Players of the Year | Second Team | Honorable Mention
Jonas Appel of Encinitas, California (2022)
Verbal commitment to Baylor
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 11
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, Under Armour® / Jordan Spieth Championship thanks to seven birdies during the final round
- T5, PING Heather Farr Classic
- T6, The PING Invitational
- Named one of the top 25 male golfers in the San Diego section by SBLive Sports with high school teammate and fellow first team Rolex Junior All-American Luke Potter
- Third, 2019 California Interscholastic Federation State Championship
Kelly Chinn of Great Falls, Virginia (2021)
Verbal commitment to Duke University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 1
2020 highlights:
- Rolex Junior Player of the Year and second selection to Rolex Junior All-America team
- Started and ended the 2020 season with two wins: 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions 2020 The PING Invitational
- T2, The Junior PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass
- Pair of sixth-place finishes at the AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield and Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
- Won, Middle Atlantic Amateur Championship by four strokes
- Won, Virginia State Golf Association Junior Stroke Play Championship – shattered tournament record of 202 at 194
- Runner-up, Jones Cup Junior Invitational
- Fundraising for Folds of Honor through Leadership Links
David Ford of Peachtree Corners, Georgia (2021)
Verbal commitment to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 2
2020 Highlights:
- Second-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won pair of AJGA Invitationals with PGA TOUR ties (AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield [Wyndham Championship venue] and The Junior PLAYERS Championship [The PLAYERS Championship venue])
- T3, The PING Invitational
- Did not finish outside the top nine in seven Rolex AJGA Ranked events
Maxwell Ford of Peachtree Corners, Georgia (2021)
Verbal commitment to the University of Georgia
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 10
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Two top-15 finishes in AJGA boys Invitationals: AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods (February) and AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield (June)
- Won, Jones Cup Junior Invitational
- Third, Georgia Amateur Championship (July) and Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship (February)
Benjamin James of Milford, Connecticut (2022)
Verbal commitment to the University of Virginia
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 7
2020 highlights:
- Second-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Three top-10 finishes at top AJGA Invitationals: T3, Rolex Tournament of Champions, T8, AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods; 10th, The PING Invitational
- 2019 United States Junior Presidents Cup team
- Fifth, Connecticut Amateur Championship
Thomas Morrison of Dallas, Texas (2023)
Verbal commitment to the University of Texas
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 8
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, Southern Junior Championship
- T2, The Junior PLAYERS Championship
- Top amateur finishes; won, Southern Junior Championship for a four-shot victory; third, Texas Amateur Championship
- Leadership Links fundraiser Dallas Cup
Luke Potter of Encinitas, California (2022)
Verbal commitment to Arizona State University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 3
2020 highlights:
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods and set the event’s tournament scoring record (20-under-par 196 with a course record 62 in the final round)
- Runner-up, Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
- Two other top-eight national junior golf finishes
- Amateur golf: Won, Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship as the youngest champion (age 16) in history
- Named one of the top 25 male golfers in the San Diego section by SBLive Sports with high school teammate and fellow first team Rolex Junior All-American Jonas Appel
- ACE Grant recipient
Gordon Sargent of Birmingham, Alabama (2021)
Verbal commitment to Vanderbilt University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 4
2020 highlights:
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Runner-up, The PING Invitational
- T6, AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods
- T7, AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield
- Won, 2020 Alabama Men’s State Amateur Championship
- Through Leadership Links, organized the Alabama Cup to raise more than $110,000 since 2018
- Has personally raised more than $20,000 for various charities with Leadership Links
Preston Summerhays of Scottsdale, Arizona (2021)
Verbal commitment to Arizona State University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 9
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- T4, AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield
- Second-round leader, finished sixth at The Junior PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass
- Ninth, The PING Invitational
- Youngest winner of the 2020 Sunnehanna Amateur (18 years, 2 days)
- 2018 and 2019 Utah Amateur champion
- Competed in the 2020 U.S. Open thanks to his 2&1 victory over Bo Jin in the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship
- 2019 United States Junior Presidents Cup team
Jackson Van Paris of Pinehurst, North Carolina (2021)
Verbal commitment to Vanderbilt University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 5
2020 highlights:
- Four-time Rolex Junior All-American, second year on the first team
- Won, Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
- T10, AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield
- Personally fundraised more than $30,000 for the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation as a founding member of the Carolina Cup since 2015 – organized the 2020 event with Jackson Bode
- 2020 Player Representative to the AJGA Board of Directors
- 2019 United States Junior Presidents Cup team
Karl Vilips of Perth, Australia (2020)
College freshman at Stanford University
Final Rolex AJGA Ranking: 3
2020 highlights:
- Five-time Rolex Junior All-American, fourth-consecutive year on the first team
- Seven national junior golf career wins
- Runner-up, The Junior PLAYERS Championship and Rolex Tournament of Champions
- Won, Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational
- Leadership Links fundraiser for the AJGA’s Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant
- 2019 International Junior Presidents Cup team
Wells Williams of West Point, Mississippi (2022)
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 6
2020 Highlights:
- Second-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, Callaway Golf Texas Junior Open
- T2, AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield
- Fifth, The PING Invitational
- Finished in the top 15 in two other events during the calendar year
Brooke Biermann of Wildwood, Missouri (2021)
Verbal commitment to Michigan State University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 9
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, AJGA Stan Utley and Mid-America Youth Golf Foundation Junior Championship
- Runner-up, AJGA Girls Invitational at Stanford including a career-tournament best 6-under-par 65 Runner-up, Missouri Amateur Championship
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year Fall 2019
Zoe Antoinette Campos of Valencia, California (2021)
Verbal commitment to University of California, Los Angeles
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 6
2020 highlights:
- Four-time Rolex Junior All-American
- T2, Under Armour ® / Alison Lee Championship presented by Irvine Technology Corporation
- T4, Rolex Tournament of Champions
- T6, AJGA Girls Invitational at Stanford
- Won, Major Champions Invitational
- Round of 32, U.S. Women’s Amateur
Leigh Chien of Irvine, California (2024)
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 7
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational (2019 and 2020)
- T2, PING Heather Farr Classic and Insperity Invitational / Patrick Reed AJGA Junior Championship
- Won, California Women’s Championship
Megha Ganne of Holmdel, New Jersey (2022)
Verbal commitment to Stanford University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 8
2020 highlights:
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Three top-five finishes, including T3 at ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex and fifth at Rolex Girls Junior Championship
- Round of 64, U.S. Women’s Amateur
- Competed in ShopRite LPGA Classic
Xin (Cindy) Kou of (China) Whittier, California (2021)
Verbal commitment to University of Southern California
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 3
2020 highlights:
- Five-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Two AJGA wins, AJGA Girls Invitational at Stanford and AJGA Longbow Golf Club Open
- Earned 11th win to move to T5 on the all-time AJGA Girls Division wins list
- Seventh, The PING Invitational
Lynn Lim of Gallatin, Tennessee (2022)
Verbal commitment to Vanderbilt University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 10
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, UHY St. Louis Junior presented by Family Golf and Learning Center
- Four top-five AJGA finishes, including T3 at The PING Invitational
- Won, Tennessee Girls’ Junior PGA Championship
- Fourth, Tennessee Girls’ Junior Amateur
Alexa Pano of Lake Worth, Florida (2022)
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 4
2020 highlights:
- Four-time Rolex Junior All-American, three years on first team
- Competed in three AJGA Invitationals including a T4 finish at Rolex Tournament of Champions
- Won, Kathy Whitworth Invitational
- Won, Lone D Jones-Doherty Amateur
- Competed and made the cut in two back-to-back professional events: LPGA’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, and Symetra Tour’s Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship
Bohyun Park of (South Korea) Farmers Branch, Texas (2021)
Verbal commitment to University of Texas
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 2
2020 highlights:
- Three-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship presented by Mediheal
- T2, Rolex Girls Junior Championship
- T4, Rolex Tournament of Champions
- Runner-up, Kathy Whitworth Invitational
- Round of 32, U.S. Women’s Amateur
Catherine Rao of Camarillo, California (2022)
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 11
2020 highlights:
- First-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Member of AJGA Junior All-Star Team
- Competed in four AJGA Invitationals, including a fourth-place at Rolex Girls Junior Championship and T3 at The PING Invitational
- Never finished outside top-20 in seven AJGA events this season
Kelly Xu of Claremont, California (2022)
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 12
2020 highlights:
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Did not finish out the top-10 in six AJGA events
- Runner-up, AJGA Longbow Golf Club Open
- T2, PING Heather Farr Classic
- T10, AJGA Girls Invitational at Stanford
Yunxuan (Michelle) Zhang of (China) Plano, Texas (2022)
Verbal commitment to Southern Methodist University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 5
2020 highlights:
- Two-time Rolex Junior All-American
- Won, Under Armour® / Jordan Spieth Championship
- Competed in five AJGA Invitationals, including runner-up at The PING Invitational
- Five top-five AJGA finishes, including runner-up at KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship presented by Mediheal, Callaway Golf Texas Junior Open and Insperity Invitational / Patrick Reed AJGA Junior Championship
Rose Zhang of Irvine, California (2021)
Verbal commitment to Stanford University
Rolex AJGA Ranking: 1
2020 highlights:
- Five-time Rolex Junior All-American, four consecutive years on first team
- Two-time Rolex Junior Player of the Year (2019, 2020)
- Defended her 2018 title at the 2020 PING Invitational (2019 event was canceled due to weather impact)
- Won, Rolex Girls Junior Championship and set an amateur course record in the first round
- Won the first event of the 2020 season at the Rolex Tournament of Champions
- T11 at the LPGA’s ANA Inspiration with the lowest 72-hole total score ever by an amateur
- Won the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur in a playoff, the second-longest final match in championship history
- Never finished outside the top three in AJGA tournaments in 2020 – tied for third at the ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex
- Nine career AJGA victories
- Honored with the Mark H. McCormack Medal as world’s leading female amateur golfer, co-awarded by The R&A and USGA
- No. 1 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings for more than 88 weeks
- No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
- First Rolex Junior Player of the Year to also be an ACE Grant recipient in 2019
