recruit who will be attending Texas A&M. She reached the quarterfinals in this year's US Girls Junior. Carnegie Mellon gains a top-100 commit in Yixuan Chen, a player who won the Toyota Tour Cup Championship.

8/3

Class of 2027: Auburn verbally committed their 3rd athlete of 2027 with Davis Wotnosky, a top-10 recruit on JGS. He recently won the North & South Junior Amateur and was 2nd at the Carolina Junior Championship. Thailand's Iris Muslu, a top-100 JGS recruit, has committed to the Iowa women's team. She had one TKG win in the past year. Chase Birdwell, a top-30 JGS recruit, will join his brother at Illinois in 2027. He has four wins on the Herron Prep and MNPGA tours in the past year.

Class of 2026: Gracie Song, a top-75 JGS ranked player, has committed to UNC Charlotte for 2026. Song finished 2nd in this year's North Carolina Junior Championship. The Arizona men gained a commit in their home state's Joseph Nelson, a top-75 recruit. Nelson was 2nd at an AJGA open event in 2025. Taiwan's Bonnie Lo, a top-100 recruit, is heaing to NC State. She has one AJGA runner-up finish in the past year.

7/22

Class of 2027: Kenyon Kahler, a JGS top-100 recruit, has verbally committed to San Diego. He had one top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Rawlin Sutter, a top-60 recruit, will join his brother at Alabama in 2027. He is the 2025 Alabama Junior champion. Notre Dame received commitment from China's Qiyou Wu, an AJGA top-30 recruit who won the AJGA Circle K Championship.

Class of 2026: Michigan's men's team gained a top-60 recruit in Texan Mackey Beckett, who had one win on the Legends Junior Tour in the past year. The Virginia women will add Canadian MIranda Lu, an AJGA top-50 recruit, in 2026. Lu had two AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. Stanford is gaining 2024 Junior Invitational champion Giovanni Binaghi in this class. Ole Miss will add a JGS top-40 player in Columbia's Tomas Restrepo. He had one AJGA win in the past year. Austin Le, a top-40 recruit, will join the Yale men in 2026, He has two runner-up finishes in the past year. USC received verbal commitment from Floridian Mingbo Jiang, a JGS top-30 ranked player who won the Orlando International Amateur. James Madison University adds a top-100 player in Charles McPherson, who had two AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year.

Transfers: Logan Kim will be staying in-state at UCLA, transferring from Stanford. He had one collegiate top-15 finish this season. Rowan Sullivan will join Northwestern in the fall after a 3rd place finish at the Turtle Point Invite in the collegiate season.

7/13

Class of 2027: Auburn locked in their 2nd verbal commitment in this class with Illinois' Owen Coniaris. The JGS top-20 player made a run to the round of 16 in the 2024 US Junior and finished 2nd at the 2025 Illinois Junior Amateur. Texas has their first commit of the 2027 in William Lisle of Hong Kong, who trains at IMG. The top-10 JGS recruit was 4th at both the 2024 Bobby Chapman and the 2025 AJGA Boys Simplify.

Class of 2026: Iowa State gained a top-60 ranked recruit in Henry O'Keefe of Arkansas. He was 5th at the 2024 Bubba Conlee. Samford University is bolstering their lineup with Californian Ryder Rasmussen, a top-75 ranked commit. He has one AJGA top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Southern Miss received commitment from top-100 recruit John Markow, who was recently 3rd at the Mississippi Junior Amateur.

7/6

Class of 2027: #1 junior player Miles Russell announced he will be a Florida State Seminole, as he made his choice between Florida & FSU. Russell was easily the most sought after recruit in the class, with many high level amateur and junior wins on his resume. Auburn received commitment form Kansas' Lunden Esterline, a top-15 JGS recruit. Esterline has one AJGA, one top-10 & a top-10 in the past year.

Class of 2026: Virginia Tech is gaining a top-50 ranked commit in Aaraon Cummins, who has three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year. Aibgail Lin announced her commitment to the US Naval Academy. The top-100 JGS recruit had one AJGA 2nd place finish in the past year.

Transfers: San Diego State picked up Ivy League player if the year, Grant Lester from Columbia. Lester had three 2nd place finishes this past collegiate season.

6/29

Class of 2027: The first girls' commit of 2027 is Ava Osborne, a JGS top-75 recruit who committed to UNC Chapel Hill. Ava has two AJGA top-5 and two top-10 finishes in the past year.

Class of 2026: The Dartmouth women's team picked up two strong recruits on the same day. Samantha Harris is a JGS top-50 recruit and was the 2024 AJGA Amundi Evian Showcase champion. Angelina Tao, a top-60 ranked player, has two AJGA top-5 & two top-10 finishes in the past year. Liberty will gain a top-30 AJGA ranked player in Noah Maclauchlan, who has three AJGA top-5 finishes in the past year.

Transfers: We thought the top transfers would be winding down, but we were mistaken! Illinois gained a strong player in Freddie Turnell, who was previously at Little Rock. One of the top-20 freshmen on scoreboard, Turnell won the Goodwin in the sprin.

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.