The 12 boys on the 2017 Rolex Junior All-America First Team hail from eight states, China and Australia. All but two of the boys, Kaiwen Liu of San Diego, and Shuai Ming Wong of The Woodlands, Texas, competed at the inaugural 2017 Junior Presidents Cup. Goodwin is the only returning member to the First Team, while Prescott Butler of Old Westbury, New York; Joe Highsmith of Lakewood, Washington; William Mouw of Chino, California; and Wong are first-time Rolex Junior All-America honorees. Kaiwen Liu is the lone 2017 grad on the team, earning honors for the fourth time and now competing for the University of California, Berkeley.
2017 Rolex Junior All-Americans
Boys – First Team
Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C.
Prescott Butler, Old Westbury, N.Y.
Canon Claycomb, Bowling Green, Ky.
Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash.
Karl Vilips, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Shuai Ming Wong, The Woodlands, Texas
Wocheng (Aden) Ye, Lake Mary, Fla.
Boys – Second Team
Jake Beber-Frankel, Miami, Fla. (2020)
- Finished T2 at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf
- Finished fourth at the KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
Jacob Bridgeman, Inman, S.C. (2018)
- Finished T4 at the Trusted Choice Big I National Championship
- Member of the 2017 Junior Presidents Cup U.S. Team
- Verbal commitment to Clemson University
Ryan Burnett, Lafayette, Calif. (2018)
- Finished T2 at The PING Invitational
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reid Davenport, Austin, Texas (2018)
- Finished runner-up at the Junior PGA Championship
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to Vanderbilt University
Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas (2017)
- Finished his junior stroke-play career with a seventh-place finish at the Thunderbird International Junior
- Two-time Wyndham Cup West Team member
- Freshman at Baylor University
Eugene Hong, Orlando, Fla. (2018)
- Finished second at the Haas Family Invitational presented by BB&T
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Florida
Won Jun Lee, Wesley Chapel, Fla. (2017)
- Finished T4 at the Thunderbird International Junior
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Three-time Wyndham Cup East Team member
Sean Maruyama, Encino, Calif. (2018)
- Finished T6 at the CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to UCLA
Logan McAllister, Oklahoma City, Okla. (2018)
- Finished T2 at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Oklahoma
Cole Ponich, Farmington, Utah (2019)
- Won the 2017 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational and the AJGA Preview at La Purisima presented by Explore Lompoc
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Rolex AJGA Ranking: 20
Michael Sanders, Davidson, N.C. (2018)
- Two top-five AJGA Invitational finishes in 2017
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to LSU
Travis Vick, Houston, Texas (2019)
- Two top-10 AJGA Invitational finishes in 2017: Thunderbird International Junior and The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Member of the 2017 Wyndham Cup West Team
Boys – Honorable Mention
Fred Biondi, Port St. Lucie, Fla. (2019)
- Finished T2 at The PING Invitational
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Rolex AJGA Ranking: 24
Ricky Castillo, Yorba Linda, Calif. (2019)
- Reached Round of 16 at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Florida
Sam Choi, Anaheim, Calif. (2018)
- Finished second at the IMG Academy Junior World Championship
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of New Mexico
Parker Coody, Plano, Texas (2018)
- Finished top-10 in four national events this year
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Texas
Kyle Cox, Carrollton, Texas (2018)
- Four top-10 finishes in national junior golf events
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to Mississippi State University
Ryan Gerard, Raleigh, N.C. (2017)
- Finished T3 at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Noah Gillard, Greenwood, Ind. (2018)
- Won the 2017 Scott Robertson Memorial
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Illinois
Aman Gupta, Concord, N.C.
- Quarterfinalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
- Two top-10 finishes in AJGA events in 2017
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
Ryan Hall, Knoxville, Tenn. (2018)
- Won the 2017 AJGA City of London Junior Championship
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of South Carolina
Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas (2018)
- Finished eighth at the Thunderbird International Junior
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Texas at Austin
Derek Hitchner, Minneapolis, Minn. (2018)
- Won the 2017 Under Armour® / Gary Woodland Championship
- Member of the 2017 Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll
- Verbal commitment to Pepperdine University
Turner Hosch, Dallas, Texas (2019)
- Won the Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior at Horseshoe Bay
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Oklahoma
McClure Meissner, San Antonio, Texas (2017)
- Finished third at the Western Junior Championship
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Freshman at Southern Methodist University
William Moll, Houston, Texas (2019)
- Two top-10 AJGA Invitational finishes in 2017
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to Vanderbilt University
Charles Osborne, Reno, Nev. (2018)
- Won the 2017 Under Armour® / Jordan Spieth Championship presented by American Campus Communities
- Two-time Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll member
- Verbal commitment to Southern Methodist University
John Pak, Scotch Plains, N.J. (2017)
- Finished T4 at the Polo Golf Junior Classic
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Freshman at Florida State University
Julian Perico, Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. (2018)
- Won the Memorial Junior and the IMG Academy Junior World Championship
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Arkansas
Jackson Rivera, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (2021)
- Won the 2017 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to University of Southern California
Cameron Sisk, El Cajon, Calif. (2018)
- Finished T4 at the PING Heather Farr Classic
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to Arizona State University
Bryan Wiyang Teoh, Jupiter, Fla. (2018)
- Finished T5 at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to UCLA
Daulet Tuleubayev, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2018)
- Three top-10 AJGA finishes in 2017
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- First Rolex Junior All-American from Kazakhstan in history
Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst, N.C. (2021)
- Won the 2017 Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee and the AJGA Junior All-Star at Forsgate
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Member of the 2017 ACDS Junior All-Star Team
Alexander Vogelsong, Palm City, Fla. (2019)
- Finished inside the top-10 in four of his six events in 2017
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Verbal commitment to Auburn University
Sampson-Yunhe Zheng, Orlando, Fla. (2020)
- Won the AJGA Junior at The Seagate
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Rolex AJGA Ranking: 43